Hiya folks. I've been looking around for a dirt cheap metal lathe
for some time... I knew there was one sitting in my dad's barn he
never uses, but I hate to take his toys away, so I kept looking for a
really cheap little Atlas/Craftsman, which is what I thought he
had... Well I picked his up yesterday due to impatience, and found
it's a Dalton... Lot 3 #607
Haven't established the model yet, and I'm sorting through parts and
accessories... I'll be picking your collective brain on a bunch of
this stuff I suspect...
Yes, I just registered over at oldarn.com.
Having now spent a little time looking around, and reading some, I'm
a little leery of this being my first lathe now... Everything seems
complete, and I've got a ton of tooling, so I'm ok there, but
naturally, one of the little Atlas types would be my preference to
start on in the case that I manage to botch it up... Not that I'm an
amateur at restorations as I have been doing older (mostly 30's, and
40's) woodworking machines for a while... The wood side of life is
what pushed me to look for a lathe, as I need to make a couple little
parts for a '48 table saw I can't beg borrow or steal from anyone
else...
Cheers!
