Home > Customer Service > Catalog Numbers > 9" Workshop Lathe Catalog Numbers 9" Workshop Lathes 9" X 3' Model A Horizontal Drive As early as 1914, South Bend Lathe manufactured standard industry 9 inch lathes. In the early 20's, smaller lathes for students and apprentices were introduced, includ...

Home > Customer Service > About South Bend Lathe Co. Before the Web, before satellites, before fiber optics, hypertext, and modems, telegraphs linked the world. One cable address known to many at that time was "Twins." If you wired this address, you would reach John and Miles O'Brien, founders of So...

Home > Accessories > Rotary Tables Introducing the new South Bend rotary tables! These are exquisite examples of machining and production at its finest. Offered in 4 sizes, they feature all the elements needed for making your projects to exacting tolerance! These include: degree scale on edge of tab...

Home > Customer Service > Catalog Numbers > Explanation of Catalog Number Codes Catalog Number Codes: CL 8 187 Z B Type of headstock spindle Designates a toolroom lathe Catalog number Bed length Drive This does not cover all lathes manufactured, only those after the early 1940's. The catalog number ...

South Bend Lathe Works was founded in 1906 by the O'Brien twin brothers after they graduated from Purdue University in Indiana. Within just a quarter of a century, South Bend Lathe Works became the largest manufacturer of precision metalworking lathes in the world with customers in more than 88 coun...