Work continues on the 1941 South Bend lathe.

Work continues on the 1941 South Bend lathe. I’ve cleaned up the motor housing, the chip pan and the bed and can start putting those pieces back together. The badge on the bed was painted over. I would liked to have restored it to the factory red and black colors, with just the letters staying brass, but it would have been very difficult. I decided for these, I was just going to leave it as is.⁠
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Continuing work on this 1941 South Bend Lathe.

Continuing work on this 1941 South Bend Lathe. Spent some time taking apart the headstock. The white thing in the photo is a 3D printed thread protector. Not completely necessary, but I wanted to try making it. The headstock houses the drive pulleys as well as a back gear that slows the rotational speed of the spindle, as well as the spindle itself.
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