1942 SB Heavy 10: What Kind of Cabinet Is This?

[karlsangree]

I am getting ready to begin hacking away at a South Bend 10L 8187AN. The serial number (128729) puts it at 1942. I have never seen this cabinet before. Google doesn't show a single picture of a 10L with this bench. The majority of photos of the 8187AN have the bench with the semi-circular, bent tubing feet. Any ideas?

 

[woodchucker]

Home made.

 

[MrWhoopee]

Agree with @woodchucker. It lacks the chip pan that would have come on a factory SB Heavy 10.
Here's my '63.

 

[karlsangree]

Home made.

Well, that explains why I can't find another one like it.

Thanks!

 

[benmychree]

Maybe a wartime thing?

 

[SLK001]

Definitely homemade. The drawers are made out of wood and it looks like the top is too.

 

[Richard King 2]

Maybe a wartime thing?

It could have been on a ship or in a shipyard. Many SB lathes were on ships.

 

[mattthemuppet2]

looks like an old girl too You know we need more pictures than that, right? It's like taking a picture of the wheels of a car and nothing else!

 

[karlsangree]

I just received a copy of the original sales receipt. My suspicions were correct in that it is a 1942 model. The sales slip says the cabinet is, in fact, a custom cabinet from South Bend. I've never seen one of these before but apparently that's how the original owner (War Department Air Corps, Mobile AL) purchased it. Note the comment that reads:
"SPEC. WOODEN [??????? ???????] IN LIEU OF
REG. STEEL BENCH. HARD MAPLE. 9 DRAWER.
PAINTED OLIVE GREEN"

EDIT: After staring at the sales slip, I believe the wording of the first line is: "SPEC. WOODEN CABINET BENCH IN LIEU OF", but I may be wrong. If anyone sees anything else, let me know.

 

[karlsangree]

looks like an old girl too You know we need more pictures than that, right? It's like taking a picture of the wheels of a car and nothing else!

Old girl? I guess if 79 is old then yeah... she's an old girl.

Here ya go mate...
Sitting in my garage:


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