Working on my South Bend 9C

[JustaDB]

Spliced or endless serpentine belt?

One vote for endless.

 

[Golem Pens]

Looking at your tailstock photo reminds me of one of the limiting factors I found w/ my 9A: the short quill travel. Although I was unable to tackle the job before I sold the lathe, here's links to 3 vids on extending quill travel:

9" Southbend Tailstock Quill Extension: Part 1 - YouTube
9" Southbend Tailstock Quill Extension: Part 2 - YouTube
9" Southbend Tailstock Quill Extension: Part 3 - YouTube

I may need to see if I can commission this from someone. Since you need a tailstock to modify the tailstock hah

 

[DavidR8]

I am sure one of us can help you

 

[140mower]

If it's apart, one piece would be the way I would go. But if you wanted to do it on the cheap, I would replace the one on the family car and splice the old one to the right size to fit the lathe...... they can also be laced with heavy fishing line or wire, or if you know someone with a belt clipper, that's another option. I used a clipper on my 13" south bend and a one piece on the 10", but only because I already had it here and it happened to fit....... I don't think I own the bobcat that I had it for anymore and if I find I am wrong as is often the case, I will cross that bridge then. 😛

 

[140mower]

I am sure one of us can help you

You might want to figure in shortening a leadscrew, as mine is a 3 1/2 foot one and his is a 3 ft. I wonder if there's enough length to flip it end for end and move the more worn end to the tailstock? I don't think the one I have has much wear as the rest of the lathe doesn't, and my plan is to convert to an A as I have all the parts here to do so...... 😎


Perhaps we have found the key to slowing you down and making us look bad..... all we have to do is pawn your services off on everyone else's projects until we get caught up on a few of our own. 🙄😛

 

[Chicken lights]

I don't think I own the bobcat that I had it for anymore and if I find I am wrong as is often the case, I will cross that bridge then. 😛

Tomorrows bridge is tomorrows problem, it's arguably not the best mantra to live by but then again I can only cross one bridge at a time 🙄

 

[140mower]

Tomorrows bridge is tomorrows problem, it's arguably not the best mantra to live by but then again I can only cross one bridge at a time 🙄

I am seriously considering burning one of those at the end of shift tomorrow. The fun ran out of this one....... 😕

 

[Chicken lights]

I am seriously considering burning one of those at the end of shift tomorrow. The fun ran out of this one....... 😕

Burning bridges means you can't cross that one again, so kudos, check that one off the list 😀

 

[Golem Pens]

I am sure one of us can help you

Oh once I get there, you know I'll be asking 😉

 

[Golem Pens]

You might want to figure in shortening a leadscrew, as mine is a 3 1/2 foot one and his is a 3 ft. I wonder if there's enough length to flip it end for end and move the more worn end to the tailstock? I don't think the one I have has much wear as the rest of the lathe doesn't, and my plan is to convert to an A as I have all the parts here to do so...... 😎


Perhaps we have found the key to slowing you down and making us look bad..... all we have to do is pawn your services off on everyone else's projects until we get caught up on a few of our own. 🙄😛

I'm not sure if the lead screw needs replacing yet!

 

[Golem Pens]

If it's apart, one piece would be the way I would go. But if you wanted to do it on the cheap, I would replace the one on the family car and splice the old one to the right size to fit the lathe...... they can also be laced with heavy fishing line or wire, or if you know someone with a belt clipper, that's another option. I used a clipper on my 13" south bend and a one piece on the 10", but only because I already had it here and it happened to fit....... I don't think I own the bobcat that I had it for anymore and if I find I am wrong as is often the case, I will cross that bridge then. 😛

It is going to be coming pretty fully apart yep.

 

[140mower]

What about your 16 dogs ?

Well. There is the one....... I just don't tell folks which one. 🙄

 

[140mower]

What about your 16 dogs ?

Hmmmm, let's have puppies...... I think that ranked right up there with "hey, look, free chickens!" 😳 🙄

 

[jorogi]

Well. There is the one....... I just don't tell folks which one. 🙄

With ours we don't tell which one won't. They did a great job a couple of mornings ago at six am. when we caught a twit sneaking around dressed all in black. He insisted he thought our 900 foot gravel driveway with industrial steel gate was a short cut to Victoria. 😕

 

[Bandit]

Should have offered the guy “short term employment opportunity, new DUMMY needed for dog exercising”.

 

[jorogi]

Should have offered the guy “short term employment opportunity, new DUMMY needed for dog exercising”.

Hey yeh, "calling all bandits". 😉

 

[6.5 Fan]

Tomorrows bridge is tomorrows problem, it's arguably not the best mantra to live by but then again I can only cross one bridge at a time 🙄

I prefer to put off till tomorrow what i was going to do today. Screw the bridges.

 

[Golem Pens]

Anyone familiar with this style of oil ports? I'm trying to figure out if they're common or custom. Only in use on the carriage and the tailstock.

 

[Susquatch]

@Golem Pens - It's a grease zirk fitting. It can be used for oil too, but that isn't very common.

 

[Golem Pens]

Interesting so definitely added after the fact. Actually, I wonder if there is even a port there normally, looks like it's intended for way oil