I pirated a pair from another lathe and after installing them it became obvious that the half nuts were not properly adjusted , so I corrected the over center adjustment so they latched without being

I have been working on the same two (condiment squeeze bottles )1/2 pint for ten years now on two south bend 9's. One bottle was approx 5W and it is referred to as spindle oil, the other is way oil an

hydraulic oil is for transmitting pressure, not lubricating. HyTran International hyd fluid had lubricating qualities but no others did (many destroyed pumps due to ignorant supplier) You want a lube

I took a piece of steel flat stock approx. 1” X 1/8” and cut a piece 1 ½” long and formed a “V” in one end, and then welded it on the flat stock from which it had been cut. This gave me a bar with a r

Thats three and a half thousanths on each side , it worked for me , there is a possiblility that my surfaces were not as smooth as some would make it, if you screw it up , use an epoxy and rely on a s

If you do your homework (research) This gear can be machined down to avail a sleeve of cast iron that will support a gear (Boston gear) with an interferance fit of .007" . I run my 9 workshop every da

That is a "Carriage lock" not the carriage stop !

I found a box full of bushing burnishing tools on the internet and bought them , they were #2 Morse and are machinable , and my creativity made use of them. it was a very inexpensive source for #2 sha

here is the second pic of the tool , MSN didn't want to send all three , so it seems To: SOUTHBENDLATHE@... From: SOUTHBENDLATHE@... Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 21:34:31 +0000 Subje

I use a tool that I fabricated to save abuse to the gears and the most sacrificial part is a woodruff key between the spindle and the large diameter gear on the spindle. This tool hits the top of the

Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 12:28 AM To: SOUTHBENDLATHE@... Subject: [SOUTHBENDLATHE] What is going on with my spindle?? [2 Attachments] I modified a spindle for collets years ago , an

I have brazed (oxy/acetylene) many parts of my south bend lathe. The secret is use a good white borax based flux even if the rod being used is coated. “V” out 90% of the break, leaving enough to reali

I like the hex better than the OEM honeywell thermostat looking cover it started out with. I cannot remember what my 59 twin-cam had, but it surely wasn’t like that domed thing you had. I like the hex

I have found that taking an old ,longer than needed belt and cutting it to length for the application and taking that to the parts store makes specifying the exact belt required a piece of cake. All p

I used (my) lathe while working for a Plymouth dealership to build a shouldered stud with a brazed washer to seal a cracked exhaust stud opening on a 440 Mopar engine. The lathe belonged to the dealer

The automotive parts suppliers, your local parts store has a belt measuring tool that can convert the length of the belt to a part number. Some manufacturers and belt companies seem to like to make th

Keep your eye open for a Baldor, they are American made and they have been the power of choice in my shop, powering my 9-C with 3/4HP ,1/4 HP my die filing machine, 1/3 on my horizontal bandsaw, my Qu

That is a very good question, some seem to like to make wall hangers rather than chips, and then there are those who have more money than skill but , yes to learn how to run a lathe one must learn how

The drive rivets are still available and to really degrade your lathe re affix the id plates with pop rivets and screws of any config. If the back is exposed push them out from behind, if not, slot an

When I see pop rivets where drive rivets should be , it’s a parts machine to me. Wish them luck, this is a scam and E Bay seems to be the place to “off” the piece that “you got handled on”. There are