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South Bend 9" Turret Lathe

This lathe was know as the Series 900, which came in 3 Models (A, B, & Model C). The Model A is pictured above, and came with the quick-change gearbox. The Model B Is impossible to tell apart from the A except that it has the plain-change gearbox. And the Model C is identical to the Model B except for it has the plain apron with the hand operated cross-feed. The Machine came standard with the Motor Drive underneath the Headstock; Power Feed Carriage, Hand Lever Turret (pictured below) Hand lever Double Tool Cross Slide, Compound Rest Cross Slide, Oil Pan & Reservoir. The new price for this Lathe in 1960 was a little over $1200 and it’s weight is around 720 lbs with the 3 ½ ‘ bed.

Hand Lever Turret

The Hand Lever Turret is a very precision piece of equipment. The one pictured here was manufactured for the 9” 10” & 13” Lathes. This Turret has a Sliding range of 4”, and takes Standard .625 Turret Tooling. Accuracy of indexing is  _+          .0005” measurement taken fully extended. Weight varies naturally, for different Lathes this one for the 9” is around 75 lbs while the 13” Hand Lever Turrets weight is around 130 lbs. Turret A is the Hand Feed Bed Turret and comes with the same accuracy as it's smaller cousin. This was designed for the big 16" Lathes. Tooling is 1 ½ “ with a Slide range of 8.875”. Weight is a little over 500 lbs. Turret B is the Hand and Power Feed Turret. This came in three different Feeds Changes, which provides 144 unique Feeds from .0006” - .0193”. Weight is a little over 400 lbs and pictured on the 2-H at bottom of page.

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The South Bend Double Tool Cross Slide

South Bend really had the idea when the engineers developed their version of the Double Tool Cross Slide. A very stunning apparatus that fit on to the carriage giving the Operator, the simplicity of set up. South bend created all the tooling imaginable for this instrument.

Lever Collet Closer

For Production who could be with out the Lever Action Collet Closer

South Bend 10" Turret Lathe

This 10” version also came with the 3 ½’ bed, and could be purchased with either a Bench Model or Floor Model (pictured above). Personally I like the Floor Model as it gives a place to rest one foot. Weight of this Floor Model is 1350, while the Bench Model is 1250. 10" Bench Model  Again this is a pop-up

South Bend 2-H Turret Lathe

The bed Length on the 2-H came in two sizes 6’ and the 7’ both are South Bends Heavy Line of their Turret Type Lathes. The 2-H came with a 2 Speed Motor. Lower Speed are for Reaming/ Taping and what not.