Atlas Horizontal mill

About the Z axis(knee): I took my knee off (among other things) when I moved the mill so that I could handle it myself. When I went to put it back on, it was locked up. On my mill, at least, there are shims between the knee and the bar that rides on the back of the square ways(held on by 3 bolts each side). Try loosening the bolts on one side and then the other to see if that is the problem. I had to make new shims to get the knee to work properly, but that really wasn't a big deal. I also managed to lock up the lifting screw by running it to it's extreme (open, I think) limits.
 
Froggie,

Yes, Bass Tool lists 3AT, 3C, 3J, 5C and a couple of others but no 4C.
 
SCORE!! As I got down near the bottom of the mess of stuff that came with my MFC, I found the drawbar I thought I was going to have to make!! It is homemade from what appears to be a 1" piece of tool steel and differs from the original (in addition to the larger diameter outboard) in that the minor diameter is about 0.008-.010 undersize, there appears to be a brass washer to act as a "bushing" instead of the taper shown on the original, and it is tightened with 2 flats at about 0.75" instead of the half inch square shown in the drawing. BUUUTT, it works like a champ, and that's what really counts, isn't it? :cool:

At this point, it looks like I'll be able to make some chips as soon as I sort out the knee control so I can move the table up and down (assuming I don't find anything else hidden that is wrong with it!) :rolleyes:

In the assorted mess of tooling, I found an arbor that appears to have an R-8 shank and a "stub arbor" with a #3 MT shank that I will try to find a home for, but still no usable arbor for the MFC. :disturbed: The overarm looks like it will clean up well and be usable and the homemade brace to support the arbor from the overarm just looks like it needs a little cleaning up... it's "hell for stout" but really looks kinda clunky on that little machine. It's made in a sort of stepped manner about 2 1/2" thick up at the top then stepped down to 1 1/2" at the lower section. It also has a ginormous hole where the bearing/bushing goes for the arbor end, but that can be worked with, I believe. The adventure continues! :grin:

Froggie :frog:
 
Good for you Froggie.. of course pics are required! :p
 
Green Frog said:
SCORE!! As I got down near the bottom of the mess of stuff that came with my MFC, I found the drawbar I thought I was going to have to make!! It is homemade from what appears to be a 1" piece of tool steel and differs from the original (in addition to the larger diameter outboard) in that the minor diameter is about 0.008-.010 undersize, there appears to be a brass washer to act as a "bushing" instead of the taper shown on the original, and it is tightened with 2 flats at about 0.75" instead of the half inch square shown in the drawing. BUUUTT, it works like a champ, and that's what really counts, isn't it? :cool:

At this point, it looks like I'll be able to make some chips as soon as I sort out the knee control so I can move the table up and down (assuming I don't find anything else hidden that is wrong with it!) :rolleyes:

In the assorted mess of tooling, I found an arbor that appears to have an R-8 shank and a "stub arbor" with a #3 MT shank that I will try to find a home for, but still no usable arbor for the MFC. :disturbed: The overarm looks like it will clean up well and be usable and the homemade brace to support the arbor from the overarm just looks like it needs a little cleaning up... it's "hell for stout" but really looks kinda clunky on that little machine. It's made in a sort of stepped manner about 2 1/2" thick up at the top then stepped down to 1 1/2" at the lower section. It also has a ginormous hole where the bearing/bushing goes for the arbor end, but that can be worked with, I believe. The adventure continues! :grin:

Froggie :frog:
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There is what looks like an original 7/8" arbor, with spacers and nut on ebay right now. It was being auctioned and stood at $75 last I noted. I won't bid on it if you're interested.
 
OK, 34-40, you asked for it. First here is a picture of the whole mill in all its glory. Apparently a previous owner was a John Deere™ enthusiast or perhaps the mill "lived" in a tractor shop. I kinda wish they had painted the stand Deere green instead of trim yellow, but at least I got the factory base cabinet in the deal. You will notice the levers to lock the overarm are missing altogether, and although you probably cannot see them there are two grub screws threaded into the top of the housing to lock down on a flat ground on the overarm. Under the belt guard the belts are link type rather than original. Other than those changes, what's left seems pretty much original. :cool 3:


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Next here are a couple of pix of the drawbar, the overarm, and the (homemade and in-progress) overarm brace. Obviously the brace is short on pretty but "hell for stout." I think I can shave some of the excess weight off of the brace and maybe make it look a little more graceful, otherwise the whole thing will probably be scrapped and I'll start again from scratch. I first thought of repainting my mill back to original and trying to find as many original parts as I could, :boxed in: but then I started to think outside the box and decided to do what works rather than spending too much time making my mill "right" rather than making it MINE! :cool: In fact, a couple of wags decorated the belt guard with a Frog Face in my honor! :grin:

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The overarm will obviously need a lot of cleaning before it can be used, and the brace is definitely a "work in progress." The drawbar is usable just as is, but I really want to give it some more threading and bevel the face of the body like it appears in the drawings I've seen. I'll leave the body a full 1" in diameter since there's plenty of room for it, but will cut two more flats on the back to make a 3/4" square to turn it. Thanks to my new friend Wheels17 I'm well on my way to getting the proper locks made up for the overarm :applause 2: by the time I have the overarm cleaned up and ready to use, and then on to the brace. All in all, I should be able to devote my time and funding to getting it actually working, rather than fancy/pretty. :grin:

The adventure continues! :frog:

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I love it! Way cool and thanks for the pics..
 
Glad my Atlas/Deere didn't get me banned from the forum (yet :eek 2: ) Now that I'm out of the tool closet with it, I hope everyone will still be willing to play with me! :cool:

Steve Shannon said:
There is what looks like an original 7/8" arbor, with spacers and nut on ebay right now. It was being auctioned and stood at $75 last I noted. I won't bid on it if you're interested.
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Yes, Steve and thanks for the consideration. I did see that one and I put in a lowball bid and bookmarked it. I planned to bid on it some more over the remaining 3 days if it doesn't go TOOOO high, but from the early bidding, I'm not too hopeful. I'll probably put in a bid sometime tomorrow just to stay in the chase. :coffee: In the meanwhile, I found a nice chunk of 1" tool steel and am wondering whether I could turn up a nice little stub arbor which would be useful until I get the overarm and brace operational and which would be good practice for me as well.

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I took these pictures today of what I assume is the kick out cam (or what passed for one) on my MFC. never having seen another one "in the flesh" I don't know for sure what I've got. I DO note that the locking nut is a little bunged up from a poorly fitted wrench or something similar, but the cast piece that IS the cam seems to be OK if indeed that's what I've got. o_O

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so comes today's newbie question. Does this look like it might be the original kickoff cam unit, and whether original or not, does the cam look like it might be workable? In my naiveté, did I find something pretty useful and good to have? :congratulate:

BTW, it appears that I have pretty much taken over this thread of late and treated it as my own. If this is a "bad thing" and I need to start my own thread I'll be happy to do so, but this one seemed to be headed where I wanted to go, so I am just hitching a ride. If this is a breech of H-M Forum etiquette, please forgive and I will start my own. :tranquility:

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Green Frog said:
Does this look like it might be the original kickoff cam
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It looks like mine, so I'm guessing yes! The nut appears to be a bit bigger than mine.

I can't believe what some people are asking for them on ePay.
 
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