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BigKen

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Hi guys,

I am talking with a guy about this lathe. He said he thinks it is a 6" x 36" but it doesn't look like any 6" Atlas lathes I can find. It looks like a 10D to me, but the chuck is really small looking. Could someone just have put a small chuck on a 10" lathe? Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
~BK

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Yep, that's a 10" lathe, a 10F with quick change gearbox.
 
BigKen said:
Hi guys,

I am talking with a guy about this lathe. He said he thinks it is a 6" x 36" but it doesn't look like any 6" Atlas lathes I can find. It looks like a 10D to me, but the chuck is really small looking. Could someone just have put a small chuck on a 10" lathe? Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
~BK

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You usually measure from the center of the spindle to the ways to determine the maximum radius then double that number to find the diameter. Some of the larger lathes have a removable section allowing larger diameter faceplates.

Still a good looking lathe. Hope it a good deal.
 
Thanks for the info guys. I was pretty sure it was a 10F and not a 6" like he thought. I want it for the QCGB, BUT I went and looked at a South Bend today and now I am torn. The SB is a 1937 9x40 C model so no QCGB or powered cross feed which really sucks, but it is mounted on a nice table with drawers and fired right up. It is in incredible shape. The original paint looks nearly new. It is tight and looks like it was used very little and comes with 3 tool boxes of all kinds of bars, cutters, drill bits, HSS and carbide cutters, a lot that are new, end mill bits dial indicators, several rests, two 3 jaw chucks and a 4 jaw. It has a collet closer and collets that the guy says he doesn't know if it actually fits the lathe but is included. It even has a tool sharpener. It is a crazy amount of tooling and accessories and I couldn't believe the condition of the lathe, but the lack of a QCGB is a huge drawback for me. I am thinking that for nothing else I could always sell the lathe later and keep the tooling and come out ahead. Kind of torn. :dunno:

~BK
 
If the South Bend is in that nice of condition and comes with all that tooling, I'd go for that one over the Atlas, no question.
 
It's a lathe, as long as the ways are nice, spindle has low TIR, and everything works you can't go wrong. What makes or breaks the machine in this point in time is tooling. And in this case, I would go with the South Bend. The power cross slide on Atlas's is way too fast for human use (or so I've heard, from one source.) Also, the south Bend toolbit grinding jig is rare.
 
I'm thinking as nice as the SB is, I could always add the QCGB and apron for power cross feed. I know some would think it was dumb to do so but to find a SB in such good shape, it would be worth it to me vs finding a model A in as good a shape. :thinking:

~BK
 
I would probably buy both, keep the chucks, tooling, and anything else that's usable on the QC-54, and immediately sell the bare SB and anything that only fits it.

Robert D.
 
wa5cab said:
I would probably buy both, keep the chucks, tooling, and anything else that's usable on the QC-54, and immediately sell the bare SB and anything that only fits it.

Robert D.
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If I could afford to get both I'd do that. But not the case.
 
The guy with the SB backed out on the deal so I am going to look at the Atlas tomorrow. Hope to have it home this weekend if everything checks out on it. Now to build a table to mount it on...
:scared:
 
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