SM1120 Finally found one!

[YotaBota]

I put a wanted ad in the used,ca looking for a SM1120 in November and just before xmas I got a message that there was one coming available. I picked it up yesterday!
It doesn't appear to have a lot of use but it's pretty grimy. The motor is 3ph but there was no power to the machine so I improvised with a 110v motor mounted on a board with a switch and fired it up. It's quiet and seems smooth and allowed me to change speeds and feeds to make sure everything worked. It hasn't been oiled in who knows how long so I ran it just enough to see that it all works and all seems good.
It wasn't a purchase price gloat but it does have a couple of gloaty features, Taper Attachment, Bison 3 and 4 jaw chucks (I'm not sure the 4j was ever used), both Steady and Follow rests. Not much else for tooling so I'll have to buy a BXA tool set for it some MT3 stuff, it does have a live center and MT3 Jacobs chuck.
Then there's the need for a vfd, I'm going to contact the TECO guys and see what I need, the motor is 1.5hp so I don't know if the 2hp version will do or if I'll need to go with the 3hp version. I plan to keep this machine for a long time so the vfd needs to be a decent one.
So now comes the cleanup, the other half asked if I will be back by spring,, I said I wasn't sure and she said okay but supper is at five oclock, lol.

 

[Brent H]

Great score!

Nice looking lathe @YotaBota - taper attachment as well - very nice!!

 

[DavidR8]

Sawheeet!
Too bad I missed seeing it in person yesterday.
Re vfd, I had excellent service from e-motordirect.ca

 

[YYCHM]

NICE!!!! What's the spindle bore size on this one?

 

[YotaBota]

The spindle bore is 1.375, that's one of the reasons I wanted the 1120.

Re vfd, I had excellent service from e-motordirect.ca

That's the guys I'm going to call tomorrow.

 

[Dabbler]

Nice sturdy well build little machine. It looks like you got everything with it, which is also quite rare! It is gonna give you a lot of years of fun!

 

[RobinHood]

Nice find Mike! Even better than mine with the taper attachment.

 

[6.5 Fan]

congrats on a nice find

 

[YotaBota]

Thanks folks, the lathe was in the basement of an old farm house, and luckily it was dry, but it was out in the shop where I found the follow rest. I took a tour of the shop looking for the any BXA and SM stuff but came up empty.
He also has a beautiful, low time Hardinge lathe and he knows about what it's worth so no deal to be had but a very very nice machine.

Too bad I missed seeing it in person yesterday.

Once this covid thing settles down we'll have to trade shop tours.

 

[John Conroy]

Nice find! It looks like it has jot been used much. Someone finally found a Standard Modern that still had the tailstock,LoL

 

[DavidR8]

Thanks folks, the lathe was in the basement of an old farm house, and luckily it was dry, but it was out in the shop where I found the follow rest. I took a tour of the shop looking for the any BXA and SM stuff but came up empty.
He also has a beautiful, low time Hardinge lathe and he knows about what it's worth so no deal to be had but a very very nice machine.

Once this covid thing settles down we'll have to trade shop tours.

Indeed, that will give almost enough time to clean up

 

[Hruul]

Congrats!!

 

[YotaBota]

While I was starting to clean up the lathe this afternoon I took a look at stand. The top is 5" x 21.75" x 53" and it's cast. It's webbed for stability and there is a pipe plug at one end. No idea what it is from but it's heavy.

 

[YotaBota]

Indeed, that will give almost enough time to clean up

The smart a$$ in me wants to ask "the shop or you" but I wouldn't do that

 

[Dabbler]

@YotaBota It looks like he mounted it on a cast iron surface plate! It gives thoughts of making a new stand and recovering that valuable asset for your shop! At a minimum it is a cast fixture plate. that makes the piece of irmongery worth about what you paid for the late... Amazing!

 

[YotaBota]

I'm planning on using the cabinet the SM9 is on so recovery is possible. I've never seen anything like it for sale so that's a fair chunk of change for a fair chunk of iron. Any idea what it would have been used for with a pipe fitting built in?

 

[YYCHM]

I'm planning on using the cabinet the SM9 is on

Boy, don't skimp on a base now, you'll regret it. The two heavy Utilathes that I have seen in person (@RobinHood , @Crosche ) were on heavy stands (cast iron?) with the motor slung beneath. They just hummed soo smooth when started.

 

[YotaBota]

I really like all the drawers and I added a 1.5" x 3" tube frame and levelers on the bottom as it was only sheet metal that the wheels were attached to so it's pretty solid now. Without the tube frame the cabinet rocked around like a bobble-head.

 

[YotaBota]

The VFD showed up today so cleaning is being delayed for a bit while I rewire. But for now here's a few pictures of the cleanup. The last picture seems to be the "holy grail" of SM lathes, lol

 

[RobinHood]

That is one seriously clean lathe! Well done.