1922 south bend 9'' lathe restore ......New stuff

**SWIGIN** · 05-15-2009, 06:21 PM

after looking at that yellow decal for a day i hated it....so i yanked it and whipped up a gold leaf one with a metalic gray shadow.

first pic is just the gold...the rest have the shadow

**SWIGIN** · 05-21-2009, 11:13 PM

a great guy on practicalmachinist.com made up some thread dials and grears for an 8tpi lead screw and was selling them as a pair with a drawing and you just had to make the body.

i didn't have threading gears at the time so i didn't get a kit but now i wanted one and he was sold out and not making more for awhile.

well, another guy on there put the kit he bought up for sale since he didn't really need it so i bought it.....$45 no shipping!

if i had a index i would make the dial out of steel (he used aluminum) but this is the only thing i dont realy like about this kit.

i only have the dial end done but the gear will be sunk up in as well when done. i also (like in the drawing) will be using a pointer instead of the normal hash mark on the body to line up to the marks.

other then changing the body size to fit my old ass lathe i decided not to use a ball bearing in the body like he shows. instead i used brass bushings since the real south bend thread dials didn't use anything but the cast iron body as a bushing and there is no load on a thread dial....and they turn real slow as well

**SWIGIN** · 05-22-2009, 11:14 PM

i have the body done, i just need to make mounts for it now.

when boreing out the body for the gear i had the body come lose in the chuck...marked it up good and the dial didn't fit in due to the 3 dents.

i got it back in shape and all is good now but i did finish it with my steady rest in place....lol

**SWIGIN** · 08-01-2009, 03:50 PM

well, i finally got around to finishing that thread dial and the mount.

works perfect and i even cut my first threads on my lathe today!

the threads arn't perfect but the rod was bent and i just wanted to see if my threading chart and those gears i bought work together. so i set it up to cut 18tpi and it did!

**SWIGIN** · 08-01-2009, 04:23 PM

what the heck, here is a shot of my next project.

im making a thread protector used when you have the chuck off so you dont hurt the threads on the spindle.

it is 2 3/4'' aluminum that needs to be threaded to 1 1/2 x 8tpi

i bought 16 inches of 2 3/4'' aluminum so if anyone might want one let me know. i only need just over 1''....lol

**SWIGIN** · 08-01-2009, 07:49 PM

and 2 1/2 hours later............

**honda250sx** · 08-02-2009, 07:55 AM

Nice work Wayne!

**Bryan Raffa** · 08-02-2009, 08:44 AM

Nice job !!

**SWIGIN** · 08-02-2009, 09:08 AM

thanks guys, your looking at the first threads i've tuned on this lathe.

**Bryan Raffa** · 08-02-2009, 09:14 AM

Originally Posted by SWIGIN

thanks guys, your looking at the first threads i've tuned on this lathe.

ya thats pretty cool you actually got to the point where you can make parts for it.

the gold leaf is a nice touch

**SWIGIN** · 10-04-2009, 07:11 PM

It's been a couple months so i thought i'd show a few thing i made for my lathe.

first, i needed to thread some front axles and after alot of work i decided to make a die holder for the lathe. im still not sure if it saves any time but we will see.

the sencond pic is just 2 more thread protectors i made to sell.

**Dirtcrasher** · 10-04-2009, 08:08 PM

Nice work bud

**SWIGIN** · 10-05-2009, 08:20 PM

thank you sir, still making chips with your lathe?

**blue27** · 10-12-2009, 05:00 PM

its about time you make a die holder!!!! LOL

**SWIGIN** · 10-25-2009, 09:59 PM

i snaged a foot pedal the other day for my lathe but i didn't want to use it with my foot. i came up with this little hanging mount that lets you lean into it with your leg to bump it on.

this will be handy for threading with that die holder i made while in back gear.

the best thing about this hanging like it is, is that the way i made my table it can be put anywhere on 3 sides.

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