Atlas/Craftsman Serial Numbers and Bearing Dates (if applicable) For Database Entries

[WCraig]

Another Atlas 10-F for your records:

Model: TH54
Serial: 063469





Let me know if you need any more info.

Craig

 

[DiscoDan]

I realized I never added mine to your list. It's a 12x36 101.28940 SN000436 with the 48" bed and QCGB.

 

[wa5cab]

Another Atlas 10-F for your records:

Model: TH54
Serial: 063469


Let me know if you need any more info.

Craig

Thanks. Probably made 1945. It looks nearly new. Or that's an excellent repaint job!

 

[wa5cab]

I realized I never added mine to your list. It's a 12x36 101.28940 SN000436 with the 48" bed and QCGB.

Thanks. I've added it.

But minor correction. That one has a 54" bed. Atlas quit making 36" and 48" beds circa 1947, and never made a 48" one with half inch ways.

 

[DiscoDan]

Thanks. I've added it.

But minor correction. That one has a 54" bed. Atlas quit making 36" and 48" beds circa 1947, and never made a 48" one with half inch ways.

I was measuring from the headstock just under the chuck. Thanks for the correction. And FYI, you don't see the QCGB because it is off for repair of the handles.

 

[WCraig]

Thanks. Probably made 1945. It looks nearly new. Or that's an excellent repaint job!

Thanks, I was guessing it was a lot younger than that. AFAICT, I think it is the original paint. I'm going to get my mikes out but I think there is very little wear in the bed. Certainly nothing I can see or feel with my finger.

The bad news is that the countershaft 'went for a walk'. The previous owner (now 90) had the lathe for about 25 years and never used it. He didn't realize there was supposed to be a countershaft! The motor pulley and both covers for the headstock are also missing and presumably hiding with the countershaft. Fingers crossed, I may have a source for at least the countershaft. I do have a motor stashed away that ought to work.

Craig

 

[wa5cab]

Too bad about the missing parts. Given the paint condition, if those were present the machine would look almost new.

The first 10F's were produced in late 1938. and the last one sometime in 1957. The highest reported serial number is 091854. Based on reported serial numbers (and considerably fewer reported bearing dates) the data indicates that except for the first roughly 5000 QC models, the entire 10" production used the same serial number pool. Meaning that the first production 10F was somewhere around serial number 009000 and not serial number 000001. Which helps date the babbit bearing models. And based on the data, we think that nearly 100,000 10" of all models were made including the roughly 5000 QC's mentioned previously).

Anyway, the estimated date on your machine is probably good to +/- about a year.

 

[bill70j]

Anyway, anyone with a 10" who doesn't remember for sure entering your machine into the old Yahoo database or giving it to me recently, please send me the model number (which includes bed length), serial number (including any prefix or suffix letters), type (10F, 10D, etc.), and if it has Timken bearings, the bearing dates if you know them. If no bearing dates, then anything that would give the original purchase date (no guesses, please).
Thanks, Robert D.

Robert:

I finally got the software to download your database. I wanted to supply info on my Atlas QC42. And lo and behold, I found that someone had already entered the info - a previous owner, I presume!! SN 084882

Please let me know how and what information I should supply, reflecting the change of ownership. And also, I would love to find out who the previous was. Almost as exciting as a juicy segment of Forensic Files.

Thanks, Bill

The CraigsList Photo of the Machine that I acquired in Jan, 2017 for $675.

 

[wa5cab]

As long as I've been doing this, this is the first time that someone has reported buying a lathe and finding it already in the database.

You have the database record. I'll take care of the change of ownership. If there is anything that you want to add on the lathe, just write it here along with the serial number and I'll add it.

The previous owner was someone named Dave. He hasn't been on the site since 2016. He was in Tipp City, OH. And that's the only personal info that I have.

 

[bill70j]

If there is anything that you want to add on the lathe, just write it here along with the serial number and I'll add it.

Thanks, Robert.

Here is some updated/new information for this lathe, SN 084882:

OWNER,C,80 - Bill Buckalew. USA/CA/Los Osos
COST_ACQD,C,40 - $675
ACQUIRED,C,63 - Jan, 2017 CraigsList Purchase
NOTES,1,C,254 - Craftsman 3/4HP motor(dated 1962), 3&4 Jaw Chucks, Drive plate, Face plate, 9" South Bend Steady Rest, Lantern Tool Post, 9 Tool Holders, Jacobs 3B Drill Chuck, Jacobs #100 Armature Chuck, ~100 HSS & carbide tool bits, MT2 Drill Bits