Finally, my TH 42 is home!

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This is my first posting other than the introduction so I'll start by re-introducing myself. My name is Richard and I am about as new to machining as one could get. I took up wood turning several years ago and have done very well at it so I decided some time back I wanted to look into metal turning. Last summer my wife and I were looking at some houses to buy as rentals. We didn't end up buying a house but the old Atlas lathe in the basement of one definitely captured my attention. Long story short, I bought the lathe from the man who bought the house, I just had to wait for the snow to melt from in front of the basement door. Spring finally dawned and I have my new toy home. I have an Atlas TH 42 that looks like it has seen very little use in its lifetime. The ways on the cross slide and compound slide still show the machining marks from the factory. The bed ways are smooth but appear to be in great shape. Over the past week I have torn down the entire carriage assembly, cleaned it and adjusted the gibs except for the main carriage gib which is missing. I have one on order from ebay. I haven't torn down the head stock yet but it turns freely by hand. I'm going to take it apart and clean it anyway, as much for the experience as for the cleaning. I believe it has all of the change gears (there are 10) but it is missing the rack on which to mount them. I turned it on for the first time this afternoon and it ran for about thirty seconds before the motor slowed down and stopped with a distinct buzzing noise. I am hoping that all I need to do is replace the motor brushes, I would welcome any input on the matter.
The list of things that came with it is too long to catalog but I'll try to list the highlights: 4 jaw chuck, steady rest, 3 lufkin micrometers, lufkin planing gauge, milling attachment, several live and dead centers, copious amounts of cutters and mills, and a bunch of other stuff. There will also be a band saw and antique drill press coming once the storage shed is emptied of all the junk the former owner left behind. I'll be posting pictures as soon as I can get my phone to work properly.
Thanks for taking the time to read my post. I'll keep it updated as I go along and I'm sure I'll have lots of questions especially once I am ready to start making chips.
 
Congrats sounds like you gor quit a hall.

:worthless: could not help my self:lmao:
 
Looks good. Are you going to restore it or just clean it up and put it to work. I just cleand mine up and put it to work, been haveing lots of fun with it for the last 10 years.
 
Congrats! What an exciting day!

It sounds like theatre you are looking for to hold the change gears is called the "banjo" and is not too hard to get on Ebay I would think.

I would look around the boxes of tooling before buying anything and make sure.

It'll look something like this (this may be for am12 inch)

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Bernie
 
I'm going to clean it up and use it. A friend of mine told me it's a good thing I have so much tooling because I'll probably break a lot as I learn how to work the machine. Hopefully it just means I won't have to buy any for years to come.
 
treat it tenderly, they do a lot of things, even mill with it on small stuff if your tender fingered. I have looked at my "banjo" thing a couple times, never did figure out exactly what or how but the machine does good work and meets my needs completely. calumet eh ? stayed there a couple nights with my best buddys uncle. the uncle was on corp of engineers dredge that went from wherever to Duluth and back. can't think of the uncles name off hand but he was a great old dude. . . friends name is Harris. lives in calif and he and his wife fly their own small plane back there every couple years. . . . judt remembered, it was Harold Guy. your probably related :)
 
As I mentioned in my original post I mentioned that the motor has some issues. Last night I thought I would remove the brushes and try to find replacements at the hardware store. I removed the pulley and the four bolts that run the length of the motor and that is as far as I could get. I am assuming that the sheet metal center of the housing holds the two cast ends together but the entire assembly is still tightly held together. I cant find a good place to pry the case open without breaking something. Any suggestions?
 
You are sure the motor has brushes? What is it doing?




Bernie
 
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