Help a new guy ID a lathe?

[DeepLogic]

Hi all-
I'm hoping someone can help me identify the lathe I recently purchased. It had been restored to some extent sometime in the past, and the previous owner provided a couple of new parts (belt covers, etc.).
I've gone through everything and repainted many of the parts, but this is all new to me. I actually made my first chips the other day, so I'm getting excited about using it.
So far, I have not been able to identify it, in order to purchase some upgrades like a QC tool post. It does have a Craftsman badge on the headstock, but no other plate with numbers. What really baffles me as that it has a very new looking serial number plate on the tailstock end, that is completely blank, and has clearly always been that way.

This is a 12 inch swing with a bed length of about 35 inches.
Here are a few things that may help with the ID.

1. The saddle and apron is all one casting.
   
2. There are no way wipers on the saddle (not any mounting holes for them).
   
3. Headstock bearings have bolt down caps.
   
4. Tailstock has the little oil dipper hole.
   
5. Forward/reverse lever is different than I've seen, and has no detents to lock in position.
   
6. Compound tool post slide has bolt heads tucked underneath the slide.
   
7. Number on the bed is L6- 2152 followed by what I think is an “S”.

Most things I see that I might want/need seem to refer to the 101.... number for identification, and I don't have that.

Any help is very much appreciated. Pics to follow:

 

[Nogoingback]

Welcome to the group!
Can't help you with the ID of your lathe, but we have some Atlas experts
around here that can help you with that.
If it's a 12" lathe, in all likelihood it uses an AXA QCTP. Somebody can verify that
for you.

 

[DeepLogic]

Thank you sir! Glad to have found the forum.

 

[vocatexas]

Welcome to the forum! That's a nice looking machine. For more info you might try here: http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgIndex/detail.aspx?id=222

Oh, the little dipper on the tailstock originally was put there to hold white lead paste. In the 'old' days it was used as a high-pressure lubricant on dead centers. Of course, that was way before the EPA and OSHA!

 

[DeepLogic]

Yes, white lead paste does sound like it would be a no-no these days. I'll check that link- Thanks

 

[benmychree]

Hello, guys, I have several life times supplies of white lead, and proud of it! Also red lead and litharge --- Nothing beats white lead for press fits, our yard superintendant claimed you could drive a telephone pole up a gnat's ass if you used white lead.

 

[DeepLogic]

Ha! While I don't generally condone Gnat abuse, that is good to know.

 

[benmychree]

it would probably equally apply to mosquitoes; little sympathy for them!

 

[mmcmdl]

it would probably equally apply to mosquitoes; little sympathy for them!

How about black flies ? I'll be fighting them off in a few weeks .

 

[benmychree]

obviously, white lead would apply to them as well.