I have a South Bend Precision Lathe, Model A, Catalog number CL 644
Y, Bed Length 3, Serial Number 29884NAR9.  My father was a tool and die
maker with Litton Industries in Beverly Hills, CA.  There was an R&D
Laboratory that had been developing a hard space suit. When they lost the
bid to sell their suit to NASA (circa 1975) they closed the lab.  My father
bought the lathe that had been in the tool room and gave it to me.  I have
used the lathe at my home in Pleasant View, Utah for making generally repair
parts for whatever was needed.  It seems I'm not the only person that has a
great love the South Bend Lathe.  It is the greatest tool I have ever had.
   
I am retired now and restoring the machine.  In researching your SBL
Serial Number File, it appears that it was manufactured in 1952.  Is there
anything else about the machine that you can offer?

Marty