Hi Folks,
My name is Steve Blancard. I have a great old 12 x 24 Atlas bench lathe, it is the old style with change gears. I've had it for about 14 years and have made many things with it over the years. It has a milling attachment that I used quite a few times before I bought a bench top milling machine. Ron Thibault told me about this e-group. If you haven't been to his Atlas Lathe web site, take a look. He has a lot of good info. For everyones info - I was just looking atwww.ebay.com and saw there is some Atlas stuff available. 2 different manuals and a set of change gears. Take a look, search under "lathe" or "atlas lathe" you'll be amazed at what is up for auction. Someone was asking about lathe tables/mountings. Mine is mounted on a 2" thick oak base that is supported by heavy cast iron legs. I think it is the original base since it looks as old as the lathe (60+ years) and appears factory made for it. I look forward to hearing what everyone else is doing with their lathes. Steve
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