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Is it my turn? Anything to do with lathes, mills and other shop tools
I got a few weeks before the workshop build begins, I got the rd dialed in so I figure Iāll try to knock out a little more work while I can.
My lathe has been sitting outside under a tarp the last couple years. Time to rebuild it.
Got the carriage all pulled apart, cleaned, polished and painted.
I had a broken thumb wheel on the angle cross feed (got one on its way) and also got a hand post for the carriage wheel.
Gotta make a little space in the shed before I can get to the rest of it but hopefully next week.
A nice tractor grey buried in 2k clear. Should be easy to clean.
My lathe has been sitting outside under a tarp the last couple years. Time to rebuild it.
Got the carriage all pulled apart, cleaned, polished and painted.
I had a broken thumb wheel on the angle cross feed (got one on its way) and also got a hand post for the carriage wheel.
Gotta make a little space in the shed before I can get to the rest of it but hopefully next week.
A nice tractor grey buried in 2k clear. Should be easy to clean.
Looks identical to my 10" Atlas. Same babbit spindle bearings an' all. Any idea on the year?
The craftsman 10ā and 12ā were built by atlas, so yeah, same machines excluding the badges.
As for the year, I can only speculate based on when this version was released/produced but late 40s to early 50s.
From what I gather, the date stamped in the bearings under the spindle will get you a real good idea of when it was made. Haven't pulled the spindle apart yet.
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Making a little more headway on my project.
Mine came with nice rests, the finished one looked about like my unfinished one and my tail stock.
Filled a 5 gallon bucket with evaporust and left each piece sitting for a day or two. Results have been quite spectacular.
This is just after soaking.
@TwoManyXS1Bs
and anyone else afflicted with the presence of a 6" Atlas, Clausing, Sears Craftsman lathe
and anyone else afflicted with the presence of a 6" Atlas, Clausing, Sears Craftsman lathe
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just a little rotor spacer project.
No measuring needed to drill the holes. set indexer at 0 degrees, set a rotor on top of the spacer. Center drill in one rotor hole using the table X,Y, remove the rotor, drill, advance indexer 60 degrees, repeat, put in a champher bit, around one more time, flip the spacer repeat, done.
Good thing this mill has a lot of room twixt the table and spindle... Had to use a collet cuz there wasn't enough height for the keyless chuck.
Someone might find this "trick" helpful
Don't ask how long I've been struggling to get jaws in
"rubber band" cut from a motorcycle tube, spin backward til jaw #1 drops then forward and bob's your uncle.
you can make cuts across the inner tube at a diagonal to make longer rubber bands ;^)
No measuring needed to drill the holes. set indexer at 0 degrees, set a rotor on top of the spacer. Center drill in one rotor hole using the table X,Y, remove the rotor, drill, advance indexer 60 degrees, repeat, put in a champher bit, around one more time, flip the spacer repeat, done.
Good thing this mill has a lot of room twixt the table and spindle... Had to use a collet cuz there wasn't enough height for the keyless chuck.
Someone might find this "trick" helpful
Don't ask how long I've been struggling to get jaws in
"rubber band" cut from a motorcycle tube, spin backward til jaw #1 drops then forward and bob's your uncle.
you can make cuts across the inner tube at a diagonal to make longer rubber bands ;^)
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I finished my lathe up a few weeks ago and first thing to go is the wishbone tool post.
Got a quick change and itās a new machine.
Got a quick change and itās a new machine.
Nice restoration job!
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Agreed, would have never guessed this;
would turn into this;
Awesome!
Thanks guys!
I will give almost all the credit to EvapoRust haha. I donāt know what kind of magic is in each bottle but man it does wonders!
Over all the only part that actually needed replacing was the thumb wheel on the cross slide. Got a 3D printed one.
So beyond the seat equity Iām into it for less than 400 bucks.
Well itās time. My Dad decided he wonāt be coming back to his shop due to vision issues so Iām in Texas working on cleaning out all the things he wants me to take. I loaded a 500 lb welding table into my trailer today, oxy/ace rig, stick welder, cabinets full of supplies and working on the lathe and who knows how much tooling. I moved 5 different sized chucks today and thereās much, much more. Guess I better sell a couple of motorcycles to make some room.
WW, it's too bad your Dad has had to give up his shop. That day is coming for me but not yet.
Enjoy the tools and the memories that come with them!
Enjoy the tools and the memories that come with them!
Speaking of tools, I may have mentioned that they opened a Harbor Freight locally. I knew when I saw the sign go on the building that I was in trouble...
Walked in today, and walked out $500 poorer. Or richer if you count tools as assets.
I've wanted a decent metal bending brake for a while now and actually NEEDED one last week. HF has one but didn't have any in stock when I needed it.
The welding project that was kicking my butt so badly involves building an 8 foot high, 4-ish foot wide double arch with the two arches 16 inches apart. Wanted to do it out of 1/4 SS rod but never did figure out why I couldn't weld it.
Occurred to me that it would look pretty nice built out of copper pipe and the guy I'm doing it for was willing to spring for the copper. Built the sides (think of a ladder) out of 1/2" Type L and some tees. Challenge was figuring out the arched, half-circle top. Plan A was to do it out of tubing until I priced a roll of 1/2 inch tubing. GAS-puh! Would have doubled the cost of materials.
Plan B was to bend 1/2 inch type L. To do that, I needed an hydraulic pipe bender which I've had need of in the past. So I went to HF and got their $150 12-tonner. It's intended to bend mild steel pipe and no way no how you're going to put a short radius 90 in copper without kinking it, but given the 2 foot radius, I was able to make a series of shallow bends about 2 inches apart and got a respectable quarter-circle. I'll post pictures tomorrow that will make things clearer.
So anyway, when I went to get the pipe bender, I asked about the brake and lo and behold, they had one in stock. Woot!
Also picked up a weed burner for a 20# propane tank. I have a shit-ton of onion grass growing in the ditch and spreading into the fields. I'm going to try Killing It With Fire...
Walked in today, and walked out $500 poorer. Or richer if you count tools as assets.
I've wanted a decent metal bending brake for a while now and actually NEEDED one last week. HF has one but didn't have any in stock when I needed it.
The welding project that was kicking my butt so badly involves building an 8 foot high, 4-ish foot wide double arch with the two arches 16 inches apart. Wanted to do it out of 1/4 SS rod but never did figure out why I couldn't weld it.
Occurred to me that it would look pretty nice built out of copper pipe and the guy I'm doing it for was willing to spring for the copper. Built the sides (think of a ladder) out of 1/2" Type L and some tees. Challenge was figuring out the arched, half-circle top. Plan A was to do it out of tubing until I priced a roll of 1/2 inch tubing. GAS-puh! Would have doubled the cost of materials.
Plan B was to bend 1/2 inch type L. To do that, I needed an hydraulic pipe bender which I've had need of in the past. So I went to HF and got their $150 12-tonner. It's intended to bend mild steel pipe and no way no how you're going to put a short radius 90 in copper without kinking it, but given the 2 foot radius, I was able to make a series of shallow bends about 2 inches apart and got a respectable quarter-circle. I'll post pictures tomorrow that will make things clearer.
So anyway, when I went to get the pipe bender, I asked about the brake and lo and behold, they had one in stock. Woot!
Also picked up a weed burner for a 20# propane tank. I have a shit-ton of onion grass growing in the ditch and spreading into the fields. I'm going to try Killing It With Fire...
^^^ Well, when that day DOES come, my grandsons are going to make out like bandits!
DE I loaded one of those pipe benders on the trailer today. Slide right under the welding table next to all the vintage hardware drawer sections that stack about 4ā high. More hardware than Iāll ever go throughā¦.
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