Herbert, I too own a Craftsman (Atlas) lathe. I inherited it just a few
months ago. It must be nearly as old as I am (47), as I remember my Dad
using it when I was a young boy. To make a long story short I have the
"complete" lathe; including, chucks, tools, gauges, threading gears, etc.
I am marginally capable of using this tool but was wondering if there is
any place I could get manuals for it?
Can any body out there point me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance.
At 03:58 PM 3/25/98 -0500, Tobin,Herbert wrote:
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>I bought an Atlas 6 inch lathe almost 40 years ago from Sears and I must
>say it was one of the best tool investments I ever made.
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>It obviously wont handle anything large, but there just haven't been
>that many times when this was a problem.
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>More typically I will need some small item, as for example a few weeks
>ago I needed one of the brass screws which fasten down the gas guage
>sending unit to the top of the tank on a 1935 BMW. You will not be
>surprised to hear that my local BMW dealer does not have any of these,
>nor does the local junkyard which specializes in Mercedes and BMW. But
>with my handy little Atlas lathe these very distinctive pieces of
>hardware are easily made so they can hardly be told from the originals.
>This kind of operation is quite typical of the way this machine has been
>useful.
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>In recent years I have seen asking prices for these lathes as low as
>$100 and as high as $500. If you buy one, be sure you get the chucks
>with it. A new chuck can easily cost more than a used lathe. Also bear
>in mind that these little lathes can cut inch based and metric threads,
>but you must get a complete set of threading gears to use this feature.
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Larry Hoy
Denver CO USA
1969 MGB roadster
1987 Jaguar Vanden Plas
"It's not how fast you go, it's how fast you go fast"
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