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Not sure if that drill press that I just got did something to me or what... just love the looks of it. So that got me to continue to look for old machines...
It is an Atlas, I think it is 10" but the ad has it as an Atlas QC42 12x42 lathe... 2 broken handles. No tooling except for the 3 jaw chuck...
So a few questions:
1. Would this be something worthwhile getting?
2. Or just another money pit that will sit as another project in the corner of my garage?
3. Is this a better lathe than the HF 9x20 I just got? Meaning, buy this one, sell the HF 9x20 and still get the PM1236?
4. Or keep the HF 9"x20", get this one and forget about the PM1236??
5. Or stay the course... continue learning with the HF 9"x20" until the PM1236 arrives...
Or am I just blinded by the art-deco look of these machines, the nostalgia... In my mind I have this fantasy of seeing it with a new coat of paint and all fully restored... but that might just be me fantasizing of an unreal future...
I said I was not going to entertain an old lathe because of the so many unknowns... but here I am...
It is an Atlas, I think it is 10" but the ad has it as an Atlas QC42 12x42 lathe... 2 broken handles. No tooling except for the 3 jaw chuck...
So a few questions:
1. Would this be something worthwhile getting?
2. Or just another money pit that will sit as another project in the corner of my garage?
3. Is this a better lathe than the HF 9x20 I just got? Meaning, buy this one, sell the HF 9x20 and still get the PM1236?
4. Or keep the HF 9"x20", get this one and forget about the PM1236??
5. Or stay the course... continue learning with the HF 9"x20" until the PM1236 arrives...
Or am I just blinded by the art-deco look of these machines, the nostalgia... In my mind I have this fantasy of seeing it with a new coat of paint and all fully restored... but that might just be me fantasizing of an unreal future...
I said I was not going to entertain an old lathe because of the so many unknowns... but here I am...
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