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  1. #1
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    Default South band turret lathe

    Southbend turret lathe in Melbourne.

    https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e1102...gs=bu=bu,ut=ut

    Ratty 05/2004 -05/07/2010 COOPER 01/08/1998-31/01/2012

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    Hmmm. $600 for something with no cross slide, compound slide, or tailstock.

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    It's a turret lathe, a predesessor to the CNC lathe. This is my understanding of it, it's used for production runs of an item, OD turning, drilling, tapping/threading is done on the hex head end. Parting off etc is done via the handle in the middle.
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    Kryn
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    It's a fairly old machine, judging by the shape of the stand legs, shape of the base casting, and flat belt drive. I'd be guessing pre 40's. The lever driven cross slide and the turret tail stock might be South Bend, but I can't find any similar in their books and catalogues. They do, however, look a lot like Hercus ones. If they are South Bend, they did make some early turrets that didn't index when you operated the lever, you had to index by the locking lever on top of the turret. Not desirable, but then hard to tell from the photos if it is one of these.

    There is no real commentary on condition or history. It looks unloved to me, and if it was used in production, it may well need a good deal of love to bring it back to useful life. Missing quite a few things too.

    No chuck. Not sure what the thing is on the spindle. No lever operated collet chuck either, which would have been typical on a production focused machine.

    Missing the rear tool post holder.

    No real tooling for the turret; useless without, and they are getting harder to find in good nick (and they are not cheap).

    The turret and lever cross slide were sold as accessories for this modest type of lathe, to aid in repetitive work throughput. They were not really a purpose built, high production focused turret/capstan lathe.

    Love old machines, great bit of history, but this one wouldn't get much use in my workshop.

    All this is my best guess from looking at the ad, so happy to be corrected.

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