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If you've been looking far and wide for a metal lathe for your shop, don't want the poor quality and kit form of an import and are not interested in restoring an older, worn machine, this is the lathe for you! Up for sale is a restored South Bend 9" Model A metal lathe, brought back to beyond factory new condition, complete with a very nice selection of quality tooling and measuring instruments. As well as being a very high precision metal working tool, it's a thing of beauty and would, I think, look great in a living room rather than a shop. My wife tends to think otherwise..............
This was not your typical clean it up, paint it and call it good "restoration". The lathe was stripped totally down with each component looked at as a seperate project, each component brought back to original condition. It was restored with an extreme attention to detail and with quality craftsmanship, as it should be!
What makes this lathe special is the fact that the bed, carrage and compound have been hand scraped back to factory specs, the moving surfaces were turcited and then scraped to the mating surface. Turcite, by the way, is a way strip composed of teflon impregnated with bronse that allows a machine tool rebuilder to create a very tight, very smooth and very accurate machine tool.
Both the carrage and compound dovetails were machined back to truth, then scraped and turcited, they are smooth and dead on. Both feedscrew nuts were replaced and the carrage and compound were very carefully aligned to each other and to the bed. The tailstock was also carefully scraped and aligned to the axis of the spindle.
A new jackshaft was machined and four new oilite bushings were installed, along with a new idler gear bushing and a new apron handwheel bushing. All the castings were stripped to bare metal then given 3 coats of a Sherwin Williams industrial machine tool finish, the end result is truely a thing of beauty!
I fabricated brackets and added a Starrett 1" travel dial indicator to the carrage and a 2" travel Starrett indicator to measure longitudal travel. Both are adjustable and will allow precision machining without having to resort to reading the handwheel dials, not quite as handy as DRO but far beyond original.
The lathe is mounted on a custom bench with an 1 3/4" solid wood benchtop, heavy cast iron legs and a shelf beneath for tooling storage. An 1 1/2" x 8 spindle thread mount on each leg allow for storage of the chucks when not in use. All the tooling have holders made of very high quality Russian plywood, brought back from 2 years I spent working in Moscow. The entire machine is neat and tidy and will be a pride and joy tool in your shop!
The drive motor is a 1/2 hp, 1725 rpm Wagner induction repulsion unit that has been completely restored including it's windings dipped and baked, new bushings, turned down commutator and rewired. It's a very strong and smooth motor that's a nice match to the lathe.
Included with the lathe is a selection of measuring instruments that will go nicely in your toolbox! These are a Mitutoyo 0 to 1" .0001 mic, a Mitutoyo 1 to 2" .0001 mic, a Mitutoyo 8" dial caliper, a Mitutoyo .0005 dial indicator, a Starrett mount for the indicator and a Starrett 6" rule that is used to set your tools on center.
The tooling included with the lathe is:
* 5" 3 jaw chuck with indise and outside jaws,
* 6" 4 jaw chuck,
* faceplate,
* set of 3 Armstrong safety drive dogs,
* clamp type drive dog,
* SB lever action collet closer with a spindle nose protector, spindle collet adaptor, tommy bar and a set of 10 collets,
* lantern type tool post,
* set of 6 Armstrong tool holders for the lantern tool post, including turning, cutoff, knurling and boring bar holders,
* Quick change tool post,
* 3 quick change tool holders,
* 1/2" Kawasiki keyless drill chuck on a #2 MT arbor, a very interesting chuck,
* 3/8" genuine German Albrech keyless chuck on a #2 MT arbor, there is none finer in a drill chuck!,
* headstock center and knockout bar,
* 2 #2MT live centers,
* #2MT dead center,
* #2MT center drill holder,
* 10 1/4" toolbits for the Armstrong holder, ground and sharpened,
* 10 3/8" toolbits for the QCTP,
* Boring bar and adapter for the QCTP,
* thread dial indicator for the carrage,
* tail stock set over test bar,
* SB wrench,
* a copy of the South Bend book "How To Run a Lathe", one of the best handbooks on lathes ever written, truely a classic!
* a copy of several South Bend lathe maintenance pamphlets,
* a bottle of spindle oil,
* a bottle of way oil,
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* a can of touch up paint!
This is a fine package that will allow you to mount the lathe in your shop and go to work making chips! It's ready for another lifetime of precision work and will keep you occupied for endless hours!
I'm located in Hepler, KS, 32 miles from Pittsburg, KS, 60 miles NW of Joplin, Mo.
If your interested in visiting about the lathe, please give me a call. My number is 620-368-4290, both days and evenings. Please don't e-mail, there are way too many odd scammers out there!
I'm asking $4750.00 for the package, the price reflects not only the best example of a quality American lathe to be found but an extreme attention to detail and craftsmanship in the restoration.
Picture this lathe in your shop and dream of all the neat things you can machine on it!
I'm also available to restore your lathe to it's former glory, give me a call and we can visit.
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Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
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Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
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