Southbend SB1027 Benutzerhandbuch

For Machines Mfg. Since 8/09

Model SB1027

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This Milling Machine is built for daily, non-stop 

use in a busy industrial setting, tool room, or 

school shop. It is easy to set-up, truly accurate, 

and built to give you long years of service when 

properly cared for. This milling machine supports 

workpieces up to 750 lbs. and is perfect for face 

milling, end milling, planing, slot or keyway 

cutting, dovetailing, routing, drilling, reaming, 

and boring to name a few. With the movable ram 

and tilting head, all these tasks can be performed 

on horizontal, vertical, and angled surfaces. 

When equipped with additional accessories, such 

as a rotary table or dividing head, this milling 

machine can do even more.

"Most boys should learn a trade in order that 

made their success possible." —Machine Shop 

Equipment, 2nd Ed., 1920, by the O'Brien 

Brothers, founders of South Bend Lathe.

The first South Bend milling machine debuted in 

the 1950's. During that time, the milling machine 

and the already well-established South Bend 

lathes created the foundation of many tool rooms 

and school shops across America and beyond 

her borders. Many young people in those days 

came of age on South Bend equipment, becoming 

world-class machinists, mechanical engineers, 

inventors, and manufacturing visionaries.

A lot has changed in the world since then. Those 

same school shops have mostly been replaced 

by computer labs. The technology in the rotary 

dial phone, television set, mechanical calculator, 

computer, and camera of that decade could 

barely fit into one large room together—now 

they fit into a tiny box that is no bigger than a 

box of breath mints. And the average production 

machinist spends more time at a computer than 

at a machine. Technology has been much refined 

and the world operates on a much faster pace.

But some things haven't changed. The same 

human ingenuity and passion that created the 

best mechanical technology of today still exists 

within us. The core machines of the modern shop, 

like this South Bend milling machine, are still 

fundamentally important.

When you think about it, the greatest mechanical 

technology of the future will be what we create 

today. As the owner of a South Bend milling 

machine, you are now part of a great legacy. 

What will you create with yours?

This milling machine features 3-axis table 

movement with built-in longitudinal power feed. 

It is constructed with high-grade Meehanite 

castings, and the saddle and knee ways are 

Turcite coated and built with wide dovetails for 

maximum support and accuracy through the full 

range of movement.

To ensure quality work results, we have equipped 

this mill with NSK or NTN spindle bearings that 

are rated to P4 (ABEC-7) tolerances. The spindle 

taper is R8 and the spindle has powered down 

feed with fine, medium, and coarse feed controls.

The headstock is mounted on a wide-dovetail 

movable ram with 13" of travel on the column 

and 360° rotating capability. The headstock itself 

can swivel 90° left/right or 45° forward/back so it 

can be positioned for nearly any setup needed.

To reduce the time spent doing daily lubrication, 

we have outfitted this milling machine with a 

one-shot lubrication system that is as quick and 

easy as one pump of a lever.

Quality Allen-Bradley electrical components and 

attention to detail provide dependable electrical 

control of the powered movements.

And finally, this milling machine comes with a 

circulating coolant system with the pump and 

reservoir in the column base.