South Bend Lathe 13" Cleanup and Tune UP!

Click half way through to not listen to me talk! 2:19 Just a quick clean up and tune up on an old neglected lathe. Not doing a restoration here, just getting this thing back up and running! These old South Bend 13" lathes were pretty stout machines for their size. They usually outweighed modern 13x40 lathes by about 4-500 lbs. They are still very capable of producing very accurate work as well.

[@smalltownmachineshop6860]

Awesome to see new videos from you

[@billgilbride7972]

Nice rescue! Factory paint still intact!

[@jster1963]

Can't wait to see more.....

[@danielabbey7726]

Welcome back! This SBL 13 looks like a real diamond in the rough.

[@jasonpeters3228]

Awesome that your back. I have a heavy 10 and just picked up a 10k so I need to do the same.

[@jbpmidas]

Great to see a new video!!

[@precisionmachineshed]

Thanks, Took a Long Break, Going through old videos and putting stuff together.

[@davidstelter2391]

I picked up a very similar machine recently, mine's a 4-step pulley but close in most other regards. I do have a good bit more wear on the bed though, and an overly-generous helping of apprentice marks as it was a school machine. I'm still tearing it down, removing the horrible bright blue paint it was covered in (including the chuck!) and making a few important replacement pieces such as gear box plunger, but hoping to spin it up soon!

[@dizzolve]

lol it looks like it's been underwater. If you can turn this around ....... it'd be a sweet one. I have a 13 and a heavy 10

[@kyleshaub4278]

Any plans to repair the crack in the tail stock? Nice work as always

[@precisionmachineshed]

Haha, good catch. Well, Someone decided to tap that bolt in there so not sure I'm going to mess with it. It turned out to be a bear to get to this point.

[@Dancing_Alone_wRentals]

Very cool. I'll be looking at one of these in the days to come. How did you spot the year of manufacture? tHanks for the video.

[@precisionmachineshed]

There is a serial number database online, I think is swells something.

[@Dancing_Alone_wRentals]

tHanks @@precisionmachineshed I searched it and found some history on the company....That was interesting reading. Again, great video and tHanks for posting it!

[@stevensepic.]

Hi I have a south bend heavy 10L that has been sitting for a couple decades and the the motor will not turn. It just makes a buzzing noise when I turn it on. Im not very familiar with these machines. What could be causing this?

[@precisionmachineshed]

Make sure your voltage and phase is correct. Could be that simple. Could be shot, might be stuck. Hard to say without looking at it.