What model is this?

[DavidR8]

Just got these pics for the South Bend.
It’s a CL644A with a 4 ft bed.

A fair whack of tooling including a collection of collet chucks.

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[Cooter Brown]

That looks like a South Bend 9A.....

 

[Bob Korves]

If that is all the tooling it isn't much compared to what is required to do various ordinary jobs...

 

[DavidR8]

Can someone tell me what the curved object is in this photo?

 

[Bob Korves]

No cutting tools! There is a holder, perhaps it might have one cutting tool...

 

[DavidR8]

No cutting tools! There is a holder, perhaps it might have one cutting tool...

I’m not concerned about actual tool bits as I am about big dollar items such as steadyrest and chucks.
The Buck Tru-set chuck is a high dollar item and there’s a four jaw which is good.
I do mostly small parts so the collet chucks are welcomed.


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[Cooter Brown]

Both of the lathes I bought didn't come with any tooling just a chuck and a 3c collet closer......

You can buy big lots of lathe tooling on ebay.....

I like this machine the buck chuck is a very expensive item.... It has a follow rest, 3 jaw and 4 jaw chuck, 3c collet closer, and a face plate..... A Shars AXA QCTP doesn't cost that much....

 

[benmychree]

Notice how the flat belt is oriented vertically? This lathe is an old line shaft machine that looks like it was converted to a motor.
You can see the motor and a bit of the support structure in the photo. I don't know anything about South Bend lathes, but this
looks pre-war which suggests two things to me: lots of wear, and project lathe. I could be wrong of course, but if it were me
I'd look for something a bit more modern.

I think that lathe started life as a rear drive, common to many South Bend machines, it seems that someone thought it would be cute to drive it from overhead, I think it is from the 1950s, what with the 2 tumbler quick change box, prewar and wartime machines had the single tumbler with 3 position lever and sliding gear.

Can someone tell me what the curved object is in this photo?The curved object is the follow rest which fastens to the cross slide, it too is a later type with telescoping jaws.

 

[benmychree]

The curved object is the follow rest.

 

[DavidR8]

The curved object is the follow rest.

Thanks! That’s what I suspected.


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