Subject: Help on South Bend Info

From: [email-masked] (Ed White, SMO Administration - 63552)
Date: 10 Dec 1996 01:10:19 GMT

Does anyone know what horsepower motor and rpm would be used on a 9"
South Bend Model "c". I purchased the lathe without a motor.

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From: [email-masked] (Boris Beizer)
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 08:43:48

In article <[email-masked]> Ed White, SMO Administration - 
63552 wrote:
>Date:	10 Dec 1996 01:10:19 GMT
>From:	[email-masked] (Ed White, SMO Administration - 63552)
>Newsgroups:	rec.crafts.metalworking
>Subject:	Help on South Bend Info
>

About a half horse is nice.  Original documents say 1/4 but that's a bit
weak.  Don't go over 3/4 because there is a real danger you can break
the machine.  I use a 1/2 3600 rpm motor with some additional sheaves
to get the speed down low enough.  That way, I can also go higher speed
when I want to turn wood (horrors!  For shame! the purists flame.)

Boris

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 11:31:10 -0600

> South Bend Model "c". I purchased the lathe without a motor.

Ed:

I have a 1/4 HP DC motor on my 10 inch South Bend and it can take a pretty heavy 
cut. Plus it might keep you out of trouble it you have an OOPS!

                            Bill
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From: [email-masked]
Date: 15 Dec 1996 14:28:34 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] (Ed

>South Bend Model "c". I purchased the lathe without a motor.

Mine has the original motor, a 1/4 hp 1750 rpm motor, and it takes as big
a cut as I need without any problems.