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<blockquote data-quote="airborneike" data-source="post: 814335" data-attributes="member: 32751"><p>Wyle,</p><p></p><p>Southbend lathes are good lathes and even a 40 year old one if not worn out or abused is good. For gunsmithing work the lathe needs to be a heavy 10L at minimun to really be useful. Quick check is to measure the spindle bore...should be 1 3/8 ". If not, probably won't work well for gunsmithing.</p><p>I have a rebuilt heavy 10 that is my dedicated chambering machine and it is accurate and a joy to use. Many match winning barrels have been chambered on that machine.</p><p>There is a southbend lathe thread over on the practical machinist page that will give you a wealth of info on SB lathes.</p><p>Hope this helps,</p><p></p><p>Mike</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="airborneike, post: 814335, member: 32751"] Wyle, Southbend lathes are good lathes and even a 40 year old one if not worn out or abused is good. For gunsmithing work the lathe needs to be a heavy 10L at minimun to really be useful. Quick check is to measure the spindle bore...should be 1 3/8 ". If not, probably won't work well for gunsmithing. I have a rebuilt heavy 10 that is my dedicated chambering machine and it is accurate and a joy to use. Many match winning barrels have been chambered on that machine. There is a southbend lathe thread over on the practical machinist page that will give you a wealth of info on SB lathes. Hope this helps, Mike [/QUOTE]
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