Re: atlas 10" quick change tool post
mike Allen Wed, 23 11:45 "Pretty slick"
It has the adjusting nut for centering the cutting tool height so it lands right on every time. It also filled a need not addressed by any other tool holder
By
Ken H
·
#116985
·
|
Re: atlas 10" quick change tool post
If you go to the Shars.com website, they have dimensional drawings of all the tool holders.
Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>
________________________________
Sent: Thursday, October
By
Andrei
·
#116984
·
|
Re: atlas 10" quick change tool post
No, that's the point I was trying inadequately to make above.? Each designation (AXA, BXA, etc) MUST take tool holders made exclusively for them.? It took ME? a LONG time to figure this out myself,
By
DEEJ
·
#116983
·
|
Re: Hello. New Owner of Old Atlas Mill
It looks like you have most of the stuff you need. ?An overarm support and a milling arbor will be necessary if you choose to run it as a Horizontal Mill. ? You can instead run it with a small face
By
charles brady
·
#116982
·
|
Re: Hello. New Owner of Old Atlas Mill
The Vintage Machinery website has many Atlas documents available for download which cover these mills.
Welcome
vintagemachinery.org
Atlas Press Co. - Publication
By
Charles Brumbelow
·
#116981
·
|
Re: Hello. New Owner of Old Atlas Mill
Hello Bill in OKC,
i’m just south of Tulsa. As a rancher, most of my day is on the sidetrack… Hope you get yours working! Not so sure about this one. But, time will tell.
By
Conjada
·
#116980
·
|
Re: Hello. New Owner of Old Atlas Mill
I've got one that I received in a box & 57 baggies over a decade ago. It's been almost together for most of that time, too. It will be a good machine someday. I hope. Yours will need more work than
By
Bill in OKC too
·
#116979
·
|
Hello. New Owner of Old Atlas Mill
?Hi,
My name is Cliff and I was gifted an Atlas MF Mill. I’m still trying to learn more about the mill and because it’s missing a LOT of parts and others are broken, I’m trying to figure out
By
Conjada
·
#116978
·
|
Re: atlas 10" quick change tool post
No. Not even close. :)
Bill in OKC?
William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.)
Aphorisms to live by:Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.?SEMPER GUMBY!
Improvise,
By
Bill in OKC too
·
#116977
·
|
Re: atlas 10" quick change tool post
OXA fits the 7" Mini-lathes. It's not in the apparent sequence you'd expect. It might be more correctly be a 0XA, or zeroXA.
I put one on my HF 7x10, but then traded the 7x10 for a couple of Unimats,
By
Bill in OKC too
·
#116976
·
|
Re: atlas 10" quick change tool post
Pretty slick , how's the repeatability ?
thanks for sharing
animal
By
mike allen
·
#116975
·
|
Re: atlas 10" quick change tool post
No . The larger ya go on the tool post the meatier the tool holder is
with a larger slot . One of my buds runs a one man shop I think he had 6
or 7 lathes & the big one the tool post is massive ,
By
mike allen
·
#116974
·
|
Re: atlas 10" quick change tool post
I tried this as an experiment just to see if it was a possible way to make tool holders with less machining and it does in fact work. I just welded two rods to a piece of heavy steel in place of the
By
Ken H
·
#116973
·
|
Re: atlas 10" quick change tool post
I wasn't trying to slam ya , just stating a fact . probably 70 % maybe
more have been at the beginning where ya are . & there's pretty much 3
results , no tool post , buy one , build one . I'll add
By
mike allen
·
#116972
·
|
Re: atlas 10" quick change tool post
possibly a silly question but do the tool holders for an oxa for example fit and axa and so on
By
hedgesben@...
·
#116971
·
|
Re: Acessories for sale
Please send any list or a link or any way for me to see what you’ve got for sale.
Thanks
Jim Irwin
2204 Wheaton Trail
Cedar Park, TX 78613
jimairwin@...
512-294-6331
By
Jim Irwin
·
#116970
·
|
Re: atlas 10" quick change tool post
OXA is the smallest being able to work with lathes up to 8"
AXA is for 9 to 12" lathes, and so on
Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>
________________________________
Sent: Wednesday,
By
Andrei
·
#116969
·
|
Re: atlas 10" quick change tool post
The first letter in each of these designations refers to a size.? For instance, AXA is (as far as I know) the smallest of these style.? Your tool post has to be the right size for the tool holder to
By
DEEJ
·
#116968
·
|
Re: atlas 10" quick change tool post
Admittedly my post was made hoping to be able to cut out time sorting through tons of useless data/links to find a succinct but complete source.? I hate wasting time at the numerous links typically
By
Lbrewer42
·
#116967
·
|
Re: atlas 10" quick change tool post
https://patents.google.com/patent/US1141854A/en
That's?the 1913 patent drawing. They can be used on lathes like the Unimat, and about anything else.?
Bill in OKC?
William R. Meyers, MSgt,
By
Bill in OKC too
·
#116966
·
|