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Machine Serial Number Registry
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South Bend Lathe Works
South Bend, IN


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Machine Information
Serial Number: 48194
Machine Type: Lathe
Machine Description: 11" bench , quick change gears, catalog # 384B
Owner: Randy Benefield
Manufacture Date: 1935
Notes: Source=Owner's submission. Sold to National Geographic Society on 4/11/1935. This is a barn find. Would have been ruined except it was entombed in an oily grime layer. Looks to be restorable!
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