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I have an old South Bend 14 ½ inch single tumbler lathe that I am collecting parts and materials for to get it operational. I have an adapter that the outside diameter fits the spindle but have not found anything that fits into the adapter. Looks like a Morse taper adapter sleeve with tang, see attached photos. The apparent mfg. name on the adapter is Collis and it appears to have a possible part number of 61394. The part is stamped 9B-4M and the outside does appear to be same as a #4M only longer. A regular 4m taper sleeve also fits the lathe spindle but does not extend past the end of the spindle as it should. I have read somewhere that South Bend used the same taper as Morse but with different length and gage diameters.
My questions are what is the “9B” taper and is this possibly a South Bend special?
Benny
The Orphanage Never Closes
My questions are what is the “9B” taper and is this possibly a South Bend special?
Benny
The Orphanage Never Closes