Southbend Heavy 13 with 12' bed (!!?), Absurplus.

[calgaryguy]

I'd be on this if the bed wasnt so ridiculously long...

Current bid is $500

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[deleted_user]

anyone have a really honkin plasma cutter?

 

[calgaryguy]

I was thinking the same thing, lol.

 

[YYCHM]

Sawsall

 

[calgaryguy]

I think that it would be a pretty involved modification. Feed screw and feed screw end mounting point would have to be modded/fabbed, bed would have to be cut in a way that wouldnt affect the parallelism of the ways (which I understand can be a non-trivial task), etc.

 

[deleted_user]

anyone have a really honkin plasma cutter?

I'm also irreverent enough to take a precision ground granite plate 50"x80"x12" thick and cut it into chunks to turn into artworks... breaking it down would make moving 4800 pounds easier in my case and yours both. IDK what that lathe weighs though, just the granite block

 

[deleted_user]

I think that it would be a pretty involved modification. Feed screw and feed screw end mounting point would have to be modded/fabbed, bed would have to be cut in a way that wouldnt affect the parallelism of the ways (which I understand can be a non-trivial task), etc.

The screws attach via a simple bracket. What matters is can the "new" end be machined to fit the bracket once threads are removed

 

[calgaryguy]

Like I said "involved"

 

[deleted_user]

Like I said "involved"

Involved to me is making a lathe

 

[YYCHM]

Like I said "involved"

What says @140mower Doable or not?

 

[140mower]

I say, do-able....... But be a shame to alter a rather unique machine..... Somebody must want to make driveshafts and propshafts, etc somewhere.....

 

[calgaryguy]

I say, do-able....... But be a shame to alter a rather unique machine..... Somebody must want to make driveshafts and propshafts, etc somewhere.....

I agree. I had a quick look at Vintagemachinery's index of SB H 13's and I didnt see any that indicated a 12' bed.

 

[Tomc938]

Maybe you could turn it into a 16" x 48" just by moving the tailstock, and turn the remaining 8' into a workbench by adding a heavy duty top? (or put it in the kitchen and have a dining room table on the last 8')

I agree it is a unique bit of history, and would be a shame to chop it up. Reminds me of my great Uncle who cut apart a solid oak dining room table to make shelves in his shop. Mind you they were nice shelves.

 

[deleted_user]

I say, do-able....... But be a shame to alter a rather unique machine..... Somebody must want to make driveshafts and propshafts, etc somewhere.....

True, if this is in fact a rarer lathe it should be preserved intact. BUT the reality is 100s of these go to the scrapper because they're too big to move and use for someone.


Better an amputee than dead.

 

[deleted_user]

Maybe you could turn it into a 16" x 48" just by moving the tailstock, and turn the remaining 8' into a workbench by adding a heavy duty top? (or put it in the kitchen and have a dining room table on the last 8')

I agree it is a unique bit of history, and would be a shame to chop it up. Reminds me of my great Uncle who cut apart a solid oak dining room table to make shelves in his shop. Mind you they were nice shelves.

I restore all sorts of things, and I hate when I see carts turned into coffee tables, or cast lathe legs turned into sofa tables to go into industrial lofts owned by people who only want a unique bauble to display.

I have my eye on a unique piece to rescue from a similar fate, but once I'm done restoration, no one will want the finished piece as an actual tool. Meanwhile I could convert it to a coffee table and sell it for about $1500. I could then use that money for tools I'd use.

So, while you want to be ethical and a preservationist, pragmatism must come into play somewhere.

I recall I posted a Bertram lathe for sale in Canada a while back. I should be in a museum. It remains unsold and sitting idle waiting for eventual scrapping.

 

[140mower]

......if I were willing to get rid of the little shaper, and move the k&t out of the corner...... Glad it's not closer. Mine has a 6' bed, but a lot of hydraulic cylinders tend to be longer than that.... I need a bigger shop....