Help ID'ing lathe?
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Looks like a 13" South Bend but we'd need better photos showing a lot more of the machine to know. Look for a collet closer nosepiece for the spindle, and get measurements of the diameter of the draw tube to know if it's for 5C collets or 3C. The 13" South Bend lathes should have a spindle bore big enough to accept 5C, but I'm no expert. The draw tube doesn't have nearly as much value by itself without the spindle nose because you can by brand new draw tubes like that from Tools4Cheap.net. It would add value to the lathe itself if you have the other pieces, usually a spindle thread protector/nose piece extractor. You thread that protector collar on over the spindle threads, pop the collet closer nose piece into the spindle nose taper and when it's time to remove the collet closer you unscrew the protector collar and it pushes the nose piece out of the taper.
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Help ID'ing lathe? - by unioncreek - 04-21-2014, 03:28 PM
RE: Help ID'ing lathe? - by PixMan - 04-21-2014, 03:47 PM
RE: Help ID'ing lathe? - by Dr Stan - 06-29-2014, 02:59 PM



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