I am the proud owner of SBL #9600, a 13" lathe with 6' bed.
I purchased it with my house in southern Wisconsin in 2001.
The former owner, Dr. Hiram Hallock, was a research scientist
at the USDA Forest Products Research Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
I never knew him, as he passed before I moved to WI, and I do not know where or when he purchased the lathe.
Dr. Hallock used it for woodturning, and may have used it for some metalwork.
I have not used the lathe; although not perfect, it is in working condition,
but the electrical wiring in the shop was in a very dangerous state when I moved in.
Before I completed renovations, I developed a neuromuscular condition that has seriously curtailed my activities.
We will likely be selling the lathe in the near future.