
South bend lathe identification. Although south bend have comprehensive records of their lathe production and can quote an exact dispatch date for almost every machine ever made it is possible thanks to the efforts of geoff swayze to calculate an approximate date of manufacture to plus or minus one year or so if you enter the serial number stamped at the tailstock end of the bed raised to the power of 00059 then. New sn database to add your serial number to the sbl workshop database e mail your information to. Serial number card established nov. South bend lathe identification a guy near me is selling this south bend lathe for 450 does that sound like a good deal to you guys.
Identify south bend lathe. 600 isnt a steal but at that price youre probably looking at smaller and lighter lathes like a 9 south bend model c or an atlas. 1st 1906 as south bend machine tool co incorporated in 1914 as south bend. That lathe if it is in good shape is going to be far more capable than any atlas.
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