$76 bucks plus tax makes the $35 I paid Ted (SB Latheman) a couple of years ago cheap. Mine was brand new also. John

Ok, here's a sketch of the chip guard. I hate NanoCAD, could not figure out how to get the leader lines reduced to a reasonable size, hence the hand notes! John

I have an original chip guard for my 13", got it from Ted (SB Lathe Man). The ends are flat and they scrap the chips away. With the ends bent up, it will ride over the chips and allow them to drop in

When it comes to pulling the spindle, the bull gear is lightly press fitted. Do not beat the spindle out with a hammer, use a screw setup to jack the spindle out of the gear and bearing bores... John

The spindle speed chart doesn't show up well, here it is in pdf... John

Here are the South Bend Forms for the belts and pulleys, and the horizontal and underdrive for 9" and 10K lathes. Also the speed chard from my HTRAL. Note that while the motor pulleys are V-pulleys, t

Buy the version of How to Run a Lathe that matches the approximate date of your lathe. (Applies to all of us!) John

Best thing I did years ago was to pull 240 volts from the house main breaker to a 125 AMP sub panel in the garage. 240 single phase runs the Rotary Phase Converter. The RPC runs a Bridgeport, 13" Sout

Correct end gears in the gear train? Using half nuts and not the feed knob/lever? John

Dennis Turk has been playing over on Facebook John

As mentioned the problem with our machine motors on VFD's are the strength of the winding's insulation. Many new motors are specifically designed for use with VFD drives. The other problem is motor co

Had a quality Royal lever closer on my Enco 12" (5C collets and very similar spindle as my SB 13"). Found that for onesy twosy hobby work it was a pain in the ass to get the correct tension. Built a m

The only left hand threads on a South Bend that I know (other than ACME lead screws) is the screw in the power feed 'star' wheel. The compound and cross slide handles are right handed. John

When I was a young man I got into the Live Steam hobby and needed a lathe and mill for that. Over the years I acquired several lathes and mills on the cheap, close but not quite functional. For 35 yea

I have the South Bend wrench for my 13" but liked the look of a LeBlond wrench I had better. I have never had to reposition the wrench on the nut from loose to tight... John

Well, I could read the chart before up loading to groups.io! Here, try page 23 of edition 55... http://www.vintagemachinery.org/pubs/detail.aspx?id=17726 John

Speed chart for the V-belt 9" lathes is in HTRAL (at least my 56 edition). Here is my $25 order card, should be similar to yours

I heard the term 'donut' for the D1 series nose protectors. I found one on ebay (said it was a 'back plate' but obviously not). Looked like this before I removed a bit more metal from its front. John

The South Bend Oils are machine oils. As such, they are in the family of hydraulic oils. Light for the spindle ('spindle' or 'turbine' oils), the B and C oils are ISO 32 and ISO 68 oils Such as Mobil

That why you use a donut, the D1-4's equivalent of a thread protector. Photo without the donut (and with my knock out bar). Photo with, I had to cut down from what I received as the nose piece didn't