Good day from Johannesburg, South Africa. I really love these videos, keep them coming Mr Pete. I understand the sentimental part very well. At 70 I am becoming even more so.
At 81 you're better than me with regards to memory. I'm terrible at remembering thing in such detail. I recon that the sentimental value and all the memories attached to the machine must help remembering it all. Thanks for sharing and take care.
Nice video and background story. Many times, the video is more meaningful when you have the story behind it. Thanks for the post and have a good week ahead.
boy this is a blast to watch especially when it has no much historic value! What a beautiful machine, the curves on the south bends are just gorgeous. This 9" does proper justice to it with the full on package - cast iron pedestal, legs. Pretty much a fully loaded machine!!! holders and all included and even the taper attachment. happy as a clam!!! Keep it coming Mr. Pete. At over 80yrs, you got more energy then most people half your age, just wow!
That's quite the story on this lathe and not at all foolish for wanting it even for just a year or so. I have met men who at an older age spent huge sums of money to buy a car just like their first car as a teen and then spend huge sums to restore it to something far nicer than it was as a teen. So you taking it apart and cleaning it up but not trying to make is a showroom piece fits you perfectly Mr. Pete. I am excited to see the second video...
Mr Pete started watching you 5 years ago, now 7 lathes later, 3- 618s, 1- 109. 2 - 12 inch with quick change gear boxes all atlas,, finally came across my dream lathe,, 11 inch 922 Logan it's time to sell off my Atlas lathes and tons of tooling and attachments
If ever there was a lathe that qualified for Restoration this is the one. Please give it your full attention. I'm really looking forward to the videos.
That lathe is practically a member of the family! 😊😊😊 I am very glad it is now in your hands, but with that amazing story, who could afford to buy? Its priceless!!!
You’re a lucky devil!!!!!!! That’s a great old lathe. I was a machinist at an old race car builder called Professional Racers Emporium in Carson California, just down the road from old Ascot Raceway. They bought an old S/B 15” or 16” lathe to machine mostly spindles. It was a wonder old machine and the first lathe I ever ran that was belt driven. The finishes obtained were soooooooo much better than gear headed machines that most of the time the finish looked like it was polished. My only problem was you could take a very deep roughing cut without the spindle slowing down. Accuracy was a piece of cake. Great video AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Pete, I'll keep this somewhat short. My last career was 9 years with this firm, and my area was with turbine engines. Worked on the fuel nozzles, ran various machinery like a South Bend Lathe. We had a Monarch Lathe dated 1957, the year I was born. I live in Michigan. I decided as a hobby, so I bought a general 11" x 30" long Lathe. I recently found the Mill I want. It's also being placed in my basement. I recently showed up with you. Good luck when you pick up this Lathe...
My dad had one of the tiny Atlas lathes (some were Sears branded, I think) in the sixties. I made parts for drag racing motorcycles on it! It finally ran out of spindle bushing adjustment. My brother had it, along with other junk left when Pop died, and dropped it at my house last year. It will be quite a restoration project, and it won't be worth a dime when I'm done, but it will look nice on a coffee table.
Funny how life plays out. When I was a teenager back in the 1970's, I wanted a lathe more than anything. My folks and I were saving money for my college education and I was told buying a lathe would be a ridiculous extravagance. I suppose they were right. Every year, the Craftsman Atlas 12" lathe (Sears billed it as a 12-1/4") taunted me in the annual tool catalog and every year it increased in price by about $100, making it further out of my reach. Now, fast forward 50 years and I find myself with four lathes...two were given to me! I need to get rid of three of them.
By any chance u have the parts for the motor that goes for the belt , a friend gave me a south bend 9” lathe but the parts for the motor is missing and trying to get it running is being a year that I got it .. please help,
This is a really good video and I love the story that goes with it. I feel your excitement as well. I don't think I would be able to sell it with that kind of history attached to it. Thank you Mr Pete, I am excited to.
Looks like a fun project. I will be following along. Love old South Bends. Great machines that seem to last forever. Our High School began a shop for the first time in 1960 and had 2 South Bends, Heavy 10's. War surplus still in cosmoline. I was the first one allowed to use them. Unpacked, cleaned and operated. No one there had any metal experience, only wood. I got the privilege to do this because I already had a small Atlas lathe at home since I was 14 years old sold/nearly given to me ($10) by a neighbor who was a GE engineer and it was his first lathe. I currently have a heavy 10, later vintage with the sheetmetal base in the garage scheduled for restoration this winter. This in addition to 2 other larger lathes operational in my shop.
Thank you for all the instruction over the years, glad that you were able to get something that means something to you. If you would explain something to me, the sheet at the end of the video, says 1" collet lathe but all that was shown was a faceplate and a 3 jaw and a 4 jaw chuck.
A tool room I used to work at as a tool & die maker had 6 Lathes. Three of them were South Bends. For a small lathe I liked the heavy 10 the best. The 9 was ok. The 13 was haunted or something. Just could not get great work out of it.
A very nice story for an interesting machine! That is I think a one-year-only model referred to as a heavy 9. It's a one-inch collet nine-inch swing. I was replaced by the 10L aka heavy 10. You can read a lot of information using heavy 9 as a search.
Interesting and educational. It's really nice to see the old school being kept up, around here schools of that vintage get bulldozed, and replaced with some modernist monstrosity. I'm probably a bit weird, but the most fascinating part of this lathe to me is the drum switch arm. That casting appears to be quite a tricky thing to produce.
I sold a heaving 9 inch SB bench lathe ,it took 5C collets.i thinks it’s was rare.i think it was a A little newer than the one you just purchased. I love all of your videos No matter what the subject thanks Mike
I have a 1937 9" with the old style, one tumbler, gear box. and I would love to see a video of you going through it. Thanks again for the awesome content you put out!
Hello Mr Pete, I too learnt my modest turning skills in the 80’s on a friend’s very similar South Bend which had come over to the UK in the 40’s as part of the lease / Lend scheme during the war. I then bought a similar size Boxford which is of course is just a UK built South Bend clone and despite having dreams of one day buying a Dean Smith and Grace still just have the Boxford as my lathe. Very much looking forward to the restoration series.
Way back about 1972 or 1973 I bought a South Bend 13 x 30 that didn't have the name plate, but when I cleaned it up to repaint I found a casting date of 8-29-29 in the bead to the right end of the machine. I made a lot of parts on that machine, including the end cap for a Starrett inside mike. 40 TPI, I think internal.
I really enjoy your videos like this with the reminiscing and history. I guess mainly because I can relate to so many of the same episodes you have gone through. I commented a few years ago about me finding and restoring a1939 South Bend 11-in Lathe which looks pretty much identical to your 1938 9 inch. My wife called it my mistress because I spent so many late hours restoring it piece by piece which took me 163 hours to complete. I did send in and pay for a copy of the original bill of sale and destination which I'm glad I did which tells me the original history of it. I am definitely looking forward to the next series of videos on your project. On a side note you must have eaten your Wheaties that morning you're running around like a 40-year-old which gives me a lot of inspiration since I'm only 8 years behind you. Thanks for all your videos.
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood morning Mr. Pete! (Thank you Robin Williams. lol) Another interesting and enjoyable video. I have several lathes now. Nothing larger than a 9" Atlas. I did have a SB Heavy 10 when lived in FLA but, the 2008-2016 regime tanked the economy and I had to sell everything. Now, we have a similar situation which I hope is changed, shortly. If so, then I will be on the lookout for another Heavy 10 because that thing was the bee's knees! As for memory, I can also remember much from earlier years but, not as well with more recent events. Therefore, I can fully understand the sentimentality that goes with some items. Certain cars from the 60's and 70's do that for me as well as other things. Thank you for sharing your adventures in machining and your knowledge with us. I just hope that you don't drop a spot quiz on us all on Monday. LOL
Pete, my Dad is almost 90 years old and in decent health. Please,please spend your money on what you enjoy because someday you will find yourself in glory. Please enjoy your family now and pass on your knowledge to them. Every day you get out of bed is a great day. God's Peace Pete!😊 AL B.
I'm not an American and don't know how to differentiate between toolroom and workshop, but I also have a PDF of the South Bend catalog No. 50 from September 1939 which shows the South Bend 9-inch *"Workshop"* _Precision Lathes_ in three models C, B and A.
Of course you bought it, you had no choice! It's a shame it went so long unused. The upside is that it isn't all worn out. Looking forward to more videos about it.
Me gusta mucho escuchar sus historias, todos los que amamos a las máquinas y herramientas tenemos algunas y me hace reflexionar mucho cuando usted dice que es tiempo de deshacerse de ellas en ves de comprarlas dada su edad, pero lo que puedo decir que sigo su canal muchos años y no dejo de aprender cosas que enseña usted con tanta claridad y paciencia , salud para usted señor y un abraso fraterno de este pequeño rincón de SUDAMERICA.
Last year I bought my SB 7" shaper, It weighed about 275 lbs. I have a South Bend 9" model A. It is in pieces. Some day I'll put it together (soon I hope). If you are like me you'll keep doing this sort of thing until you start pushing daises. Love the channel keep'em coming. KOKO!
I learned something long ago, often times companies back then had a separate catalog line for schools. Usually lower quality and smaller sized for young folks hands. Often times printed on pulp paper, so cheap and full of acid that even a few weeks in sun ate them up, and the few I saw were closer to mailed flyers.
I inherited a Kelly green shop when I started at my second school teaching metal shop. It took several years but I finally got things back to Bridgeport grey. The sentiment story is appreciated by me as I have al my dad's old tools that he used to build our house in the late 40's.
I am surprised you are selling this lathe. My dad died in 1959, I was 9 yrs. old. During the war he was a civilian machinist for the Navy at Pearl Harbor rebuilding the ships when they were damaged in battle. After the war he became a self-taught jeweler and watch maker and had his own business. All of his machines were sold except for 3 of his personal clocks, which I have. There first was built around 1835. It came out west on a wagon train. It's maker is unknown but it stands about 5 ft. tall and is called a "regulator clock". This clock runs and hangs in my entryway. The second is a calendar clock built in the late 1800's. It runs and hangs in my dining room. The 3rd is the first electric clock that could easily be restarted after a power interruption. It was made in the late 1920's or early "30s. These are the only things I have that belonged to my father. I would give anything to have any of his old machines. BTW, I am 75 yrs. old, disabled Veteran, and have a hobby machine -fabrication car customizing shop in my 3 car garage. Best wishes.
Another delightful and very enjoyable video Mr Pete, God bless and thank you. 😊 Completely up to you of course, and take this suggestion for what it's worth (which is about as much as you think it is; I'm barely the boss of me, let alone anybody else! 😂), but if after your reassembly and fettling of the Southbend, you find it works as well or better than one of your existing lathes of a similar capability, I'd urge you to sell one of the the others and keep this 'family member'. To provide rhe reasoning behind my suggestion, here's the following ramble: My father was a mechanical engineer (apprenticed in the London dockyards and then 2nd Engineer in the merchant navy). Sadly, due to specific family issues he never was able to get himself a home shop, but I do have some of his hand tools (for example: a rather battered but still useful set of pin punches, some beautifully cared for 6" smooth files and the appropriate well used card and a small collection of King Dick spanners; what you would call wrenches, and an obnoxious pair of replaceable tip circlip pliers that I hate, but have kept due to me constantly forgetting to order a better set of good quality individualy sized pliers from Knipex) that, despite their age and wear (the files being a notable exception), I have kept only partly out of their usefulness and quality. The link to my family has outweighed the idea of buying unworn good quality replacements. If my step-grandson Freddie shows an interest (and at the grand age of one year, he's already showing a preferential fascination of toys that have moving parts; he especially loves the wooden toys with gears that properly mesh and smoothly 'transfer power'), I'll pass the decent tools on to him with an explanation of the history. When I upgrade next year to some 'Old/Oldish English Iron' (current candiates being something from Colchester, Boxford or Harrison), I'll crate up my Chinese lathe (that I'm nearing the end of the process of fettling, improving and upgrading; should have gone old iron in the first place, but the improvement process has been very enjoyable to me qnd I've learned an awful lot), that lathe will be crated up and stored (sadly, there's only room in my small English garage workshop for one of each machine tool), ready for Freddie, again, should he show an interest. Sometimes tools and machines get passed on and they do end up on eBay rather than remaining as heirlooms, but if they're not passed on, the history is pretty much lost and that's always a shame. Anyway, thank you for wading through the above ramble and as always, thanks to the Almighty and to you, for your continued presence via UA-cam in our lives. 😊
Thank you very much for an interesting comment. I think Fred will appreciate your kindness and generosity someday. Sometimes I am unable to sell tools or machines because they were a gift to me, and I feel sense of obligation to keep them
Glad see your keeping these "antique" machines going, tell you the truth rather have older stuff, it was made 1,000% better and why they've lasted even if abused! Have question and it's probably a million to 1 shot, we have a old flat belt driven lathe that has " Garvin Machine Company" as only identifier, no other tag except the thread/change gear list, it has a odd ball acme thread, needs new half nuts but it's Acme 7/8" x 9 TPI!!! Can't find a tap except to have one custom made and it was at a jaw dropping price!!! Is there any chance Mr . Pete that you or someone watching has a 7/8 x TPI Tap and they would be willing to tap a piece of brass or even steel?
Awesome story behind the lathe! I'd definitely like to see how the one lever quick change gear box works. My old lathe has two levers and I've always wondered how they get enough feeds with a single lever.
Good morning Lyle, It’s been a great fall harvest there in Illinois. Metal lathes are becoming plentiful this year. Congratulations on bringing the family owned SB back home. I can’t wait to see it cleaned up and running. I think its first project should be one that students would have made with this machine years ago. Congratulations.
Almost as wonderful as a dog rescue. I would drive from Taos to Illinois to fetch that lathe. It's in great original condition - I dream of finding one so clean but here they are super rare.
Regarding the 9 inch vs 10 inch swing; in the Southbend general catalog No. 100, dated 19 February 1940, there is an advisory note stating that the 9 inch swing 1" collet lathes were discontinued and replaced with 10 inch swing 1" collet lathes. The catalog is available on Vintage Machinery.
What a great way to think about giving or loaning things to friends. Reminds me of a little boy with a runny nose taking his first train ride. After several minutes of constant sniffing the large lady beside him said, “Son do you have a handkerchief?” “Yes’m but I ain’t allowed to loan it!”
I am personally a fan of the South Bend lathes. I have two 13" lathes, one single tumbler (1942) and one double tumbler (1960). I am going to sell the single tumbler, even though it was my first metal working machine I ever owner, once the double tumbler is rebuilt. They have their disadvantages, as you are well aware, but I do like them.
This South Bend lathe is a 9" wide-bed, 1" collet tool room lathe. They are rare and it seems were only made for a few years in the lathe 30's. Like Mr Pete said, it's the precursor to the Heavy 10-R. Curious viewers can find the SB catalog showing the lathe at Keith Rucker's Vintage Machinery web site, specifically "1938 South Bend Lathes, Catalog No. 97" page 44.
Wonderful story about the history of this particular lathe Mr Pete 👍👍 Please say hi to your friend Palmer for me next time you see him. Here in the UK Palmer is very rarely used as a Christian name but is used as a surname and just so happens to be mine 🙂 Cheers, Alan Palmer.
So nice to find a piece of history from your old school grounds.
Nice video Mr. Pete. At 79 yrs, I miss my old equipment & the smell of hot cutting oil & those hot chips. Keep truckin!
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Good day from Johannesburg, South Africa. I really love these videos, keep them coming Mr Pete. I understand the sentimental part very well. At 70 I am becoming even more so.
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At 81 you're better than me with regards to memory. I'm terrible at remembering thing in such detail.
I recon that the sentimental value and all the memories attached to the machine must help remembering it all. Thanks for sharing and take care.
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Nice video and background story. Many times, the video is more meaningful when you have the story behind it.
Thanks for the post and have a good week ahead.
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morning Mr Pete, nothing wrong with sentimentality. this country needs more of it. nice looking lathe 👍
Awesome story and thank you for sharing. Mr Pete. Can’t wait to see it together.
Makes perfect sense to me! Thanks for the video and back story.
Good morning Mr. Pete. Nice to see you on the air this fine Saturday. God Bless
Good morning!
beautiful tool, with great history. your enthusiasm is infectious .
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Glad you enjoyed it
Awesome that you have so much history on this machine. I know very little about the past history of most of my machines.
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Thanks Mr. Pete, for another South Bend lathe rescue.
Very nice find Lyle, Nice lathe. Hi to Wayne and Palmer. Thanks for sharing.
Good morning, Randy
I’m glad that you got this lathe. It means a lot to you. It just shows the passion you have for the hobby. Thank you
I love it
boy this is a blast to watch especially when it has no much historic value! What a beautiful machine, the curves on the south bends are just gorgeous. This 9" does proper justice to it with the full on package - cast iron pedestal, legs. Pretty much a fully loaded machine!!! holders and all included and even the taper attachment. happy as a clam!!! Keep it coming Mr. Pete. At over 80yrs, you got more energy then most people half your age, just wow!
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Can’t wait to see it cleaned up and bock together in all its splendor.😊
Thanks Mr. Pete for the video Always good to see new old tool in the shop.
Great video. I'm always fascinated by the history and provenance of old machines. Please keep the videos coming.
More to come!
Good evening from Adelaide South Australia! All the best!😃
Morning!
Good morning Mr Pete and everyone watching, from Lincolnshire UK 🇬🇧
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That's quite the story on this lathe and not at all foolish for wanting it even for just a year or so. I have met men who at an older age spent huge sums of money to buy a car just like their first car as a teen and then spend huge sums to restore it to something far nicer than it was as a teen. So you taking it apart and cleaning it up but not trying to make is a showroom piece fits you perfectly Mr. Pete. I am excited to see the second video...
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Mr Pete started watching you 5 years ago, now 7 lathes later, 3- 618s, 1- 109. 2 - 12 inch with quick change gear boxes all atlas,, finally came across my dream lathe,, 11 inch 922 Logan it's time to sell off my Atlas lathes and tons of tooling and attachments
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That was an amazing story. I'm happy that you had a chance to once again reconnect with a lathe from your past.
"No blood was drawn and no bad words said"...always the desired outcome. Good work!
Lyle, your sentimentality is certainly not lost on me. Great story of the history of that particular piece of "family iron"!
If ever there was a lathe that qualified for Restoration this is the one. Please give it your full attention. I'm really looking forward to the videos.
That lathe is practically a member of the family! 😊😊😊 I am very glad it is now in your hands, but with that amazing story, who could afford to buy? Its priceless!!!
You’re a lucky devil!!!!!!! That’s a great old lathe. I was a machinist at an old race car builder called Professional Racers Emporium in Carson California, just down the road from old Ascot Raceway. They bought an old S/B 15” or 16” lathe to machine mostly spindles. It was a wonder old machine and the first lathe I ever ran that was belt driven. The finishes obtained were soooooooo much better than gear headed machines that most of the time the finish looked like it was polished. My only problem was you could take a very deep roughing cut without the spindle slowing down. Accuracy was a piece of cake. Great video AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hi Pete, I'll keep this somewhat short. My last career was 9 years with this firm, and my area was with turbine engines. Worked on the fuel nozzles, ran various machinery like a South Bend Lathe. We had a Monarch Lathe dated 1957, the year I was born. I live in Michigan. I decided as a hobby, so I bought a general 11" x 30" long Lathe. I recently found the Mill I want. It's also being placed in my basement. I recently showed up with you. Good luck when you pick up this Lathe...
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I believe all machines have souls. Thank you for showing it love. Edited to add: Nice Bridgeport!
Very interesting history on that machine, Mr. Pete.
Completely agree with your stance on the green paint it only belongs on a John Deere tractor.
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I have a dilemma. I’m not sure whether I hate the color more or I hate to paint more.
@@mrpete222 I’ve been there 🙂
@@mrpete222 I hear you
Great video Mr. Pete
My dad had one of the tiny Atlas lathes (some were Sears branded, I think) in the sixties. I made parts for drag racing motorcycles on it! It finally ran out of spindle bushing adjustment. My brother had it, along with other junk left when Pop died, and dropped it at my house last year. It will be quite a restoration project, and it won't be worth a dime when I'm done, but it will look nice on a coffee table.
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Thank You Lyle Peterson... OMG that old lathe is going to enjoy it's new home and REBIRTH.... TM
What a connection to “yesteryear” thank you gentlemen for helping Mr. Pete in his most recent addition to his treasure trove !
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Funny how life plays out. When I was a teenager back in the 1970's, I wanted a lathe more than anything. My folks and I were saving money for my college education and I was told buying a lathe would be a ridiculous extravagance. I suppose they were right. Every year, the Craftsman Atlas 12" lathe (Sears billed it as a 12-1/4") taunted me in the annual tool catalog and every year it increased in price by about $100, making it further out of my reach. Now, fast forward 50 years and I find myself with four lathes...two were given to me! I need to get rid of three of them.
I remember the burning desire for those machines in the old Sears catalog
By any chance u have the parts for the motor that goes for the belt , a friend gave me a south bend 9” lathe but the parts for the motor is missing and trying to get it running is being a year that I got it .. please help,
This is a really good video and I love the story that goes with it. I feel your excitement as well. I don't think I would be able to sell it with that kind of history attached to it. Thank you Mr Pete, I am excited to.
Thank you so much!
Looks like a fun project. I will be following along. Love old South Bends. Great machines that seem to last forever. Our High School began a shop for the first time in 1960 and had 2 South Bends, Heavy 10's. War surplus still in cosmoline. I was the first one allowed to use them. Unpacked, cleaned and operated. No one there had any metal experience, only wood. I got the privilege to do this because I already had a small Atlas lathe at home since I was 14 years old sold/nearly given to me ($10) by a neighbor who was a GE engineer and it was his first lathe. I currently have a heavy 10, later vintage with the sheetmetal base in the garage scheduled for restoration this winter. This in addition to 2 other larger lathes operational in my shop.
Awesome
Thank you for all the instruction over the years, glad that you were able to get something that means something to you. If you would explain something to me, the sheet at the end of the video, says 1" collet lathe but all that was shown was a faceplate and a 3 jaw and a 4 jaw chuck.
A drawbar and a 5C adapter is required
A tool room I used to work at as a tool & die maker had 6 Lathes. Three of them were South Bends. For a small lathe I liked the heavy 10 the best. The 9 was ok. The 13 was haunted or something. Just could not get great work out of it.
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A very nice story for an interesting machine!
That is I think a one-year-only model referred to as a heavy 9. It's a one-inch collet nine-inch swing. I was replaced by the 10L aka heavy 10.
You can read a lot of information using heavy 9 as a search.
Thanks for the info! You solved part of the mystery for me because I can’t really find this machine in the catalogs
Pete, good stuff. Keep doing you.
I'm glad to see your still at it Mr Pete
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Interesting and educational.
It's really nice to see the old school being kept up, around here schools of that vintage get bulldozed, and replaced with some modernist monstrosity.
I'm probably a bit weird, but the most fascinating part of this lathe to me is the drum switch arm. That casting appears to be quite a tricky thing to produce.
I agree, it is outrageously complex and heavy
I enjoyed the video. Buy all the tools and machinery your heart desires.
Yes! Thank you!
I sold a heaving 9 inch SB bench lathe ,it took
5C collets.i thinks it’s was rare.i think it was a
A little newer than the one you just purchased.
I love all of your videos
No matter what the subject thanks Mike
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Great story and a nice lathe.
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Great job. Thank you 😊
Awesome adventure and cool story!
I have a 1937 9" with the old style, one tumbler, gear box. and I would love to see a video of you going through it. Thanks again for the awesome content you put out!
Noted!
Hello Mr Pete, I too learnt my modest turning skills in the 80’s on a friend’s very similar South Bend which had come over to the UK in the 40’s as part of the lease / Lend scheme during the war. I then bought a similar size Boxford which is of course is just a UK built South Bend clone and despite having dreams of one day buying a Dean Smith and Grace still just have the Boxford as my lathe. Very much looking forward to the restoration series.
I had to laugh when you called it land lease “ scheme“. I heard the Boxford machines were quite good.
Way back about 1972 or 1973 I bought a South Bend 13 x 30 that didn't have the name plate, but when I cleaned it up to repaint I found a casting date of 8-29-29 in the bead to the right end of the machine. I made a lot of parts on that machine, including the end cap for a Starrett inside mike. 40 TPI, I think internal.
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I really enjoy your videos like this with the reminiscing and history. I guess mainly because I can relate to so many of the same episodes you have gone through. I commented a few years ago about me finding and restoring a1939 South Bend 11-in Lathe which looks pretty much identical to your 1938 9 inch. My wife called it my mistress because I spent so many late hours restoring it piece by piece which took me 163 hours to complete. I did send in and pay for a copy of the original bill of sale and destination which I'm glad I did which tells me the original history of it. I am definitely looking forward to the next series of videos on your project. On a side note you must have eaten your Wheaties that morning you're running around like a 40-year-old which gives me a lot of inspiration since I'm only 8 years behind you. Thanks for all your videos.
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Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood morning Mr. Pete! (Thank you Robin Williams. lol)
Another interesting and enjoyable video. I have several lathes now. Nothing larger than a 9" Atlas. I did have a SB Heavy 10 when lived in FLA but, the 2008-2016 regime tanked the economy and I had to sell everything. Now, we have a similar situation which I hope is changed, shortly. If so, then I will be on the lookout for another Heavy 10 because that thing was the bee's knees!
As for memory, I can also remember much from earlier years but, not as well with more recent events. Therefore, I can fully understand the sentimentality that goes with some items. Certain cars from the 60's and 70's do that for me as well as other things.
Thank you for sharing your adventures in machining and your knowledge with us. I just hope that you don't drop a spot quiz on us all on Monday. LOL
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Tubalcain, Thank you for your great videos.
The yellow paint must go.
I know, it’s hideous
Pete, my Dad is almost 90 years old and in decent health. Please,please spend your money on what you enjoy because someday you will find yourself in glory. Please enjoy your family now and pass on your knowledge to them. Every day you get out of bed is a great day. God's Peace Pete!😊 AL B.
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This world is not my home,
I am only passing through
I'm not an American and don't know how to differentiate between toolroom and workshop, but I also have a PDF of the South Bend catalog No. 50 from September 1939 which shows the South Bend 9-inch *"Workshop"* _Precision Lathes_ in three models C, B and A.
I do not understand their terminology either
@@mrpete222 Thank You for admitting that, makes me feel a bit better about not knowing also!
Of course you bought it, you had no choice! It's a shame it went so long unused. The upside is that it isn't all worn out. Looking forward to more videos about it.
Yes, almost 40 years of disuse
Me gusta mucho escuchar sus historias, todos los que amamos a las máquinas y herramientas tenemos algunas y me hace reflexionar mucho cuando usted dice que es tiempo de deshacerse de ellas en ves de comprarlas dada su edad, pero lo que puedo decir que sigo su canal muchos años y no dejo de aprender cosas que enseña usted con tanta claridad y paciencia , salud para usted señor y un abraso fraterno de este pequeño rincón de SUDAMERICA.
Great that you were able to reunite with this lathe Mr Pete. Even if only for a little while.
Yes, thanks
Last year I bought my SB 7" shaper, It weighed about 275 lbs. I have a South Bend 9" model A. It is in pieces. Some day I'll put it together (soon I hope). If you are like me you'll keep doing this sort of thing until you start pushing daises. Love the channel keep'em coming. KOKO!
Yes, let’s keep doing it until the day before our respective funeral
Great story. Looking forward to seeing the follow-ups.
you've got to restore this beauty, paint and all
I learned something long ago, often times companies back then had a separate catalog line for schools. Usually lower quality and smaller sized for young folks hands. Often times printed on pulp paper, so cheap and full of acid that even a few weeks in sun ate them up, and the few I saw were closer to mailed flyers.
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Good Morning Mr. Pete! I love the story!
Great video Mr pete as always !!!
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I would have bought it too. Reassembly and restoration will be so much fun.
That shaper shure is nice looking! Thanks for sharing your stories.
Thanks for watching!
I inherited a Kelly green shop when I started at my second school teaching metal shop. It took several years but I finally got things back to Bridgeport grey. The sentiment story is appreciated by me as I have al my dad's old tools that he used to build our house in the late 40's.
That is awesome!
I am surprised you are selling this lathe. My dad died in 1959, I was 9 yrs. old. During the war he was a civilian machinist for the Navy at Pearl Harbor rebuilding the ships when they were damaged in battle. After the war he became a self-taught jeweler and watch maker and had his own business. All of his machines were sold except for 3 of his personal clocks, which I have. There first was built around 1835. It came out west on a wagon train. It's maker is unknown but it stands about 5 ft. tall and is called a "regulator clock". This clock runs and hangs in my entryway. The second is a calendar clock built in the late 1800's. It runs and hangs in my dining room. The 3rd is the first electric clock that could easily be restarted after a power interruption. It was made in the late 1920's or early "30s. These are the only things I have that belonged to my father. I would give anything to have any of his old machines. BTW, I am 75 yrs. old, disabled Veteran, and have a hobby machine -fabrication car customizing shop in my 3 car garage. Best wishes.
Too bad that your father‘s machines are long gone. But fortunately, you have those wonderful clocks in your possession.
Another delightful and very enjoyable video Mr Pete, God bless and thank you. 😊
Completely up to you of course, and take this suggestion for what it's worth (which is about as much as you think it is; I'm barely the boss of me, let alone anybody else! 😂), but if after your reassembly and fettling of the Southbend, you find it works as well or better than one of your existing lathes of a similar capability, I'd urge you to sell one of the the others and keep this 'family member'.
To provide rhe reasoning behind my suggestion, here's the following ramble:
My father was a mechanical engineer (apprenticed in the London dockyards and then 2nd Engineer in the merchant navy).
Sadly, due to specific family issues he never was able to get himself a home shop, but I do have some of his hand tools (for example: a rather battered but still useful set of pin punches, some beautifully cared for 6" smooth files and the appropriate well used card and a small collection of King Dick spanners; what you would call wrenches, and an obnoxious pair of replaceable tip circlip pliers that I hate, but have kept due to me constantly forgetting to order a better set of good quality individualy sized pliers from Knipex) that, despite their age and wear (the files being a notable exception), I have kept only partly out of their usefulness and quality. The link to my family has outweighed the idea of buying unworn good quality replacements.
If my step-grandson Freddie shows an interest (and at the grand age of one year, he's already showing a preferential fascination of toys that have moving parts; he especially loves the wooden toys with gears that properly mesh and smoothly 'transfer power'), I'll pass the decent tools on to him with an explanation of the history.
When I upgrade next year to some 'Old/Oldish English Iron' (current candiates being something from Colchester, Boxford or Harrison), I'll crate up my Chinese lathe (that I'm nearing the end of the process of fettling, improving and upgrading; should have gone old iron in the first place, but the improvement process has been very enjoyable to me qnd I've learned an awful lot), that lathe will be crated up and stored (sadly, there's only room in my small English garage workshop for one of each machine tool), ready for Freddie, again, should he show an interest.
Sometimes tools and machines get passed on and they do end up on eBay rather than remaining as heirlooms, but if they're not passed on, the history is pretty much lost and that's always a shame.
Anyway, thank you for wading through the above ramble and as always, thanks to the Almighty and to you, for your continued presence via UA-cam in our lives. 😊
Thank you very much for an interesting comment. I think Fred will appreciate your kindness and generosity someday.
Sometimes I am unable to sell tools or machines because they were a gift to me, and I feel sense of obligation to keep them
Thanks for all your time and effort. 1in7
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We’ll be waiting patiently for the next show thanks Mr Pete
Tomorrow
What a beautiful old lathe.
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Glad see your keeping these "antique" machines going, tell you the truth rather have older stuff, it was made 1,000% better and why they've lasted even if abused! Have question and it's probably a million to 1 shot, we have a old flat belt driven lathe that has " Garvin Machine Company" as only identifier, no other tag except the thread/change gear list, it has a odd ball acme thread, needs new half nuts but it's Acme 7/8" x 9 TPI!!! Can't find a tap except to have one custom made and it was at a jaw dropping price!!! Is there any chance Mr . Pete that you or someone watching has a 7/8 x TPI Tap and they would be willing to tap a piece of brass or even steel?
Yeah, it’s nothing like the older machines. No I do not have such a tap.
Great Video !!! Keep them coming !!!!
We had one of these in our high school class, and we called it the big lathe. The other three were Colchester's
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Awesome story behind the lathe! I'd definitely like to see how the one lever quick change gear box works. My old lathe has two levers and I've always wondered how they get enough feeds with a single lever.
Thanks for the story .
Good Morning Mr Pete!!!
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Good morning
Good morning Lyle,
It’s been a great fall harvest there in Illinois. Metal lathes are becoming plentiful this year.
Congratulations on bringing the family owned SB back home.
I can’t wait to see it cleaned up and running.
I think its first project should be one that students would have made with this machine years ago.
Congratulations.
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Very cool video. Thank you for the video.
It's a good story about the lathe, It's nice that you were able to get something back of your youth.
Yes
As one gets older, sentimentality for things wane and things of eternity become more and more important. Thanks for sharing
This world is not my home, I am only passing through
Greetings from the oldest town in Texas, Nacogdoches. Another nice video. Another nice old machine. You can’t have enough old nice machines.
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That workshop looks almost as neat as mine 😁
Morning Lyle
I totally understand and support your sentimentality...
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Great story Mr Pete!
Almost as wonderful as a dog rescue. I would drive from Taos to Illinois to fetch that lathe. It's in great original condition - I dream of finding one so clean but here they are super rare.
Regarding the 9 inch vs 10 inch swing; in the Southbend general catalog No. 100, dated 19 February 1940, there is an advisory note stating that the 9 inch swing 1" collet lathes were discontinued and replaced with 10 inch swing 1" collet lathes. The catalog is available on Vintage Machinery.
Thank you very much, I was hoping I would be able to document this change
Good video. Great story!
Thank you!
All in the family, just like yours
Old friends are priceless. I do not lend money to friends I give it to them and if they give it back I am ok and if they do not give it back I am ok.
I agree. I have a brother-in-law that would never pay me back so then I just started giving him money and I wouldn’t get mad.
What a great way to think about giving or loaning things to friends. Reminds me of a little boy with a runny nose taking his first train ride. After several minutes of constant sniffing the large lady beside him said, “Son do you have a handkerchief?” “Yes’m but I ain’t allowed to loan it!”
@@ellieprice363 that is a funny one
Thank you Mr. Pete
I am personally a fan of the South Bend lathes. I have two 13" lathes, one single tumbler (1942) and one double tumbler (1960). I am going to sell the single tumbler, even though it was my first metal working machine I ever owner, once the double tumbler is rebuilt. They have their disadvantages, as you are well aware, but I do like them.
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This South Bend lathe is a 9" wide-bed, 1" collet tool room lathe. They are rare and it seems were only made for a few years in the lathe 30's. Like Mr Pete said, it's the precursor to the Heavy 10-R.
Curious viewers can find the SB catalog showing the lathe at Keith Rucker's Vintage Machinery web site, specifically "1938 South Bend Lathes, Catalog No. 97" page 44.
Thank you very much for posting this
I love that taper attachment on it!
Yes, this is the machine that I used to demonstrate tapers in my south Bend lathe video course.
Thanks. The compound's tool holder looks repaired, I knew it would be damaged but not that much!! Give us a tour of those chuck's jaws later on.
Will do!
That Semi Mentality will get you every time.
Wonderful story about the history of this particular lathe Mr Pete 👍👍 Please say hi to your friend Palmer for me next time you see him. Here in the UK Palmer is very rarely used as a Christian name but is used as a surname and just so happens to be mine 🙂 Cheers, Alan Palmer.
That’s interesting. Be assured that Palmer is the only person I ever met in my entire life that had that first name.
@@mrpete222 I feel very honoured to share a name with someone who is obviously a very nice guy 🙂