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Howdy folks.
A little while back I posted about an old lathe I was looking at, it was a Craftsman 109 and thanks to much feedback here, I walked away from the deal.
So recently I've found someone with a 1940's Atlas 12" lathe for sale. This is a little larger than I was looking for, but, the price seems good so I'm curious.
It does not come with change gears, its set up with a 4 speed motor. The owner is including a 3 jaw chuck, dead center, and some basic tooling. He's used it for many years and still using it. The headstock bearings are roller type, recently replaced, no endplay.
I don't have pics right now unfortunately. I can probably get the machine for $400.
Is this a good price for the machine?
First you should know that my usage isn't totally going to be classic machinist usage. I repair musical instruments, mostly woodwinds, and often need to make tools, turn brass and large wood sections of clarinets, etc.
I know the change gears are available online and many other parts.
This is the big thing for me: up til now I've used a hollow shaft bench motor for alot of small jobs, it has a Jacobs chuck that will take 0-1/4" objects which I often need to have mounted in a chuck for various reasons.
I was hoping to be able to do all the work I was doing on the bench motor on the lathe too, but, this would require me to find a way to either mount a 0-1/4" capacity Jacobs chuck to the 1 1/2" 8tip headstock threads (not sure how to do this) OR the seller mentioned using the ER20 collets and appropriate drawbar for the operation. Does this sound like it would work? I'm used to using the jacobs chuck but it seems like the set of ER20's would cover all the ranges I would need. And then I would mount the drawbar in the the 3 jaw chuck?
I'm a little new to the world of lathes but am totally interested in learning, and more than anything want to invest in a good, old machine that will be a joy to use for years to come.
I know this is alot to read, sorry, I hope its not too scattered!
Basically I'm just trying to see if the price is decent, and if I can get it working for me at least on a basic level by having a way to turn small parts in the headstock (small jacobs vs ER20 or other collets)
thanks folks, and I sincerely appreciate the feedback!
mk
A little while back I posted about an old lathe I was looking at, it was a Craftsman 109 and thanks to much feedback here, I walked away from the deal.
So recently I've found someone with a 1940's Atlas 12" lathe for sale. This is a little larger than I was looking for, but, the price seems good so I'm curious.
It does not come with change gears, its set up with a 4 speed motor. The owner is including a 3 jaw chuck, dead center, and some basic tooling. He's used it for many years and still using it. The headstock bearings are roller type, recently replaced, no endplay.
I don't have pics right now unfortunately. I can probably get the machine for $400.
Is this a good price for the machine?
First you should know that my usage isn't totally going to be classic machinist usage. I repair musical instruments, mostly woodwinds, and often need to make tools, turn brass and large wood sections of clarinets, etc.
I know the change gears are available online and many other parts.
This is the big thing for me: up til now I've used a hollow shaft bench motor for alot of small jobs, it has a Jacobs chuck that will take 0-1/4" objects which I often need to have mounted in a chuck for various reasons.
I was hoping to be able to do all the work I was doing on the bench motor on the lathe too, but, this would require me to find a way to either mount a 0-1/4" capacity Jacobs chuck to the 1 1/2" 8tip headstock threads (not sure how to do this) OR the seller mentioned using the ER20 collets and appropriate drawbar for the operation. Does this sound like it would work? I'm used to using the jacobs chuck but it seems like the set of ER20's would cover all the ranges I would need. And then I would mount the drawbar in the the 3 jaw chuck?
I'm a little new to the world of lathes but am totally interested in learning, and more than anything want to invest in a good, old machine that will be a joy to use for years to come.
I know this is alot to read, sorry, I hope its not too scattered!
Basically I'm just trying to see if the price is decent, and if I can get it working for me at least on a basic level by having a way to turn small parts in the headstock (small jacobs vs ER20 or other collets)
thanks folks, and I sincerely appreciate the feedback!
mk