Southbend 13" lathe.

Good morning guys and dolls, I am refurbishing a Southbend 13" lathe and it needs complete replacement of the wicks and felts, can anyone steer me towards a supplier, I also need a parts/disassembly/reassembly manual if there is such a thing. Any info would be great and appreciated.

This any good?

http://www.lathes.co.uk/southbend/1954-south-bend-rebuild.pdf

Brilliant, many thanks. Still need a UK supplier for the wick and felt.

I had a Southbend "Heavy Ten" of 1942 vintage for 45 years. Eventually parted with it for a bigger lathe.

Boxford lathes are a copy of the Southbend so maybe a look at their spares supply may yield what you need ?

This one is a 1938 supplied to the Ministery of supplies for the war effort and was on a Royal Navy ship for many years before ending up in a goverment test station. I have included some pics if you want to check my albums.

Steve Wells' website is pretty much the go-to repository for South Bend info and literature.

http://www.wswells.com/

How much of a refurbishment are you doing? I'm currently renovating a Heavy 10. Bed and saddle re-ground, all the other ways re-scraped. Full strip and rebuild of the rest of the mechanicals and of course re-painted all over.

Edited By Pete Rimmer on 25/11/2018 11:55:06

If you are cutting your own felts, I can supply the material (thick ex-papermaking felt).

Edited By ega on 25/11/2018 12:01:42

Ground up strip and rebuild, repair as and when needed, no regains or scrape, new paint and I will be keeping it and selling my other lathe which is more suited to a model maker which I an not.

That would be great, how much

That would be great, how much

That would be great, how much

Just PM me your address and say what size you want and I'll post - no charge, but consider "paying forward".

Bill,

I wonder if the Myford S7 front spindle bearing oiling wick is the right diameter for your wicks? From memory they are about 1/4 inch in diameter

Regards

Brian

South Bend wicks are much larger than 1/4" Either 7/16" or 1/2" I didn't measure mine but they are quite fat with a spring around them.

I don't blame you for not wanting to grind the bed, it's quite expensive and now that Brian's retired I don't know who else I'd take it to. For sure though I would give serious consideration to working over the cross slide and compound ways. I don;t think I've ever seen a used lathe more than a few years old that didn't need some kind of attention to the minor ways.

Yes the SB spindle oiler is about 1/2" x 4" and as you say have a spring action that keeps the hard felt tip in contact with the spindle.

I will have to do some work as you say on the minor ways but the lathe will not be needed to work to 2/10ths

You might also like to look at the ebay store (for South Bend) at **LINK**

Bit eye-watering though

+1.

I'd use this guy. Very helpful, has all the common consumables, parts lists, and his own very good rebuild manuals.

The go-to-guy on 9-14" Southbends.