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So I scored another lathe. This one is a mid 60s Atlas 12 inch lathe under the Sears Craftsman logo. It wasn’t running when I got it because it had about a dozen things wrong with it. A loose setscrew on the motor pulley, a shot power cord, some broken off bolts, some missing handles, and a general tightening up/tune up. Back gear had never been used. The tailstock had never been used. And the machine had not been oiled or greased since it was new. I put about 12 hours into it and she runs great. I took a 2 inch test cut on a piece of aluminum and got .0002 taper from one end to the other. I call that good enough. The quick change tool set up off of my 10 inch lathe bolted right on and I did not have to adjust the height at all. So this lathe is quite a bit beefier than the 10 inch, and obviously it has a lead screw gearbox so it can cut threads. It also has twice the horsepower than the 10 inch and It also came with a vinyl cover.
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Nice find and looks to be in great shape.
 

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Brave. 😂

I can't remember the last time one of these actually was successful for me.

I don't even bother anymore, it's straight to the LH drill bits and heat. 😂
 

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Brave. 😂

I can't remember the last time one of these actually was successful for me.

I don't even bother anymore, it's straight to the LH drill bits and heat. 😂

I wish back in high school we had cell phones with camera. I’d have a few pics of The frozen bolt with a broken easy-out in them. LOL I find that with age I have obtain a little patience in these situations and better solution that brute force.
 

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if any of you guys need
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parts or want a project, I have one sitting here in big river. Motor and gears all look to be there and intact.. it is missing the carriage and some gear change knobs n stuff. you may find these on ebay. PM me if you want it. I can load it.
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Just scored a 6 position turret that was an accessory back in the day. I’ve only seen pictures of one of these and never seen one in person. Then one showed up on eBay and I grabbed it up as fast as I could. There are plenty of these for other brand lathes, but ones for the Sears craftsman commercial (otherwise known as atlas), is very rare. Happy birthday to me! Lol.
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SW_GLASS

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Nice score. One of the machine shops I worked in while going to college had a 6 position turret like that for his hardinge lathe. It is awesome how useful they are.
 

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Just scored a 6 position turret that was an accessory back in the day. I’ve only seen pictures of one of these and never seen one in person. Then one showed up on eBay and I grabbed it up as fast as I could. There are plenty of these for other brand lathes, but ones for the Sears craftsman commercial (otherwise known as atlas), is very rare. Happy birthday to me! Lol. View attachment 1124101 View attachment 1124103
Where did you find the tooling to fit in the turret?
I have a rotating turret on a Victor and would love to find tooling and tool holder adapters so that I can equip mine just like yours.
 
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