Hi all,
After about a year of looking, I finally was able to find a lathe that wasn't over priced, worn out, or a work in progress. I ran across an add in facebook classifieds for a 9X24 southbend lathe, but the add didn't provide much more description with only 1 photo. The lathe had been forsale for at least a month before I contacted the seller. I assumed that the reason for not selling was the asking price of $1500 and location. Fortunately for me, I was down at my parents house for the 4th of July weekend and the lathe was only a 20 minute drive away. I called the seller and arranged a time to look at the lathe.
Talking with the seller, the lathe was a gift from a friend who could no longer use it and had been sitting in his shop untouched for 2-3 years. The friend/previous owner was a model maker of steam engines and had owned it for at least 20 years. Now, since this lathe was made in 1942, I wondered who else owned it. The seller was moving soon and needed it gone. Since I was the only person to look at it, I figured I could negotiate the price down by quite a bit.
What wasn't in the add, was this is a 10L tool room south bend that came well tooled. It didn't have a 3 jaw chuck, but did have a 4 jaw chuck, came with a 20-30 piece Rivett 5C collet set and south bend collet closer, a milling attachment, micrometer stop, taper attachment, 2 face plates, several drill chucks, lots of drill bits & end mills, high speed steel cutting tools, and much much more. The bed didn't have any wear grooves and it seem everything was in good condition minus a broken apron hand wheel and belt tension lever. After a few minutes of negotiating, I got the price below $700 and then picked it up the next day.
Can anyone tell me what type of cabinet the lathe is attached to? I haven't seen any photos of a cabinet that looks like this. This is the photo of the lathe in my dad's shop waiting for me to come pick it up.
I plan on making parts for my CNC conversion for my G0704 and car build. I passed on several grizzly lathes based on my first hand knowledge of the build quality of their products. In fact I am building a new column assembly to completely replace the one supplied with the mill. The first major project I plan to make on the lathe is a 4.5" 3 stage pneumatic draw bar for my CNC conversion. Once I finish the cnc conversion, i'll start on the car that this will be sitting next too in my garage
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After about a year of looking, I finally was able to find a lathe that wasn't over priced, worn out, or a work in progress. I ran across an add in facebook classifieds for a 9X24 southbend lathe, but the add didn't provide much more description with only 1 photo. The lathe had been forsale for at least a month before I contacted the seller. I assumed that the reason for not selling was the asking price of $1500 and location. Fortunately for me, I was down at my parents house for the 4th of July weekend and the lathe was only a 20 minute drive away. I called the seller and arranged a time to look at the lathe.
Talking with the seller, the lathe was a gift from a friend who could no longer use it and had been sitting in his shop untouched for 2-3 years. The friend/previous owner was a model maker of steam engines and had owned it for at least 20 years. Now, since this lathe was made in 1942, I wondered who else owned it. The seller was moving soon and needed it gone. Since I was the only person to look at it, I figured I could negotiate the price down by quite a bit.
What wasn't in the add, was this is a 10L tool room south bend that came well tooled. It didn't have a 3 jaw chuck, but did have a 4 jaw chuck, came with a 20-30 piece Rivett 5C collet set and south bend collet closer, a milling attachment, micrometer stop, taper attachment, 2 face plates, several drill chucks, lots of drill bits & end mills, high speed steel cutting tools, and much much more. The bed didn't have any wear grooves and it seem everything was in good condition minus a broken apron hand wheel and belt tension lever. After a few minutes of negotiating, I got the price below $700 and then picked it up the next day.
Can anyone tell me what type of cabinet the lathe is attached to? I haven't seen any photos of a cabinet that looks like this. This is the photo of the lathe in my dad's shop waiting for me to come pick it up.
I plan on making parts for my CNC conversion for my G0704 and car build. I passed on several grizzly lathes based on my first hand knowledge of the build quality of their products. In fact I am building a new column assembly to completely replace the one supplied with the mill. The first major project I plan to make on the lathe is a 4.5" 3 stage pneumatic draw bar for my CNC conversion. Once I finish the cnc conversion, i'll start on the car that this will be sitting next too in my garage
My G0704 CNC upgrades and conversion
Hello all, I would like to share my CNC conversion with this site. Over the last 1.5yrs i've been looking at all the different conversion done with Grizzly and Precision Matthews bench top mills. I choose this site to share the build because I enjoy the atmosphere and all types of projects...
www.hobby-machinist.com
