Can you ID this Atlas lathe ?

[Waterworks]

Just acquired this dirt cheap.looks to be in good condition. No gearbox or top cover though.

 

[FOMOGO]

What is the swing? 10F maybe. Looks like you have all the change gears. I have a 12", no quick change, and it's been a good little machine. One of the pro's will be along soon I'm sure. get rid of the grease zerks on the spindle bearings, should have some oil cups. Mike

 

[Nutfarmer]

Look at the tail stock end of the bed for an ID plate

 

[Provincial]

Some of the features put it in the post-1957 era. The shape of the headstock (12", by the way), the shape of the feed reversing handle and the half-nut engagement handle, and the location of the back gear engagement control are all "tells". If the cross-feed selector is a simple chrome button you pull out to engage, it was made before 1967.

Some, but very few of these lathes were made without the quick-change gearbox for the feed screw. Yours appears to have steel change gears instead of die-cast Zinc, because of the rust. This was a feature of change-gear models.

lathes.co.uk has a section devoted to these machines:
http://www.lathes.co.uk/atlas/page4.html

 

[Choiliefan]

 

[Waterworks]

Sadly both the serial number plate and gear chart plate are missing.

It was sold as a 6" and I got a 6" chuck with it, my guess was it was a 12" from the start.

 

[wa5cab]

Well, the Brits would call it a 6". And if the chuck is a 6" diameter one, that is the most common chuck size for that lathe. So at least you lucked out in that regard.