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    South Bend 9C Headstock Alignment

    I have a 1947 South Bend 9C horizontal bench lathe with 48" bed that I am having an issue with regarding the headstock alignment. I am the second owner of the lathe and purchased it from a golf course where it was used to clean up shafts for the mowers so not used a lot. Most of the bed flaking...
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    A South Bend 9 A wiring question with pictures and colors!!!!

    Hi All, I was very happy to read many of the posts here. We all love machines and many of you are wicked knowledgeable. So, I’m wiring up my recently acquired 110v SB 9 precision lathe. The motor connections were a bird nest and before I got a chance to identify the mates, many connections...
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    South Bend 9A

    I have the opportunity to purchase a South Bend 9A for about $600, but the problem is I know that the back-gear is damaged and the main drive gear. My questions is do people think the ways are in any way salvageable? I have included pictures. No tooling comes with the lathe. Just want to know...
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    [Newbie] Restoring South Bend 9" Swing 3' Bed Catalog No. 25-YB

    Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and I recently purchased a South Bend lathe. The lathe has a plate stamping on the side of the gear box that shows Riverside Machinery Depot (looks like the original purchaser of this lathe based on information I found). I have been having trouble finding any...
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    how to level south bend 9

    The lathe is a a late 1945 South Bend 9a. It has an under motor mount. After much back and forth the lathe is installed on a new table. It is a tool room model with a free floating foot. In other words the bed is supported by 4 bolts to the casting near the head and the foot is supported by a...
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    South Bend 9a spindle squeak

    This is a new to me 9a. I picked it up about 6 weeks ago and after extensive cleaning, mounting on a new table, and getting a drive flat belt in place was able to turn it on. Yeah!! That was the good news. The bad news is there is a squeak in the spindle. I started by turning off all everything...
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    South Bend 9 Undermount motor to counter shaft v-belt model number?

    Does anyone have the replacement belt model info for the Undermount motor to counter shaft v belt? I have searched high and low for this information. I was not able to find it, only references to SB model numbers. Dan
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    Help mounting a 1945 South bend 9a underdrive to a new table

    I am bringing what I believe is a 1945 South Bend 9a back on line. It came with the lathe not mounted and the power mount bracket disconnected. I have created a table and mounted the drive bracket to the table. There are two bolts connecting the power bracket to the top of the table. The...
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    Looking to buy have questions. Old south bend

    Hey guys. I am going to be looking at an old south bend later and getting more pics and the such. Now I'm relatively new to this so any help would be great. I know most questions to ask but I have many for you guys, If you could identify it also I would love it. Guy said it was a southy but...
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    How Did I Do On This South Bend Purchase?

    I just purchased this lathe but have yet to get it into my shop. I have been reading up on the South Bend 9" lathes but I am an amateur at best (only about 20 hours using a lathe, but I am a mechanical engineer and understand them pretty well). I did read the write up on mermac about inspecting...
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