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Also easier to match lengths for double belts. Photo of my Diamond B12 (made in Los Angeles) horizontal bench mill. With lots of machines, I bought a 100 feet of the stuff! John

I use segmented belt on my South Bend 9". Yes they are marked with direction but I have run in reverse to no ill effect. Segmented belts are premium belting and are smoother running than standard v-belting. I use them even though I have no issues pulling the spindle if needed; a little all...

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Here is a (later models) South Bend tooling chart. What model South Bend lathe do you have?

The castings look like they are aluminum. This set should be cast iron or bronze. Could you confirm the material? Also, Mr. Coventry came from England, but designed and sold his models in the US. Most of the locomotive castings and drawings are available from Friends Models...

For the study of many different types of valve gear are the programs of Charlie Dickstader. Charlie has since passed but his work is still available. http://www.billp.org/Dockstader/ValveGear.html John

2J is 1.625 inch body OD, 3.25 inch long. Not like the drawing OP provided. John

A look at Machinery's Handbook shows that this is a rare bird. There are no 1.75" OD bodied collets listed and those approximately that diameter are 3-1/2 to 5 inches long, not your stubby 2 inches. John

My experience with Precision Matthews was not favorable. I bought a close out power Y-axis feed for my Bridgeport ('for Bridgeport and clones'). Ad said not returnable but 'fully guaranteed'. Well first, NOT for Bridgeports, all shaft sizes and fasteners metric, and the bolt circle for the dial...

For the future you may think of this style chuck. No more locking tapers and the benefit that long stock can be used through the spindle... https://www.amazon.com/HHIP-3901-5034-130mm-Diameter-Collet/dp/B084HNP6FS

Single phase motors over 1 HP suck. Capacitors and starter switches to deal with; and they don't run as smooth as three phase. At home I run an 240 VAC RPC for my Bridgeport, 13" South Bend and Diamond B12 horizontal mill. At the vacation cabin the Diamond 22M is running on the 240 VAC VFD. A...

Lathe head stock tapers are usually shorted sections of standard tapers. South Bend uses Morse (I have spindle adapters for Morse centers and 5C for the 13" and 1-A / 3C for the 9"), other makes may do the same or use other standard tapers. Grab you adapter, your calipers and Machinerys...

Barbells and window sash weights are at the bottom of the barrel as a source for cast iron. At least old machine parts (non Asian) are generally made with good grades of grey iron or Meehanite (they are, after all, cast to be machined on their various surfaces!). Our club has recently bought...

Godshalls is the successor to American Model Engineering Supply for the scale nuts and bolts. These are a little on the expensive side, but are the best proportioned hardware for small engines and locomotives. I think they look a lot better than the BA hardware sold with Stuart models.

Friends Models Yankee Shop has the original design and castings from Tiny Power. I just got the drawing set from them a week or two ago (and the castings). http://www.friendsmodels.com/stationaryengines/58x34vertical.html John

5 years in outside in Seattle... Hell yeah!

Thank God I'm retired from a company that built thousands and thousands of product with motors, and was able to bring home a few here and there that had a cosmetic ding or two. Life's too short to want to make something it's not into something you want, unless the effort floats your boat. Me...

Now, now... Ours are real, they're just smaller...

I have the BA hardware, plus BA taps and dies, but decided to use ANSI threads on my 50 plus year old set of Stuart Beam Engine castings. American ‘Model Engineering Supply’ hex head cap screws Model Hex Cap Screws - Brass - Screw Sizes 5-40, 6-32, 8-32, 10-32 have smaller heads compared to...

DraftSight was free, but they blew that away this year. For just quicky CAD I'm using nanoCAD 5 (of course that means the Russians probably have all my computer mapped out but...) John