[BVARC] Fw: Re: South Bend 9" x 3 1/2' Lathe for Sale

Tony R. Summerville n5rpq at earthlink.net
Thu Jun 20 23:07:32 CDT 2024


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From: Tony R. Summerville <n5rpq at earthlink.net>
Sent: Jun 14, 2024 10:48 PM
To: <jparmalee at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [BVARC] South Bend 9" x 3 1/2' Lathe for Sale

John,
Tony N5RPQ here.  I would be interested in taking a look at your lathe.  I am looking for a lathe that
will accept larger stock through the spindle than mine.  Let me know if we can arrange a time that I could
Come over and take a look at it.

Tony

 
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Subject: [BVARC] South Bend 9" x 3 1/2' Lathe for Sale

This is a classic machine often used for production in days before Numeric Controlled lathes.  South bend 9” lathes were pretty regularly found in the model and maintenance shops of industry.
It has a three-jaw chuck for boring a true center hole in round stock also for the removal of material from the diameter of stock.  It will handle long stock of up to inch and a half through the headstock and will swing  nine-inch stock on the face of the chuck.  The chuck jaws are reversable 
 It will cut threads; the lead screw is controlled by a set of interchangeable gears allowing all standard pitch threads to be cut.   I see someone has created set of gears to cut metric threads if you must.
Included are two tool posts one quick change and a standard lantern tool holder.
I purchased the lathe about five years ago for $800 and have added accessories, tools and a proper power revising switch which are included. I have had fun with it but an impending move makes it too much to take with us.  I would like $800.  I see the same lath on eBay for as much as $1800 plus freight.
The lathe is mounted on three thicknesses of &frac12;” plywood along with the motor and outboard pully.  All of this on a heavy-duty table on sliders. 






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