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The Shop => Tools => Topic started by: chuck foster on September 30, 2009, 08:32:58 PM

Title: south bend mod
Post by: chuck foster on September 30, 2009, 08:32:58 PM
heres a mod i did to my south bend lathe.
now i did this cause my shop is very small and the flat belt drive takes up allot of room.

i will let the pictures tell the story.

(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc274/aermotor8/lathe/IMG_4957.jpg)

(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc274/aermotor8/lathe/IMG_4956.jpg)

(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc274/aermotor8/lathe/IMG_4955.jpg)

(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc274/aermotor8/lathe/IMG_4954.jpg)

i just thought i would share this mod with you guys...............i showed the wife and she just looked and said "thats nice" :doh:

chuck  :wave:
Title: Re: south bend mod
Post by: tinkerer on September 30, 2009, 08:45:34 PM
I am sure she is right Chuck. Now if I could just figure out what the mod is. :scratch: :lol:
Title: Re: south bend mod
Post by: John Hill on October 01, 2009, 01:47:50 AM
Ummm, changed horizontal belt drives to vertical?
Title: Re: south bend mod
Post by: dsquire on October 01, 2009, 02:09:20 AM
John

Took me a couple of minutes of looking at it before I figured the modification out. Actually it was the text that finally let the secret out. Something about taking up a lot of room? Looks like you made a right fine job of it John.

cheers  :beer:

Don

Title: Re: south bend mod
Post by: chuck foster on October 01, 2009, 02:22:34 PM
i guess i should have explained what i did, i just thought everyone new how a south bend was set up  :doh:

the belt drive was set up horizontal and it stuck out behind the headstock like this

(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc274/aermotor8/lathe/BELT3.jpg)

and by moving it straight over top of the headstock i was able to move the whole lathe about 6 or 8 inches closer to the wall.


chuck  :wave:
Title: Re: south bend mod
Post by: tinkerer on October 01, 2009, 05:21:08 PM
Sorry Chuck,
Didn't men to act stupid, but I kind of am when it comes to this kind of thing. :bang: I m lucky if I can figure out how my lathe is supposed to be set up. :lol:
Title: Re: south bend mod
Post by: chuck foster on October 01, 2009, 06:15:31 PM
on worries tinkerer...................

chuck  :wave:
Title: Re: south bend mod
Post by: Bernd on October 01, 2009, 06:22:28 PM
Yeh, had me baffaled untill I saw the picture of how it was set up.  :bang:   :lol:

Bernd
Title: Re: south bend mod
Post by: ScroungerLee on October 01, 2009, 09:08:24 PM
Nice job!  And timely for me too.  I was just given a South Bend and have been looking at the bench, and the wall, and the bench again, and....

Lee
Title: Re: south bend mod
Post by: dsquire on October 01, 2009, 09:48:01 PM
Quote from: ScroungerLee on October 01, 2009, 09:08:24 PM
Nice job!  And timely for me too.  I was just given a South Bend and have been looking at the bench, and the wall, and the bench again, and....

Lee


....now the bench will not have to be quite so deep.

Cheers :beer:

Don
Title: Re: south bend mod
Post by: jgroom on October 02, 2009, 05:10:08 PM
Nice!  :thumbup:  I just filled in the space with a couple 2x4s, but I needed somewhere to put my collet rack anyway.  :dremel:  Great little mod for the shop space challenged.

Jeff