How rare are the Heavy 12 lathes (technically 12 3/4")? A few years back I had a chance to buy this South Bend Heavy 12 lathe. It was misidentified, showed little use and had a fair price. I believe it was in Scottsdale Arizona and I even drove over and looked at it because they had other tools also. I passed because I had a Heavy 10 and this 12 had an extremely short bed. I even considered swapping the beds but that e would have been extreme for the extra inch of swing. I do think about it whenever I try to clamp an oversize item in mine. I have even owned a SB 13" since then but I always liked the idea of a Heavy 12. I found info in a manual I have but I have never seen another.
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How rare are the South Bend Heavy 12 lathes?
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I discovered advanced search and see this topic was already covered a few months ago.
South Bend 12-3/4 Lathe Runs Again
I recently finished most of the refurbishing on the SB 12-3/4 lathe, the raised-swing variant of the Heavy 10. The catalog number is CL125A, and I originally posted the serial number (13680RKD16) nearly 2 years ago here...
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Wow, looking at our built sheets and photos my lathe looks to be his lathe's little sister. 2 years apart and equipped almost the same except for the spacer blocks. Mine is not that nice any more with 20 years use since that photo. I side by side scanned the photos for comparison.
