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NP317
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Re: Show us your lathe!

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I was thinking that the speed chart looked like a replacement riveted onto the lathe.
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RussN wrote: I was thinking that the speed chart looked like a replacement riveted onto the lathe.
Could be. I inherited the lathe from my dad, who bought it used. So no telling what might have happened to it along the way.

I also considered that, if installed, some gear for cutting metric threads might make it so the measured feed speeds didn't match the chart. But it cuts imperial threads properly, so that's not it.

The good news is that I've never paid any attention to that chart anyway.

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Most interesting and entertaining and informing thread.
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i have a lathe with exactly the same (incorrect) speed chart on it....
Too many things going on to bother listing them.
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Here's mine.
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Looks solid and good.
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69eliminator wrote: Sun Apr 17, 2022 8:40 pm Here's mine.
Looks quite sturdy. What are its dimensions?
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Atlas 618
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I do not have a rockwell lathe but I would like to hear from someone that has a rockwell 14
Any rockwell machines that I have woodworking and drill press are top notch.
No problems just solutions.
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I sold my Atlas 12x36 to a friend before I moved, figuring that I was planning on upgrading. I've been looking for a replacement for eight months to no avail.

Lathes around here are hard to find, and grossly overpriced, but I found a reasonable one.

I picked up a 1947 South Bend model 9A.
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Was hoping for a heavy 10, but I just need to get something.

There is a visible ridge on the bed, but you can't catch it with your nail.

Test cuts showed good results, there's very little backlash and the spindle is tight.

Luckily, all the tooling I have from my Atlas will work, as the spindle is the same and it take the AXA toolpost I already have.

Steve
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Congratulations. A SB should be a step up from the Atlas, even in a smaller size. That much of your tooling will work is a definite plus!
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Heres mine:

210mm swing over bed 67kg mini lathe
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300mm swing over bed 300kg medium lathe
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1936 South Bend Model 415-YC lathe

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This is my South Bend Model 415-YC lathe. It has plain gears and a 3 ft.-long bed.

According to LeBlond in 2004 (when I enquired) this was shipped to its original purchaser in Ozone Park, NY on December 17, 1940.
The dealer was the A. C. Colby Machinery Company, 183 Center St., New York City.
As far as I could figure, including shipping, the lathe cost $116.27.
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I went with my Grandfather and Father in 1958 to retrieve this from a chicken coop. Dad payed $50.00 for it.
His notes from that time indicated that his first subsequent purchase was the tailstock wrench.
Dad eventually bought 3-jaw and 4-jaw chucks (it only had a dog driver and dogs), and assorted tooling from retiring machinists from where he worked.

After Dad died (almost 21 years ago) I replaced the drive belt, drum switch and motor, added the DRO, the thread dial indicator, some OEM faceplates, most of the missing change gears, and most useful, a used collet closer and a bunch of used collets.
My original lathe was a Unimat SL, so this was, and still is, a HUGE step up in capabilities.
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