Larry, here are a few resources:
There are two publications that would be worth subscribing to because they
will lead you to other resources. they are The Home Shop Machinist and
Projects In Metal which are both published by the Village Press in Traverse
City, MI you can call them at 800-447-7367. They have ads for video tapes by
Rudy Kouhoupt and others that can teach the basics.
There is also Lindsay Publications Inc. PO Box 538, Bradley, IL 60915-0538
(write for their catalog). They specialize in selling reprints of really old
neat stuff that you could spend years looking for in old book stores. I know
they have old manuals for Southbend lathes and they could possibly have them
for Sears/Atlas. If they don't, get the Southbend, they are quite similar.
If you thought you could waste time with a computer, wait until you start
working on a lathe!
GJB
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Hoy <larryhoy@ecentral.com>
To: Tobin,Herbert <htobin@foxboro.com>
Cc: 'shop-talk@autox.team.net' <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 1998 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: Atlas lathes and Shopsmiths
>
>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.
>>
>>It obviously wont handle anything large, but there just haven't been
>>that many times when this was a problem.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>
>>
>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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