South Bend Color

[uwmetalman]

Hi All, I recently bought a 1927(?) 16" SB lathe. It has about ten coats of badly damaged paint (including the operating surfaces). Can anyone tell me the original factory color? It's a nice old lathe it's just a bit beat-up and rusty.

Thanks in advance.

Jerry Salisbury

 

[halfnut]

One I used to run was about this vintage, was black. I don't think it had been repainted. But it had a few years on me, my pappy wasn't even born till 1932.

The original owner of this machine died around 19 years ago, can't ask him about the color.

[This message has been edited by halfnut (edited 05-16-2002).]

 

[ToolsRMenstoys]

I have a 1917 and a 1930 South Bend lathes of the same size. When I contacted the company, they said that they only used 2 basic colors, black before WWII and their current color after WWII. However, customers could order custom colors.

Originally posted by uwmetalman:
Hi All, I recently bought a 1927(?) 16" SB lathe. It has about ten coats of badly damaged paint (including the operating surfaces). Can anyone tell me the original factory color? It's a nice old lathe it's just a bit beat-up and rusty.

Thanks in advance.

Jerry Salisbury

 

[panchula]

My 1928 9" Jr. was originally black under the grey paint, under the tan paint, under the ugly NEON GREEN latex (even the compound graduations!).

I ended up going with Krylon Dove Grey for the color when I finished stipping it

-Mike.