New Shop equipment!

Ralph Volkert · #1 09-10-12, 01:39

This month I aquired a 7" Atlas 7B Shaper and a 9"x36" South Bend 9A Lathe with all the tooling and cutters I will need for a while! Both these tools are about as old as my Carrier!

Looking forward to producing my own bits and pieces anstead of buying them!

Mike Kelly · #2 09-10-12, 10:24

Nice pick up

Those SB 9 lathes are very common, parts are easy , manufactured from the late 1930;s into the 1960's or later .

http://www.lathes.co.uk/southbend/index.html

The little Atlas shaper is a nice thing to have

http://www.lathes.co.uk/atlasshaper/index.html

Jacques Reed · #3 10-10-12, 00:50

Very Nice!!

Always have a soft spot for those lathes. Had a few hours on them in high school metal shop in the sixties and later at the Merchant Marine Academy. I keep hoping to find one someday in Australia.

If you are not a machinist by trade, this book is an excellent source of info and was the "bible" for students. I've had it since 1970. It has the usual great graphics, photos, and straight forward language typical of most American tech books. I am not even sure if it may not be still in print but no doubt they are available somewhere.

All the best,

Mike Kelly · #4 10-10-12, 11:04

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Originally Posted by Jacques Reed

Very Nice!!

Always have a soft spot for those lathes. Had a few hours on them in high school metal shop in the sixties and later at the Merchant Marine Academy. I keep hoping to find one someday in Australia.

If you are not a machinist by trade, this book is an excellent source of info and was the "bible" for students. I've had it since 1970. It has the usual great graphics, photos, and straight forward language typical of most American tech books. I am not even sure if it may not be still in print but no doubt they are available somewhere.

All the best,

Hi Jacques

You can download a copy of that book here , the Aussie Hercus lathe is a copy of the South Bend 9 .

http://www.scribd.com/doc/56141210/H...ook-of-Turning

I didn't see you at the VMVC swap day this year .

Most high schools here had a Hercus lathe in the metal shop . Hercus were making some lathes for export to Nth America . The company is still going in Adelaide

Jacques Reed · #5 10-10-12, 21:44

Hi Mike,

Thanks for that info. I thought they looked very similar. Had a chance to buy a Hercus a few years ago when the local HS was selling them off- but missed out. They had "sold" on them before the auction began. Methinks there was some inside trading going on.

Sign of the times that metal working is not interesting to younger guys and being dropped in schools. I guess Facebook and Twitter will build the physical world of the future- yeah right.

Sorry I missed the VMVC Swap. My wife was in hospital on that weekend. Nothing serious, but it kept me away.

Brgds,

Mike Kelly · #6 11-10-12, 01:44

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Originally Posted by Jacques Reed

Hi Mike,

Sign of the times that metal working is not interesting to younger guys and being dropped in schools. I guess Facebook and Twitter will build the physical world of the future- yeah right.

Sorry I missed the VMVC Swap. My wife was in hospital on that weekend. Nothing serious, but it kept me away.

Brgds,

Jacques

I think its because of the tighter health & safety laws at schools nowadays .

Most of the schools have ditched the 'dangerous' machinery like lathes and the brazing blowtorch that we all used at school . But the kids still manage to injure themselves at school sport activities for some reason.

Mike