9" South Bend lathe new to me

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10 Wheeler Rob
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9" South Bend lathe new to me

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I recently purchased a nice condition 9" South Bend with quick change gear box , metal cabinate and lots of tooling for a very reasonable price. Serial number indicates it was made between 1944 and 1947. This is my second 9" South Bend, my other is a 1928. My plan is to take to Florida along with a mini mill I own to set up a winter work shop down there.
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Re: 9" South Bend lathe new to me

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Hi. Sounds like a good plan. Yours might be a 9A with under drive, maybe not but good lathe either way.
I could say more about the differences between the 1928 and 1940's but you already know. Dang, didn't they have some graceful castings between the '20's and early '30's.
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Re: 9" South Bend lathe new to me

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Here is a couple of photos. It had a rear mounted drive that mounts to a bump out on the back of cabinet, drive is curently sitting in not on of cabinet.
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Re: 9" South Bend lathe new to me

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It "almost seems" that you have the correct cabinet for under drive. That's okay, already bumped out.
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Re: 9" South Bend lathe new to me

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Looking back at this reply, I see it could be confusing. My 9A is 1951 year, cabinet drive, uses a flat belt to drive the cone spindle pulley. They may have redesigned the head when it became Timken bearinged , as the belt passes thru the top of the cabinet fine. There is also a gasket because the top is a tray ( for coolant) and don't need that on a belt or below. Interlock, so the top head casting can't be lifted until the under drive is shifted up to neutral. It all makes sense because you don't want all that weight hanging on a flat belt when you're not using it.
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