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I've been a SB lathe owner for around 40 years now. I bought a 1935 15"x6ft lathe when in my early 20's and still own it today. Been a great machine over the years... Today, I just got a much newer 13" SB lathe. Wasn't really looking for another lathe, but for the price and condition I just couldn't say no. Besides, I've got 3 milling machines so it only seems to make sense I have more than one lathe!
Anyways, from the serial number (13631TKX) it seems that this machine was made in 1971. It has flame hardened ways. The X in the serial number means "special" but I don't really know what this actually means. It has a 2 HP 3-phase Reliance motor with reversing contactors. It came with an 8" 4-jaw Buck chuck and 5C collets. Some tooling and Jacobs chucks, etc.. but I have plenty of tooling anyways. Everything is nice and tight and it's in very good shape in general. There is a missing handle on the tail stock hand wheel and the carriage lock is missing, but I can make these.
On the QCGB there is a tag with a spot for model number but it is blank. It would be nice to know what model it is if anyone can point me to a catalog I can download. Also, I'm looking for any manuals and/or any other information on this vintage/model of machine. Looks like the back gear takes grease instead of oil (like my other SB lathe), but is it a special type? I like to use the proper lubes when I can.
If anyone can point me to any available info for maintenance, parts break down, etc. on this machine it would be great. I've already got a lot of it dissembled for cleaning, lubing and adjusting.
Thanks,
Ted
Anyways, from the serial number (13631TKX) it seems that this machine was made in 1971. It has flame hardened ways. The X in the serial number means "special" but I don't really know what this actually means. It has a 2 HP 3-phase Reliance motor with reversing contactors. It came with an 8" 4-jaw Buck chuck and 5C collets. Some tooling and Jacobs chucks, etc.. but I have plenty of tooling anyways. Everything is nice and tight and it's in very good shape in general. There is a missing handle on the tail stock hand wheel and the carriage lock is missing, but I can make these.
On the QCGB there is a tag with a spot for model number but it is blank. It would be nice to know what model it is if anyone can point me to a catalog I can download. Also, I'm looking for any manuals and/or any other information on this vintage/model of machine. Looks like the back gear takes grease instead of oil (like my other SB lathe), but is it a special type? I like to use the proper lubes when I can.
If anyone can point me to any available info for maintenance, parts break down, etc. on this machine it would be great. I've already got a lot of it dissembled for cleaning, lubing and adjusting.
Thanks,
Ted