![Photo Index - South Bend Lathe Works - Un known model. 4'6” bed. Flat belt three speed drive. No quick change gears. Single axis auto f | VintageMachinery.org Photo Index - South Bend Lathe Works - Un known model. 4'6” bed. Flat belt three speed drive. No quick change gears. Single axis auto f | VintageMachinery.org](http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/images/36447-C.jpg)
Photo Index - South Bend Lathe Works - Un known model. 4'6” bed. Flat belt three speed drive. No quick change gears. Single axis auto f | VintageMachinery.org
![This 100+ year-old lathe is still in use. It's driven by the leather belt attached to an overhead shaft. You reach over it to move the wooden handle to engage the clutch This 100+ year-old lathe is still in use. It's driven by the leather belt attached to an overhead shaft. You reach over it to move the wooden handle to engage the clutch](https://external-preview.redd.it/RhRLf3uTjaLYPtvghaOShmCGtboHHYZYS8OcXDyaYes.jpg?auto=webp&s=45864fa9abd52fce8cc1a82aa4eca86957c5e4f8)
This 100+ year-old lathe is still in use. It's driven by the leather belt attached to an overhead shaft. You reach over it to move the wooden handle to engage the clutch
![Photo Index - South Bend Lathe Works - Un known model. 4'6” bed. Flat belt three speed drive. No quick change gears. Single axis auto f | VintageMachinery.org Photo Index - South Bend Lathe Works - Un known model. 4'6” bed. Flat belt three speed drive. No quick change gears. Single axis auto f | VintageMachinery.org](http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/images/36447-A.jpg)