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Re: Getting a 9" South Bend Lathe Inside It's hard to say. My stab-in-the-dark guess is maybe 600lbs? It was pretty difficult to lift the head stock end up to shift it just a little. At one point I stood the dolly up on its end and the whole thing almost kicked out of my hands and would...

I recently bought a 1929 9" South Bend lathe. My home shop is in my basement, and my house sits up on a ledge, so all machines must go up stairs and then down. Everything up until this point was relatively easy, I would disassemble and carry in piece by piece. But this lathe has been a...

A good learning aide now that you have footage of the whole thing. Glad it didnt spread.

That all makes sense. I appreciate all the info and advice. I'm thinking about stepping up my air setup. The house Im in is almost 100 years old and I can hear EVERYTHING. So I've been looking for a compressor that runs much quieter than my HF compressor. I have a lot more research and learning...

I came across a Gast 20 gallon 1/2 HP air compressor a guy is selling that Im pretty sure is similar to this model https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D604UNY/?tag=atomicindus08-20 He told me it came from a warehouse where it sat in a closet and was just a backup for the sprinkler lines, which makes...