Headstock Spider

Project Headstock Spider is a milling and lathe project to produce the headstock spider for my South Bend 9A Lathe.

Project Summary

NameProject Headstock Spider
SummaryBuild a headstock spider for a South Bend 9A Lathe
StatusIn Progress
Material Costs$12

Project Articles

Project Headstock Spider: boring out the spider to the correct diameter to accommodate the spindle of the South Bend 9A.

Headstock Spider – Boring Down

Once I had the Headstock Spider out of the Lewis Horizontal Mill, I needed to open up the bore to have a snug fit on…
Check location location and orientation with some drills on my South Bend Lathe 9A Headstock Spider.

Headstock Spider – Drilling and Tapping

Drilling a hold at 180 degrees for the South Bend 9A headstock spider The headstock spider for my south bend 9a lathe made some great…