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I'm not sure about collets. I have not brought the lathe home yet, as I have to get some help moving it. It does have 2 lathe chucks and two large Jacobs drill chucks that I know of. I checked it yesterday, and it has some cutters as well, bit no milling attachment. I really want to be able to do some light milling (guards and such) and since the South bend milling attachments are pricey and kind of rare, I may fabricate one.
 
Oh, and I believe the model number is 415-YA. I can't find that exact number in the 1928 catalog, it is a 9" model with a 3 foot bed
 
If you think you will never need a particular tap, throw it out. As soon as the garbage truck pulls away, you will need it.

The point of putting a VFD on a drill press is not to make it work better. The point is...how cool is a drill press with a VFD?
 
Yes, just like keys. He wants $ for the taps and doesn't want to break them up, so I think I'll pass on those. I'm not looking to become a full blown machining operation at the moment.
 
kdogmcg said:
I'm not sure about collets. I have not brought the lathe home yet, as I have to get some help moving it. It does have 2 lathe chucks and two large Jacobs drill chucks that I know of. I checked it yesterday, and it has some cutters as well, bit no milling attachment. I really want to be able to do some light milling (guards and such) and since the South bend milling attachments are pricey and kind of rare, I may fabricate one.
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Be sure to get all the gears and stuff on the walls for the lathe.

And all the toolholders in sight
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The Mighty Ginsu said:
If you think you will never need a particular tap, throw it out. As soon as the garbage truck pulls away, you will need it.

The point of putting a VFD on a drill press is not to make it work better. The point is...how cool is a drill press with a VFD?
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It would give you greater speed control

Also the ability to instant reverse for tapping.
 
ron_m80 said:
I am curious, how many collet's are paired with the lathe? If I was correct and it's a 9" Southbend (hard to read the catalog number) the 3c collet's can be a little tough to find at a nice price used. Headstock should be an MT3 taper (for dead centers and such), and the tailstock will likely be an MT2.

The other number is at the end of the bed on the right, under where the tailstock is sitting. You have a lot of the change gears, which were on the wall behind the machine.
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Yes if you have the 3C collet available, get them.


Callum.D said:
Don't forget about the taps and dies! You can NEVER EVER have too many taps, trust me.
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If the taps are that old and he wants $ fro them, I suspect they are carbon taps and I would rather have new HSS spiral pint taps.
But I see other stuff in the tap box, be sure and go through ti so you get what else belongs to it.
 
Thanks for the tips. It's kind of an odd situation as he is giving me some stuff (the hard to carry stuff) and wants money for some of the stuff. There are several dial indicators, depth gauges that sort of thing. the indicators look pristine, except the plastic clear covers are hazed over. He has also given me a TON of bits. Some so small, i hope i can use my micrometer to figure out what size they are. a set of stubby two step bits, punches, i could go on....
 
Callum.D said:
Don't forget about the taps and dies! You can NEVER EVER have too many taps, trust me.
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ron_m80 said:
I am curious, how many collet's are paired with the lathe? If I was correct and it's a 9" Southbend (hard to read the catalog number) the 3c collet's can be a little tough to find at a nice price used. Headstock should be an MT3 taper (for dead centers and such), and the tailstock will likely be an MT2.

The other number is at the end of the bed on the right, under where the tailstock is sitting. You have a lot of the change gears, which were on the wall behind the machine.
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kdogmcg said:
Thanks for the tips. It's kind of an odd situation as he is giving me some stuff (the hard to carry stuff) and wants money for some of the stuff. There are several dial indicators, depth gauges that sort of thing. the indicators look pristine, except the plastic clear covers are hazed over. He has also given me a TON of bits. Some so small, i hope i can use my micrometer to figure out what size they are. a set of stubby two step bits, punches, i could go on....
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If the indicators are good quality, the lenses can be easily repaired 35$ ish
 
I can't recall the name but they where in white cartons with green writing. I believe the companies name started with an "F"
 
12345678910 said:
It would give you greater speed control

Also the ability to instant reverse for tapping.
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I have a 2-HP motor and VFD on my drill press, and it's definitely better than belts and single-phase. I agree with your points. But most people don't really care about having the absolute best.
 
If I had a broken pully and a shot motor like the other poster, I would go with a vfd. In this application it would not have to be sealed ( not in my shop anyway) and wouldn't need to be over 1 HP ( again, not do what I do)
 
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