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

[SWIGIN]

All i need is an order for them and you'll have them....lol

[honda250sx]

I knew this was an MLA part. Just kept it on the DL. lol I have done several of Andy's pieces.

[SWIGIN]

I knew this was an MLA part. Just kept it on the DL. lol I have done several of Andy's pieces.

It figures you knew...lol

hey, would you know of a place that has a surface grinder?

I'd kinda like to get the top and bottom ground on this thing.

[honda250sx]

Got a local college? If you took it to there machine shop I'd bet they'd have one and do it for free.

[SWIGIN]

Happy Thanksgiving!

i got this thing painted and mounted up today. My old lathe now parts through steel like a hungery beaver though wood

[SWIGIN]

Here is the milling table and vise i came up with for now. i had to true up the end of the vise so i had to make a cutter with a 4'' swing.

The first pic is after i trued up the end of the vise with my cutter....works pretty good.

[Vealmonkey]

If you sit and think about all that you are doing now, imagine what people did when that was brand new in 1922!

[SWIGIN]

If you sit and think about all that you are doing now, imagine what people did when that was brand new in 1922!

probally not much, they were trying to come up with the light bulb and indoor plumbing....lol

[Vealmonkey]

Wayne, Are you set up to take 1" off a set of Honda 90 cases where the cylinder sits???????? LOL

[aldochina]

just read this entire thread! Very cool although most of it was alien, i still enjoyed it. the lathe turned out awsome, and i like the blue! Looks like you are addicted to this thing. Cool youll be able to churn out all kinds of stuff. Enjoy using it as much as restoreing it.

[SWIGIN]

just read this entire thread! Very cool although most of it was alien, i still enjoyed it. the lathe turned out awsome, and i like the blue! Looks like you are addicted to this thing. Cool youll be able to churn out all kinds of stuff. Enjoy using it as much as restoreing it.

Thanks, it has come a long way since i first got it. I found myself going back though this thread the other day just to see what it started as.

I do use it quite a bit and i find it a real good way to unwind and relax. More side jobs would be nice but thats OK.

I'm about to get back to mounting up that green variable speed box to my lathe but that means takeing the drive line out of it so I'm trying to make whatever i think i might need to make before taking the motor off.

anyway, glad you enjoyed this.

[SWIGIN]

Today I mounted a huge 12''x8'' lamo beam under the lathe to hopefully soak up some minor harmonics that would get the table shaking slightly. I figured while the lathe was unbolted this would be a great time to atack the new motor plate and gear box i started on way back when...lol

Im going to mount the new one on hinges just like the other one and let the weight of the plate/motor/counter shaft put tention on the flat belt like before.

With the counter shaft mounted higher then the gear box (green box) i think i'll have just enough room for my flat belt.

[Dirtcrasher]

NICE!!

Mine rattles around quite a bit, thats if I can get high speed to run before it trips out the overload

I think I have 4 steps on my damn flat pulleys! I had cast iron arms that housed the opposing pulley shaft, but I ditched it and made my own. BUT, there was allot less flex within that cast iron than there is 1.5 x 1.5" .1875 angle iron.

You've really done a super nice job with this lathe! At least you can thread! I can't but it's amazing how many simple things you can actually to with these old lathes and having the Bridgeport as an accompliss, I can do most of the stuff I need to for modding parts/shafts/brackets/collars etc etc up

[SWIGIN]

SWEET!
So i guess this is DC aproved...lol

60 speeds here I come!

[SWIGIN]

I got the new motor/gearbox unit done today. It works smoother then i thought it would as far as changing grears. All i have to do is mount the unit to my table and hook up the flat belt.