9A project completed

Chuck and backplate off . Looks like 10" Heavy shortbed with undermount motor . Bed is badly worn , it has been a polishing lathe only for years and years . May turn out to be a donor . :grin: Either that , just use it as it is .
 
That motor that you took off was from a gas station gasoline pump; explosion proof. I used one like it to run a swedging machine to form a point on 1/16" stainless needle tube, to be used for checking pressure in wine bottles after corking to see if the vacuum corking machines were doing their job, made many thousands of them, after pointing they were cross drilled in one side near the point and a brass 1/16 NPT plug soldered to the other end; these made me a lot of $.
 
As my old D.I. would say.….OUTSTANDING!!!
I just found this thread while searching for inspiration to continue the work on my SB 9A.
And I must say the War Production Board would be very proud of you!!!
If my project turns out 1/2 as well as yours I will be happy!
Very Very super job!
Congrats!!
 
To all you guys restoring / repairing southbend lathes and finding parts hard to come by. there was a company here in Australia that made a very highly regarded clone called the Hercus, various models. There is still quite a stock of spare parts being held here in Australia for these machines. As I understand it many of the parts will fit as they are truly identical.
 
Yeah, I found this again. Derf, outclassed me in so many ways. Heck, even his photo follow up of the targeted pieces was well done.
That lathe should be all messed up with oil, dings and chips by now.
He did such a beautiful job, it's almost too pretty to use, almost.
 
My end GB cover plate is missing a tag. The holes are there though.
Was wondering just what that tag is/was and are there re-pops available for them?
 
finsruskw said:
My end GB cover plate is missing a tag. The holes are there though.
Was wondering just what that tag is/was and are there re-pops available for them?
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That's usually the threading table, for the change gears. I have seen replicas available but it depends on the model.

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My lathe has the QCGB.
Would that also have been on the end cap for that lathe?
I can see where one was at one time by the change in color at the outline of it.
Was thinking maybe some one swapped it out in the past then
 
finsruskw said:
My lathe has the QCGB.
Would that also have been on the end cap for that lathe?
I can see where one was at one time by the change in color at the outline of it.
Was thinking maybe some one swapped it out in the past then
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No, but as you guessed the cover might not be original.

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