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Open almost any South Bend catalogue and tucked away in the back you will find a range of accessories that did not change greatly from 1918 to 1970. Here is a selection of both the common and more esoteric items. A further selection can be seen here.

Indexing Attachment for 10" lathe headstock. With this device in place the spindle could be accurately indexed to assist in fluting, splining, graduating, cross drilling and similar operations.
The attachment included eight index wheels having 45, 56, 64, 72, 80, 84 and 100 divisions.

Powered Super-fine Feed Drive to Carriage.
This very rare factory-fitted device was designed to allow very fine, smooth tool feeds to used when turning and boring, for example, with diamond-tipped tools.
At a spindle speed as high as 2500 rpm a carriage-feed rate of 0.00029" to 0.016" could be obtained.

Direct-reading Micrometer Collar
These large-diameter collars replaced the far-too-small originals and indicated the amount of material removed from the work diameter directly, in thousandths of an inch.
Each graduation marked a moment of the tool of one-half thousand of an inch.

Cross-slide Threading Stop

Bed-mounted Micrometer Stop
One of the most genuinely useful lathe accessories it is possible to own.

Bed-mounted multi-stop
Ideal for assisting in small-scale repetition manufacture.

10 in 1 Toolholder
This fully-hardened holder was available in a range of sizes and came with a set of basic turning tools and a built-in, self-aligning knurl. The tool height could be set by an adjusting screw which passed down through the main body of the toolholder.

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