Re: TH42 to TH54 change info needed
Jim Irwin wrote:
The leadscrew should be the only thing else you would normally need to change.
The carriage rack is almost a part of the bed, but is removable. Make sure
the longer bed has the
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Re: Testing....
Hey Marty I'm in . what else do I have to do to get access to the page
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Re: Onboard
best I can say is check an Enco cataloge . they have plan back chucks for
cheap at times . I spent a great deal of time trying to get the 6" one I got
with my lathe to clamp on center the jaws where
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Welcome to the atlas_craftsman E-Mail Group
This group is dedicated to the users of Atlas metal lathes including lathes produced for Sears by Atlas and AA Engineering under the Craftsman name.
Group Manager:
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opencon@...
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Testing....
Well, the Atlas_Craftsman group is started. I subscribed 2 of you
that showed interest. Could you guys reply to this message just to
see if all is working well?
All you have to do to post a new
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Marty Escarcega <opencon@...>
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Onboard
Hi Guys,
I'm Skip Campbell from Ft.Worth,Texas. New to metalworking,I need all
the help I can get. One thing to start with is I have a 5" 3 jaw chuck
that has a couple of teeth missing on the pinion
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mkcent@...
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Re: Onboard
Just curious Skip, is it an original Atlas/Craftsman chuck? Clausing
can't help you out on that particular part. I see Bob made a
suggestion of "remachining it". I've not scratched the surface of my
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Marty Escarcega <opencon@...>
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Re: in....
As far as I can tell, the website just maintains some basic statistics
for the users of the list. I'm going to compile information and put it
up on my website for the users of this list. Be a little
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Marty Escarcega <opencon@...>
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Open or Closed and comments
Some of you may have seen and found this group via a post I made
on the rec.crafts.metalworking newsgroup. My intent was to start a
list specific to Atlas and Craftsman users. So that techniques and
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Marty Escarcega <opencon@...>
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Re: Onboard
Thanks Bob,
My chuck is a single pinion. I'd thought about building up and
remachining it. If I can't locate a replacement,I'll give that a
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Greetings one and all
I R in here now!
I acquired one of the little AA style lathes for a song in a horsetrade
and have since disassembled and rebuilt it. The original owner had given it
to his middle-aged son about 20
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Re: Greetings one and all
Ed,
I don't know which AA Lathe you have, but if it is the (nominally) 4"
lathe your spindle is threaded 1/2 x 20 and Sherline has a 3 jaw chuck
with 1/2 x 20 thread for the AA lathes. (their normal
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David C. Rolley <drolley@...>
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Re: Greetings one and all
Dave, what specifically is wrong with the spindle?
Marty
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Marty Escarcega <opencon@...>
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Re: Greetings one and all
If it doesn't bog down with the work you do, 1/6 is fine. I believe I
remember seen an old Sears Craftsman Ad that said the motor for
these little machines was 1/4hp.
Try this page:
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Marty Escarcega <opencon@...>
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Welcome and Info file rough draft, comments
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Marty Escarcega <opencon@...>
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Text only file, sorry 'bout that
Sorry, I cut and pasted the last document from Word. Hope this one
is clearer :-)
Again any comments, suggestions and useful additions are
appreciated. E-mail them directly to me
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Re: AA spindle shaft
Marty Escarcega wrote:
When I purchased the AA/Craftsman lathe it had a bent spindle. I was working
at Gates at the time as the plant electrician and had access to the plant
machine shop. I made
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David C. Rolley <drolley@...>
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Re: AA spindle shaft
Perhaps someone on the list can help out and fabricate one reasonably?
Marty
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Marty Escarcega <opencon@...>
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gears
I have aquired a atlas bench top lathe model 3950 serial# 003133
it is missing the gears for making threads and different feed rates
is there anyone out there with some spare parts?
Also I would
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Larry Landon
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Need information
Hi, I have just recently bought a craftsman lathe, from a friend of mine and have been trying to scrape up some information about it. From the model number, 109.20630 It seems to be made by aa
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John Kalina <jkalina@...>
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