Re: Internal Threading - Compound Setup
PD thread wire set for measuring external threads. Looks like I lost the quoted email, as well.?
Bill in OKC
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-------- Original message -------- From: Jim Irwin <jimirwin@...> Date: 1/17/19 9:15 PM (GMT-06:00) Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] Internal Threading - Compound Setup
Hmmmm. Using what exactly?
Jim in CPTX On Jan 17, 2019, at 9:05 PM, Bill in OKC too via Groups.Io < wmrmeyers@...> wrote:
I'm using them in my class, and getting good grades and good fits, so yes, I'm happy with them.? Yes, you'll need lessons.
Blast it! Thought I'd send this days ago!
Sorry, Jody.
Bill in OKC
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Re: Internal Threading - Compound Setup
Yeah. Without context, the message is meaningless.
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Hmmmm. Using what exactly?
Jim in CPTX
On Jan 17, 2019, at 9:05 PM, Bill in OKC too via Groups.Io < wmrmeyers@...> wrote:
I'm using them in my class, and getting good grades and good fits, so yes, I'm happy with them.? Yes, you'll need lessons.
Blast it! Thought I'd send this days ago!
Sorry, Jody.
Bill in OKC
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Re: Internal Threading - Compound Setup
Hmmmm. Using what exactly?
Jim in CPTX
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On Jan 17, 2019, at 9:05 PM, Bill in OKC too via Groups.Io < wmrmeyers@...> wrote:
I'm using them in my class, and getting good grades and good fits, so yes, I'm happy with them.? Yes, you'll need lessons.
Blast it! Thought I'd send this days ago!
Sorry, Jody.
Bill in OKC
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Re: Internal Threading - Compound Setup
I'm using them in my class, and getting good grades and good fits, so yes, I'm happy with them.? Yes, you'll need lessons.
Blast it! Thought I'd send this days ago!
Sorry, Jody.
Bill in OKC
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Re: Carriage Stop and Indicator
Robert, have you ever checked the locations of the bull gear holes?
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-------- Original message -------- From: Jody <jp4lsu@...> Date: 1/17/19 3:06 PM (GMT-05:00) Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] Carriage Stop and Indicator
Thank you Robert. I checked this previously when contemplating making larger dials.? I just remembered it wasn't 100 marks on the gear -Jody -------- Original message -------- From: "Robert Downs via Groups.Io" <wa5cab@...> Date: 1/17/19 1:45 PM (GMT-06:00) To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] Carriage Stop and Indicator Yes, there are 60 indexing holes in the bull gear. ? ? ? Nicely done. Don't have either of these things unfortunately.? One day.... I seem to remember the indexing marks on my bull gear were not 100 but maybe 60 or something.? I'll go back and count.?
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From: "Bill Buckalew via Groups.Io" <bill70j@...>
Date: 1/17/19 9:54 AM (GMT-06:00)
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] Carriage Stop and Indicator
I used a horizontal rotary table on the mill with a ground HSS tool in the spindle to cut the dial graduation lines.?? The bull gear on my Atlas is one that has the indexing holes, but it was easier done on the mill. I rigged up a jig on the mill table to stamp the numbers. Bill,
Good job on the stops and indicator holder.? I saw those at Tall Grass.? Do you have an indexer or did you rig something on the lathe?
I like the idea of having a mounting stud for your dial.? I might rob that idea.? Maybe I'll hang the dial off the side so that it hits a spot on the carriage that is further out.
Thanks for the pics. On Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 11:39:17 AM PST, Jody <jp4lsu@...> wrote: Bill,
Good job on the stops and indicator holder.? I saw those at Tall Grass.? Do you have an indexer or did you rig something on the lathe?
I like the idea of having a mounting stud for your dial.? I might rob that idea.? Maybe I'll hang the dial off the side so that it hits a spot on the carriage that is further out.
Thanks for the pics.
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Re: Carriage Stop and Indicator
Bill how’s about some pics
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On Jan 16, 2019, at 7:07 PM, Bill Buckalew via Groups.Io < bill70j@...> wrote:
Jody:
Agree.? I think you are right on point.? No need for an indicator if you have DRO.? But the stop comes in handy at times if you're in a hurry or are just lazy, like me.??
Adding XY DRO's (dumb, but effective and cheap I-Gaging DRO's) to the Atlas was one of the best upgrades I made, second only to the QCTP.
Bill
On Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 11:50:35 AM PST, Jody < jp4lsu@...> wrote:
Guenther,
You make a good point about the swarf.? I was using mine on a mighty mag and had it setup up behind the carriage.? It worked ok, with exception of the magnet part of it.? I'm thinking of doing something that can hold the indicator and have a stop between the indicator and the ways.? Doing this I can take my measurements with the dial and then set my stop and then take the dial out of the holder to keep it away from the swarf.
Thanks for mentioning that, I didn't think about that aspect of it yet.?
Maybe I just go all DRO and forget this...Haha!
Thanks for the input, swarf is now going to be taken into account.
-Jody
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Re: Carriage Stop and Indicator
Thank you Robert. I checked this previously when contemplating making larger dials.? I just remembered it wasn't 100 marks on the gear -Jody
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-------- Original message -------- From: "Robert Downs via Groups.Io" <wa5cab@...> Date: 1/17/19 1:45 PM (GMT-06:00) To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] Carriage Stop and Indicator Yes, there are 60 indexing holes in the bull gear. ? ? ? Nicely done. Don't have either of these things unfortunately.? One day.... I seem to remember the indexing marks on my bull gear were not 100 but maybe 60 or something.? I'll go back and count.?
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From: "Bill Buckalew via Groups.Io" <bill70j@...>
Date: 1/17/19 9:54 AM (GMT-06:00)
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] Carriage Stop and Indicator
I used a horizontal rotary table on the mill with a ground HSS tool in the spindle to cut the dial graduation lines.?? The bull gear on my Atlas is one that has the indexing holes, but it was easier done on the mill. I rigged up a jig on the mill table to stamp the numbers. Bill,
Good job on the stops and indicator holder.? I saw those at Tall Grass.? Do you have an indexer or did you rig something on the lathe?
I like the idea of having a mounting stud for your dial.? I might rob that idea.? Maybe I'll hang the dial off the side so that it hits a spot on the carriage that is further out.
Thanks for the pics. On Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 11:39:17 AM PST, Jody <jp4lsu@...> wrote: Bill,
Good job on the stops and indicator holder.? I saw those at Tall Grass.? Do you have an indexer or did you rig something on the lathe?
I like the idea of having a mounting stud for your dial.? I might rob that idea.? Maybe I'll hang the dial off the side so that it hits a spot on the carriage that is further out.
Thanks for the pics.
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Re: Carriage Stop and Indicator
Yes, there are 60 indexing holes in the bull gear. ? ?
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jody
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2019 12:42
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Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] Carriage Stop and Indicator? Nicely done. Don't have either of these things unfortunately.? One day.... I seem to remember the indexing marks on my bull gear were not 100 but maybe 60 or something.? I'll go back and count.?
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From: "Bill Buckalew via Groups.Io" <bill70j@...>
Date: 1/17/19 9:54 AM (GMT-06:00)
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] Carriage Stop and Indicator
I used a horizontal rotary table on the mill with a ground HSS tool in the spindle to cut the dial graduation lines.?? The bull gear on my Atlas is one that has the indexing holes, but it was easier done on the mill. I rigged up a jig on the mill table to stamp the numbers. Bill,
Good job on the stops and indicator holder.? I saw those at Tall Grass.? Do you have an indexer or did you rig something on the lathe?
I like the idea of having a mounting stud for your dial.? I might rob that idea.? Maybe I'll hang the dial off the side so that it hits a spot on the carriage that is further out.
Thanks for the pics. On Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 11:39:17 AM PST, Jody <jp4lsu@...> wrote: Bill,
Good job on the stops and indicator holder.? I saw those at Tall Grass.? Do you have an indexer or did you rig something on the lathe?
I like the idea of having a mounting stud for your dial.? I might rob that idea.? Maybe I'll hang the dial off the side so that it hits a spot on the carriage that is further out.
Thanks for the pics.
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Re: Carriage Stop and Indicator
Nicely done. Don't have either of these things unfortunately.? One day....
I seem to remember the indexing marks on my bull gear were not 100 but maybe 60 or something.? I'll go back and count.? -Jody
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-------- Original message -------- From: "Bill Buckalew via Groups.Io" <bill70j@...> Date: 1/17/19 9:54 AM (GMT-06:00) To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] Carriage Stop and Indicator
Jody:
I used a horizontal rotary table on the mill with a ground HSS tool in the spindle to cut the dial graduation lines.??
The bull gear on my Atlas is one that has the indexing holes, but it was easier done on the mill.
I rigged up a jig on the mill table to stamp the numbers.
HTH,? Bill
Bill,
Good job on the stops and indicator holder.? I saw those at Tall Grass.? Do you have an indexer or did you rig something on the lathe?
I like the idea of having a mounting stud for your dial.? I might rob that idea.? Maybe I'll hang the dial off the side so that it hits a spot on the carriage that is further out.
Thanks for the pics.
On Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 11:39:17 AM PST, Jody <jp4lsu@...> wrote:
Bill,
Good job on the stops and indicator holder.? I saw those at Tall Grass.? Do you have an indexer or did you rig something on the lathe?
I like the idea of having a mounting stud for your dial.? I might rob that idea.? Maybe I'll hang the dial off the side so that it hits a spot on the carriage that is further out.
Thanks for the pics.
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Re: Carriage Stop and Indicator
Looks OK to me.? ^? ? Robert Downs ?
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Harrington
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2019 01:48
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Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] Carriage Stop and Indicator? Admittedly this is very crude but it stops the carriage where I need it to. I show it only to suggest that you can get work done without going overboard/over budget/over complicated. The adjustment bolt is 1/4 20 so each full turn is .05" so the adjustment is (again) crude but functional. I needed one in a hurry and built this in less than a 1/2 hour. It has been sufficient for my home shop purposes for several years now. It is just a scrap cut to a "C" shape on the power saw with 2 holes drilled and tapped, a toilet bolt, thumb screw and nut from my junk/bolt drawer. If Necessity is the mother of invention, a good junk drawer/scrap pile is the father! Cost $0.00, stopping the carriage from hitting the chuck, priceless ; )
Did I mention it is crude?
Ken H in AZ
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Re: Carriage Stop and Indicator
Rick’s website is a great resource. Thanks for this!
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Jody, you should check out Rick Sparbers low cost DRO's Here is one of them:
Ken H in AZ
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Re: Carriage Stop and Indicator
Looks perfect Ken - I will probably steal a variant of the design.
God bless you all and best regards.
Roger F. Karl
Manchester, Maine
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From: Ken Harrington <dreamcrafters@...>
To: atlas-craftsman < [email protected]>
Sent: Thu, Jan 17, 2019 2:48 am
Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] Carriage Stop and Indicator
Admittedly this is very crude but it stops the carriage where I need it to. I show it only to suggest that you can get work done without going overboard/over budget/over complicated. The adjustment bolt is 1/4 20 so each full turn is .05" so the adjustment is (again) crude but functional. I needed one in a hurry and built this in less than a 1/2 hour. It has been sufficient for my home shop purposes for several years now. It is just a scrap cut to a "C" shape on the power saw with 2 holes drilled and tapped, a toilet bolt, thumb screw and nut from my junk/bolt drawer. If Necessity is the mother of invention, a good junk drawer/scrap pile is the father! Cost $0.00, stopping the carriage from hitting the chuck, priceless ; )
Did I mention it is crude?
Ken H in AZ
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That is a a part of Ft Worth I've never been in but was always curious about. I remember looking at air force maps when I was in high school ROTC and seeing a closed WWII auxiliary field up on Eagle Mountain Lake. I was the technical director of a healthcare software VAR and traveled across most of Texas but for some reason we had no customers in that area.? Downtown FT Worth, Weatherford, White Settlement, North Richland Hills, Haltom City, Keller, Benbrook, Granbury, Rendon-Crowley area, HEB, Southlake, Grapevine and some places I've probably forgotten by not up the the lake. I'm originally from Sherman but moved to the Metroplex in 1996 and stayed there until 2011. My three daughters all went to Wylie schools as we lived in Murphy.? We moved back to Sherman to care for my father when his health failed at 85.? He passed in 2013. We bought a acre just west of Sherman that was supposed to be like living in the country but still have city services.? Now 8 years later it has suddenly become a hotbed of development and we are less than a mile from the new high school, a new stadium, 1200 new housing starts and a buttload of new commercial development. But the place has a 2200sqft shop building and good trees.? My wife would kind of like to move back to the Metroplex but we paid cash for this place and I will not give up my shop. Plus I really hate dealing with all the traffic and people.? Sherman is getting too crowded for my taste.
We almost bought 40 acres near Smithville in SE Oklahoma. It was about 35 minuted north of Broken Bow on US-259.? It had a fairly nice log cabin which need some work, passable home engineered metal shop building, covered by second growth hardwood trees, surrounded on three sides by the?Ouachita National Forest and accessible only by going 12 miles winding through the national forest on a 4x4 class logging road.? It was so remote there was no internet service and no cell service unless you walked up on the tallest ridge of the back couple of acres and there you sometimes got a very weak signal.? Only communications an intermittent landline serviced by a small privately own telephone company I had never heard of and couldn't find a website for or satellite internet.? At that time it wasn't financially a good time for us and my dad was still living so we had to pass on it but it's one of those things I feel we let get away.? But it would have been a great bug out cabin or technology free place to get away from the world.
Did you buy some of the steel?? I picked mine up last week.? A member of my Richardson based hobby machinist group bought a trunk load of the long bars as a group buy and parceled them off to various members.? I haven't been active in the group for over a year but plan to resume this summer.? One of my daughter has had too much family drama and finally has moved back home with baby grandson in tow.? The source of most of the drama is taking a multiyear vacation to South Texas courtesy of TDC so maybe things will settle down for a while.?
James
On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 8:44 AM Jody < jp4lsu@...> wrote: James, I'm familiar with Sherman.I'm over by Eagle Mtn Lake in Fort Worth. I worked in Tulsa for awhile as a stress analyst on the Boeing 787 program. I would cut over to Sherman from Gainesville and then head north to Tulsa from there.
I like Sherman area a lot.? Larger trees than what we have Fort Worth.? SE quadrant of OK is nice too....wouldn't mind getting some property there. -Jody
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From: James Rice <james.rice@...>
Date: 1/16/19 10:42 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] AXA or BXA
Not too far from DFW, I live in Sherman.? He was making the receivers for a custom rifle maker in Montana.? I'm not going to use the steels for gun parts but for making tools.? It will heat treat well enough for my purposes and I've had decent luck TIG welding both 416 and 41L40 with proper preheating before welding and post weld heat treatment.??
James
On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 10:21 PM Charles < xlch58@...> wrote: I am guessing you live in the Dallas area since I saw the same deal here and almost bought him out.? The issue for me is leaded steels are less than ideal for gun receivers or barrels and are difficult to weld or heat treat. ?
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Re: Carriage Stop and Indicator
Jody:
I used a horizontal rotary table on the mill with a ground HSS tool in the spindle to cut the dial graduation lines.??
The bull gear on my Atlas is one that has the indexing holes, but it was easier done on the mill.
I rigged up a jig on the mill table to stamp the numbers.
HTH,? Bill
Bill,
Good job on the stops and indicator holder.? I saw those at Tall Grass.? Do you have an indexer or did you rig something on the lathe?
I like the idea of having a mounting stud for your dial.? I might rob that idea.? Maybe I'll hang the dial off the side so that it hits a spot on the carriage that is further out.
Thanks for the pics.
On Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 11:39:17 AM PST, Jody <jp4lsu@...> wrote:
Bill,
Good job on the stops and indicator holder.? I saw those at Tall Grass.? Do you have an indexer or did you rig something on the lathe?
I like the idea of having a mounting stud for your dial.? I might rob that idea.? Maybe I'll hang the dial off the side so that it hits a spot on the carriage that is further out.
Thanks for the pics.
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James, I'm familiar with Sherman. I'm over by Eagle Mtn Lake in Fort Worth. I worked in Tulsa for awhile as a stress analyst on the Boeing 787 program. I would cut over to Sherman from Gainsville and then head north to Tulsa from there.
I like Sherman area a lot.? Larger trees than what we have Fort Worth.? SE quadrant of OK is nice too....wouldn't mind getting some property there. -Jody
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-------- Original message -------- From: James Rice <james.rice@...> Date: 1/16/19 10:42 PM (GMT-06:00) To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] AXA or BXA Not too far from DFW, I live in Sherman.? He was making the receivers for a custom rifle maker in Montana.? I'm not going to use the steels for gun parts but for making tools.? It will heat treat well enough for my purposes and I've had decent luck TIG welding both 416 and 41L40 with proper preheating before welding and post weld heat treatment.??
James On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 10:21 PM Charles < xlch58@...> wrote: I am guessing you live in the Dallas area since I saw the same deal here and almost bought him out.? The issue for me is leaded steels are less than ideal for gun receivers or barrels and are difficult to weld or heat treat. ?
Charles I bought the 9.5mm version back when it was called a A9.5.? It was listed for lathes of 9" to 12" swing.? I didn't have the South Bend 9A back then but I felt the next size they carried was a B16 was going to be too large for the Atlas Craftsman 12x36.? As it turned out the 9.5 size has been perfect for both lathes.? What I wish I had purchased at the time was a T6 or 6mm version that takes a 1/8" bit. It was for a 3" to 6" swing lathe which would have been perfect for my 6x18 Atlas-Craftsman lathe. I later bought a set of the new style 9.5mm holders which have a different angle on the tool holder compared to the older version but use the same bit geometry.? I think I'm about to order a 20mm set for my South Bend 16" but I'm going to continue my project to make several of my own type of holder just to see how they turn out.??
I haven't been spending much time in the shop for the past couple of years.? I spent the last 4 years at the local community college taking 4 semesters of welding and 3 semesters of auto body classes.? I have this spring semester to go and I'll be finished with the auto body courses and will receive associated degrees number 3 and 4 in May as well as the 3 AWS welding certifications I've already earned. So I've been thinking about new shop projects to tackle and old ones to finish.? To forward those intentions, I recently purchased 20 bars of 1-3/8"x72" 41L40 steel as well as 5-600# of 416SS and 41L40 cutoffs the same diameter and in assorted lengths of 3" to 12" from a gun receiver maker who advertised them on Craigslist for $5 a bar.? He sold me the lot of cutoffs for $20 dollars more.? Since the going rate for a 1-3/8"x72" bar of 41L40 is $185 and the rate for 416SS bar is $6.25 an inch at the metal suppliers, I jumped on it. The guy originally had almost 100 bars to sell but some other hobby machinists got there first so I took what he had left.? It was close to half a ton of oil hardening and free machining tool and stainless steel for a bargain price. So as my lovely wife puts it, "I have some more innocent pieces of metal to torture".?
James?
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Admittedly this is very crude but it stops the carriage where I need it to. I show it only to suggest that you can get work done without going overboard/over budget/over complicated. The adjustment bolt is 1/4 20 so each full turn is .05" so the adjustment is (again) crude but functional. I needed one in a hurry and built this in less than a 1/2 hour. It has been sufficient for my home shop purposes for several years now. It is just a scrap cut to a "C" shape on the power saw with 2 holes drilled and tapped, a toilet bolt, thumb screw and nut from my junk/bolt drawer. If Necessity is the mother of invention, a good junk drawer/scrap pile is the father! Cost $0.00, stopping the carriage from hitting the chuck, priceless ; )
Did I mention it is crude?
Ken H in AZ
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Re: Atlas metal lathe manual
Beats me what I was thinking of.? Word in 2nd sentence below should be “download”, not “unload”. ? ?
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Downs via Groups.Io
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 17:15
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Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] Atlas metal lathe manual? ???, ? Your lathe is a Babbit bearing Series 10F.? It was made around September of 1942. ? You can unload a parts manual for the 10F from the Group Files section.? ? The Owner’s or Operator’s manual will be the correct version of the Atlas Manual of Lathe Operation (or MOLO for short).? Because the final edition is still available from Clausing (so it is still in print), we have elected to play it safe and not upload earlier versions of the MOLO to Files.? Originals show up regularly on eBay.? Average price is around $25 to $35.? Most sellers have no idea that there were 10 (at least) different versions and 33 Editions printed between 1937 and 1988.? If you download the MOLO History documents (two) from Files, they will tell you what version you need and how to identify it.? The choice is made more complicated because Atlas did not begin putting the print year and Edition number on the Copyright page until the 16th edition in 1953.? Those (one for Atlas and one for Craftsman) have no information on the Babbit spindle bearings.? So the one you want will first off only say Copyright 1937 on the Copyright page.? Then on the change gear chart it should say in part “10F Series”, instead of Craftsman or 6”.? Beyond that, read the History and the Selection chart.? If you have any remaining questions after that, ask them. ? ? Robert Downs WA5CAB ? ? Hey , l have purchased a V48 Atlas metal lathe Serial # 039466 . Anyone know any way l can get a parts manual / owners manual ? Any reprints or Vintage press company’s out there ? I have been searching high and low ?. Any help will
be really appreciated !
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Jody, you should check out Rick Sparbers low cost DRO's Here is one of them:
Ken H in AZ
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Beats me where my mind was.? Third word in second sentence below should have been “download”, not “unload”. ? ?
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Downs via Groups.Io
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 17:15
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] Atlas metal lathe manual? ???, ? Your lathe is a Babbit bearing Series 10F.? It was made around September of 1942. ? You can unload a parts manual for the 10F from the Group Files section.? ?
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Not too far from DFW, I live in Sherman.? He was making the receivers for a custom rifle maker in Montana.? I'm not going to use the steels for gun parts but for making tools.? It will heat treat well enough for my purposes and I've had decent luck TIG welding both 416 and 41L40 with proper preheating before welding and post weld heat treatment.??
James
On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 10:21 PM Charles < xlch58@...> wrote: I am guessing you live in the Dallas area since I saw the same deal here and almost bought him out.? The issue for me is leaded steels are less than ideal for gun receivers or barrels and are difficult to weld or heat treat. ?
Charles I bought the 9.5mm version back when it was called a A9.5.? It was listed for lathes of 9" to 12" swing.? I didn't have the South Bend 9A back then but I felt the next size they carried was a B16 was going to be too large for the Atlas Craftsman 12x36.? As it turned out the 9.5 size has been perfect for both lathes.? What I wish I had purchased at the time was a T6 or 6mm version that takes a 1/8" bit. It was for a 3" to 6" swing lathe which would have been perfect for my 6x18 Atlas-Craftsman lathe. I later bought a set of the new style 9.5mm holders which have a different angle on the tool holder compared to the older version but use the same bit geometry.? I think I'm about to order a 20mm set for my South Bend 16" but I'm going to continue my project to make several of my own type of holder just to see how they turn out.??
I haven't been spending much time in the shop for the past couple of years.? I spent the last 4 years at the local community college taking 4 semesters of welding and 3 semesters of auto body classes.? I have this spring semester to go and I'll be finished with the auto body courses and will receive associated degrees number 3 and 4 in May as well as the 3 AWS welding certifications I've already earned. So I've been thinking about new shop projects to tackle and old ones to finish.? To forward those intentions, I recently purchased 20 bars of 1-3/8"x72" 41L40 steel as well as 5-600# of 416SS and 41L40 cutoffs the same diameter and in assorted lengths of 3" to 12" from a gun receiver maker who advertised them on Craigslist for $5 a bar.? He sold me the lot of cutoffs for $20 dollars more.? Since the going rate for a 1-3/8"x72" bar of 41L40 is $185 and the rate for 416SS bar is $6.25 an inch at the metal suppliers, I jumped on it. The guy originally had almost 100 bars to sell but some other hobby machinists got there first so I took what he had left.? It was close to half a ton of oil hardening and free machining tool and stainless steel for a bargain price. So as my lovely wife puts it, "I have some more innocent pieces of metal to torture".?
James?
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Bill in OKC too
Kit Maira
Roger F. R. Karl
Bill Buckalew
Ken H