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nine4gmc

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That's a smaller one, no quick change gear box but with all that tooling and extra gears, you are looking at well over $300 worth imo.
 
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Wow looks like a great deal to me. Metal lathes never come up like that around my area. Only full sized for 1500 or harbor freight mini lathes for 500 plus.
 
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I searched a lot earlier this year and never come close to a deal like that. I wouldn't think twice about $ 250.00. It looks like everything is in good shape, I would check out all the gears and such, but it just looks good in the photos.
It has pretty much everything you would need to make chips soon as you got it home...............
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Did you get it yet?
 
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Thanks for all the replies, haven't heard back from him yet but from what everyone here says it's worth the $250 he's asking. Hopefully it's not sold yet, I'll let everyone know if I get it. Thanks
 
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It's very fair*, you're cheap. That is a very old lathe, and while it can do quite a bit, especially teaching, if you really want to produce parts, hold out for a more modern machine.

*Assuming there are no major problems.
 
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zkling said:
That is a very old lathe, and while it can do quite a bit, especially teaching, if you really want to produce parts, hold out for a more modern machine.
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Being I only know how to spell the word "Lathe" that's all I need.

Just picked it up for $175, couldn't be any more happier with my purchase.
 
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I thought I was cheap.
Great score, let us know how it is once you go though it.
You don't see them that complete very often.
 
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TAMPAGT07 said:
Big time.... You should let the guy bang the wife for that kind of deal.... (Not necessarily yours.) I don't throw out reverse wife bangs very often....:D
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Every day I learn something new here on GJ. A reverse bang, now that can get the mind wondering:D
 
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Yeah cb, I would think a reverse bang would be for the OP to bang Tampa's wife, not the seller's :lol:
 
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It is late March 1928.

I think you did just fine, is it new with all the extra features? No, but it is still a pretty nice little lathe. My first was a 1947 version of this same SB. It was a change gear machine as well and it never affected my use of it, what did limit me was the work envelope, most everything I wanted to do was too big for it, ended up trading up, wish I had figured out a way to keep it while still getting the others.
Oh, the gears aren't 'extra', they are what you install to get a certain feed rate or pitch for threading. The chart on the gear cover tells you which ones to put where when the time comes. To thread you will also want a threading dial, but not absolutely a have to item.
There is a ton of info online about SB machines, here is my favorite site http://www.wswells.com/

You can also learn a tremendous amount by reading everything you can over on practical machinist in the SB forum, ( http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/south-bend-lathes/ ) go ahead and go back to the beginning and you will see topics on every part of these lathes and learn a bunch in the process.

Oh, do not take the headstock bearing caps off until you read the proper way to do it.

It is great that you got the counter shaft with it, I have seen those go for more than you paid for the whole machine.

Good luck and congrats,

Jason
 
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By "extra" gears, I meant they usually are lost/broken and you only get one set with a machine, not "extra" like multiples of the same, guess I should have specified :beer:

Great "looking" condition for a 1928 machine!
 
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CoopVA said:
There's a serial number on the ways near the tail stock. Then go here:

http://www.wswells.com/serial_number.html

Oh, and you ****...


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Thanks for the link, where else but here can you be happy being called "you ****".:D


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It is late March 1928.

I think you did just fine, is it new with all the extra features? No, but it is still a pretty nice little lathe. My first was a 1947 version of this same SB. It was a change gear machine as well and it never affected my use of it, what did limit me was the work envelope, most everything I wanted to do was too big for it, ended up trading up, wish I had figured out a way to keep it while still getting the others.
Oh, the gears aren't 'extra', they are what you install to get a certain feed rate or pitch for threading. The chart on the gear cover tells you which ones to put where when the time comes. To thread you will also want a threading dial, but not absolutely a have to item.
There is a ton of info online about SB machines, here is my favorite site http://www.wswells.com/

You can also learn a tremendous amount by reading everything you can over on practical machinist in the SB forum, ( http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/south-bend-lathes/ ) go ahead and go back to the beginning and you will see topics on every part of these lathes and learn a bunch in the process.

Oh, do not take the headstock bearing caps off until you read the proper way to do it.

It is great that you got the counter shaft with it, I have seen those go for more than you paid for the whole machine.

Good luck and congrats,

Jason
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Thanks for all the great info, I'll be happy just learning the basics of how to use a lathe.

Again, thanks for the great feed back.
 
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Major suckage. There was one on CL like that for $2300 which was cheap here in VA. There's also a ton of info on the South Bends. They put out excellent how to books in the 40s. Look for a copy of "How to Run a Lathe". Lindsy Books used to reprint them. I think you can find them easily enough. If they're selling lathes in your part if the woods that cheap I'd keep buying and resell them! Also look into books on how to set up lathe.
 
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