SOUTH-BEND - Service Manuals
4 manuals available for download
9" x 42" Milling Machine w/Power Feed Owner's Manual
Owner's manual for South Bend 9" x 42" milling machines with power feed. Covers models SB1024 (variable speed 220V single-phase), SB1025 (220V 3-phase), and SB1026 (220V single-phase). Includes identification, specifications, safety guidelines, preparation and assembly instructions, operational procedures for table movement, head tilting/rotating, spindle speed settings, downfeed controls, and maintenance schedules.
How to Run a Lathe: Care and Operation of Back Geared Screw Cutting Engine Lathe
Instruction manual from South Bend Lathe Works (31st Edition, July 1934) for the care and operation of a back geared screw cutting engine lathe. Includes preface, history of the lathe from tree lathe to screw cutting engine lathe, and development information. Intended for machinists apprentices and students. Price 25 cents postpaid.
Keep Your Lathe in Trim - Maintenance Guide
Bulletin H-4 from South Bend Lathe Works. Provides instructions on making necessary adjustments, checking power supply, protecting lathe from abuse, and maintaining lathe in best operating condition. Part of a series of bulletins on the care and operation of metal working lathes. Originally copyrighted 1943.
Machine Shop Projects - South Bend Lathe Works
Instructional manual from 1954 containing machine shop projects designed for students in vocational and industrial schools learning basic machining skills. Includes detailed drawings, assembly details, and step-by-step operation procedures for various lathe projects. Featured projects include nail set, center punch, drill punch, plumb bob, lathe mandrel, morse taper, drill pad, crotch center, cup center, spur center, bolt and nut, pipe center and shank, screw driver, clamp, machinst's clamp, bell center punch, center punch with sliding sleeve hammer, clamp lathe dog, machinist's hammer kit, boring bar, milling arbor, morse taper test plugs and sockets, surface gauge, small bench vise, mercury plumb bob, machinst's jack screw, cabinetmaker's vise, adjustable and T-handle tap wrenches, water motor, arbor press, hand power emery grinder, and gasoline engine.