Diamond in the rough? SB lathe $800 Chelmsford MA

[754]

My south bend too was listed as total bed length.. so 60 inch id probably 40 ish between centers.l

[tom_d]

Quite the machine for the money. Tool post is a bit of a hokey design, but it's workable. Nice that there's a four jaw chuck, and the three jaw has reversible hard jaws. That looks like an original South Bend steady rest. Worth a few bucks right there.

I just noticed, it looks like there's a genuine thread cutting stop clamped on to the carriage. Don't see those around that often these days.

[macona]

I don't think that is a VFD, but I am pretty sure that is a variable speed DC drive. Every bit as good as a VFD if it's done reasonably well. I think it says "Browning" on the front. I don't need a lathe, but I agree, that could be a nice deal for someone.

Yup. It’s a dc drive.

[nickel-city-fab]

Quite the machine for the money. Tool post is a bit of a hokey design, but it's workable. Nice that there's a four jaw chuck, and the three jaw has reversible hard jaws. That looks like an original South Bend steady rest. Worth a few bucks right there.

I just noticed, it looks like there's a genuine thread cutting stop clamped on to the carriage. Don't see those around that often these days.

I see those steady rests going all day long on ebay for like $350. That's what I paid for mine with the micrometer adjusters.

[J Tiers]

This thread is now the poster child for why reproducing the pics in the thread is important. Most every comment is now worthless, since the CL advert is gone.