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- Oct 11, 2013
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After many months of painstaking work, diagnosis, disassembly, cleaning, replacing bad or worn parts, consulting this Board, my H36 Atlas 10F is now fully functional.
My original plan was to re-assemble, squirt oil in a few places and plug 'er in...that morphed over several months as I found successive things (moving parts) that weren't ready for this re-animation after so many years of neglect/quietness. Assuming the machine was born about 1939 (76 years old!)...it needed some TLC to be coaxed back to not just a working, but also reliable and safe running machine.
Please forgive the 'Frankenlathe' appearance; at some point in the near future, it will be properly disassembled again and receive a proper coat of paint. I refurbished those portions needing the most attention, so the final clean-up won't have to be a wholesale restoration. Most of the machine parts are original with very few replacements. It does look a sight better than where it began...it even runs in backgear!!!
Many of the issues found needing attention on this lathe were resolved with information from this Board. I wanted to thank those who had input; the messages were very helpful.
Lou O.
My original plan was to re-assemble, squirt oil in a few places and plug 'er in...that morphed over several months as I found successive things (moving parts) that weren't ready for this re-animation after so many years of neglect/quietness. Assuming the machine was born about 1939 (76 years old!)...it needed some TLC to be coaxed back to not just a working, but also reliable and safe running machine.
Please forgive the 'Frankenlathe' appearance; at some point in the near future, it will be properly disassembled again and receive a proper coat of paint. I refurbished those portions needing the most attention, so the final clean-up won't have to be a wholesale restoration. Most of the machine parts are original with very few replacements. It does look a sight better than where it began...it even runs in backgear!!!
Many of the issues found needing attention on this lathe were resolved with information from this Board. I wanted to thank those who had input; the messages were very helpful.
Lou O.
