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

Headstock Spider – Boring Down

Posted on June 29, 2022June 29, 2022

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 the lathe’s headstock. The first…

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Check location location and orientation with some drills on my South Bend Lathe 9A Headstock Spider.

Headstock Spider – Drilling and Tapping

Posted on June 28, 2022June 28, 2022

The headstock spider for my south bend 9a lathe made some great progress with the help of the Lewis Mill and decent vise. Up until now, I have only built…

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Lighting up the South Bend Lathe

Posted on January 17, 2022January 17, 2022

Now that I have a few months working on the old South Bend Lathe, it has become crystal clear that I need to improve the lighting around the machine. The…

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South Bend 9A Status Update

Posted on January 16, 2022January 17, 2022

It was been sometime since I updated the latest of my little South Bend 9A Lathe. This lack of updating is due to the holiday season and that I have…

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Before and After - A partially cleaned four jaw chuck from Project South Bend 9A

Project South Bend – Cleaning 80 years of grime

Posted on September 6, 2021January 16, 2022

When I picked up the Project South Bend 9A lathe from its previous owner, it was in perfectly servable shape. But… it was dirty. There was no rust, the ways…

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