I have a small 7x12 lathe I use now but am looking at a 10” South Bend for sale locally.
It looks to be a Heavy 10 but I am not sure. The Serial Number is 6964RKK12.
It comes only with a face plate with a 3 jaw chuck, a taper attachment and a tailstock. The cross slide is complete but there are no more tooling with it.
The only other accessories I think I would need soon are a 4 jaw chuck and a drill chuck arbor for the tail stock.
The spindle hole is about 1.265. I laid a strait edge on the top of the ways and they look good. All the gears I can see seam to be in good shape with no obvious ware to them. All metal looks in good shape.
A few questions.
1) By the serial number can you tell me if it is a heavy?
2) I can not move the levers on the quick change gear box. Is this normal for a machine that is not running? I have no way to plug it in to test it.
3) Seeing how expensive tooling for this lathe is on eBay, how much would you pay?
4) Can this motor be rewired to single phase or would I need a converter?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
C.J.