Subject: old SB (circa 1943) literature?

From: [email-masked] (Chris Kantarjiev)
Date: 23 Apr 1996 19:52:21 GMT

I just ordered and received a parts manual from South Bend
for my 9". It is disappointing, to say the least (especially
for $25!). Judging from the dates on the pages, sometime
in 1995 they redrew all the exploded views on a CAD system. The
resulting drawings are filled with jaggies, as if they were
printed on a dot matrix printer and copied poorly.

Worse, the 9" depicted in these drawings differs from my
model B9W that was built in 1943. There are some mysteries
about my lathe, in particular around the headstock,
that I was hoping to solve by studying the drawings, 
but this book is no help.

If you have a parts catalog that's closer in vintage to 1943,
I would gladly pay you for your time and trouble and shipping
to get me a copy (after all, I paid SBL $25 for something
that's almost worthless to me!). I'd love to have a lubrication
chart of similar vintage, as well as the factory recommendations
for motor size, speed and pulley diameter.

Thanks.

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From: [email-masked] (John Jeannette)
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 03:23:00 GMT

On 23 Apr 1996 19:52:21 GMT, [email-masked] (Chris
Kantarjiev) wrote:

>for my 9". 

Are you referring to "manual" CE3455? It answers a few questions but
mostly it is a let-down. I bought my model B9W about 8 months ago. It
was missing parts when I bought it. It's still missing parts. So many
other big name lathes have inexpensive aftermarket suppliers that I
just assumed South Bend would have one too. And then there's the even
bigger problem of trying to determine what these parts are and what
they look like. Let me know what you are looking for, maybe my lathe
still has it and I can describe it for you.         -John