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- Feb 4, 2015
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im going to look at a southbend 10 x 3 1/2 on saturday,its a 40s lathe ,there is no 3 or 4 jaw chuck only a collet closer,my question is there any thing imparticular to check being used mainly for collets,spindle bearings any excessive wear at different places i should be looking for,with collets only is there any items that wear faster thqan with a chuck,its said this lathe was used only in the maintenance dept,i originaly took up the tool and die trade when i first got out of high school after 2 years i quit and went into auto repair so this lathe will be like a new begining for me ,ive been out of high school for 47 years,thanks dave