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Well I rebuilt the gearbox today! I'm getting closer to full assembly. I do have a question for anyone who has taken their cross slide off. If I tighten the plate on the back(second picture). It locks the cross slide in place. Am I missing something here or are these bolts supposed to be snug...

I've definitely found my fair share of missing parts and poorly done modifications. Luckily it doesn't look like they used the lathe much so the damage was minimal. Also luckily I'm a machinist by trade and was able to fix some of the issues at work. I'll have to do that needle bearing...

Great job, and definitely looks similar! I threw some of the stuff on it just to get a better look.

So that's what that washer is for. It didn't have one in there to start. Is that an aftermarket design or did they originally have them in and someone took mine out?

To anyone interested I added the original sale information I bought from grizzly. When I have this assembled more, I'll show the original tag that Reynolds machinery added to the lathe. I will say I was a little disappointed that the machine was sold to a machinery sales company first as I was...

Well it's been awhile but I started back up on this project. I don't have all of the pictures yet, but I'll try to take some soon. So far I've rebuild the apron, cross slide, compound slide, tail stock, and I just did the spindle. The lathe bed is repainted except for the feet. The gear box...

I have the apron and saddle fully assembled. Sadly the previous owner did some heavy modifications to the handle side of the cross slide lead screw. I did my best to fix their handi work. I replaced the cross slide brass nut also. To my surprise the cross slide only has .005" backlash, and...

Anyone check how square their column is with their table on their bench mills? If so is there anything you did to straighten it up if it was out? I have a precision Matthews pm-30-mv that has been converted to a CNC mill. I was able to put a tall granite square on the table and check the...

Did yours have the bronze bushings in it?

Did you have to take your spindle apart to put that on? I've been trying to stay away from that

Has anyone tried those belts that link together? Something like this: Vibration-Free Link Belt.

I ended up paying grizzly for the original serial card. It was originally shipped to Reynolds machinery company in Cleveland Ohio back on 5\31\1950

I've been wanting to replace the belt myself. I saw some glue together belts online, but they are pretty pricey. That sounds like a good alternative! I bought a new cross slide nut as the old one had a lot of play in it. I think I figured out a way to make an antibacklash mechanism utilizing...

A couple of years ago my dad and I were able to pick up a 1950 south bend 9a lathe. It was in really good shape for it's age, but at the time I didn't have room for it. It sat under a tarp in my dad's woodworking shop collecting dust literally. I finally have the room for it, but I figured...

By inside you are talking about in there?

Welcome. I'm from Ohio myself.

He used centroids acorn board with centroid cnc12. The spindle still isn't hooked up to the CNC. When I do that I may add an encoder since the board allows for one.

Here are some more. Came with around 20 tormach style tool holders too.

I bought a mill this week! I have been debating the bigger vs smaller for awhile now and decided to just wait until the right one comes up. It's a pm-30mv that the guy turned into a CNC by himself. His job has him building plc boxes regularly, and you can tell. The mill has also hardly...

I didn't end up getting it. HGR I'm Cleveland has a lot of good deals, and I think I want a bigger cnc machine now.