Building/modifying An Atlas Th42

Got my first practical use out of the lathe today. Used it to turn down a shoulder for the swingarm pivot on my VF750F. I'm grafting on a CBR600RR swingarm and the original pivot bolt had a step in it that prevented the bolt from going fully home.

line it up in the 4 jaw, a couple passes and it fits slick as snot now.

Next up: a spacer/sleeve for the other pivot bolt that will adapt the bolt to different sized bearings.

Pretty soon this old lathe will have paid for itself.

If I can stop buying things for it that is....lol.
 
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Found a used axa wedge qctp on eBay.

Post (with t nut), two knurlers, cutoff holder with bit and one tool holder.

99 bucks.

Grabbed it right up!

:)

Boring tool holder and maybe a couple extra tool holders and I'm set.
 
$$$$$ out the door! It is a terrible disease!
Pierre
 
pdentrem said:
$$$$$ out the door! It is a terrible disease!
Pierre
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Surely is!

But for 99 bucks I couldn't beat the price anywhere. Even with the highway robbery PB shipping.

By the way, that was one heck of a packing job you did on the leadscrew!

I had to use the cut off saw to (carefully) open the PVC tube!
 
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We ship some delicate stuff in lengths fairly often and this has been one of the best ways to do so. Enjoy.
Pierre
 
Found a shop out of UK that was selling chucks with 2 mt arbors.

40 bucks for a 6, 10, 13 and 16mm chuck.

"Diamond brand", a cheap Chinese built set for sure.

But, I need a tailstock chuck, the wallet is very thin right now and even a crappy piece of tooling is better than nothing at all. My use is infrequent and light so these should do fine, at least for the interim if nothing else.

:)
 
First project off the "new" QCTP. I have troubles with small grips and my hands on my motorcycle. The only ones I could get had a big HD eagle and "V-Twin" on the end:

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My bike is a Yamaha and a V4 so that won't do. I decided to spin up an nice little end cap to cover it:

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A little recess for the "V-Twin" emblem to reside in:

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And it slides right in:

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A run over the polishing wheel and some steel epoxy and should be good to go.

Or I may drill and tap a small machine screw to hold it to the end cap on the grip. Haven't really decided yet.

QCTP worked great though. felt very solid.

Parting sucked, but I think that was more the user than the tool......

:)
 
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why not just raise the lower side on the cabinet? then you will have a place for extra chucks wrenches and other bits?
 
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