Atlas Refurb and Tooling

Once again you are the Best!! Robert I am going to attempt to upload of what is currently on the machine. What are you thoughts on Lubrication and Fluid sources?

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Robert that Decal will work perfect. When you or I make some up we should make up a whole sheet and send them to who ever needs them for the price of postage. So I was digging through Enco's site. (I really wish they would hurry up and send me a catalog. As far as cutting and tapping fluids, looks like there is a lot to choose from. My question is more about the correct lube for the machine's oilers. I was looking at the Mobil DTE Heavy Medium as an all round lube for the spindle, gears and ways. Is this an acceptable option. The smallest quantity is I gallon but that should get me down the road a bit with the Craftsman and the Leblond

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Jamie,

I just sent you the JPG of the Timken logo with Tapered Roller.

Sometime after 1956, Atlas changed the oil viscosity recommendation for all machines from SAE 10 to SAE 20. The Mobil DTE Heavy Medium @ ISO 65.1 is equivalent. And is what I've been using for the past three or four years. I use it everywhere except on gear teeth (where I am still using a can of Lubriplate from the last Century) and the ways, where I use Way Oil, mainly because one of the eBay sellers who sell felt oilers had one ad where they bundled four with a small squeeze bottle of Way Oil. Both the oil and the squeeze bottle seem to work well.

On cutting oil, I wouldn't know where to start. There are too many variables. It depends upon what you are cutting, what you are cutting it with, ambient temperature, phases of the moon. national debt, and probably a bzillion other factors. Fortunately, there aren't too many cases where what you use can make matters worse.

Robert D.
 
I don't know for certain. But looking at the exploded view headstock parts drawing, it looks like it probably comes out the left side of the headstock with the left eccentric remaining in place on the shaft. I presume that there are set screws in the right eccentric and the two collars. For a first try, I would oil the back gear bushings and make certain that the spins freely. Then loosen or remove the set screws, remove the right eccentric with lever and knob, and push the shaft out the left side of the headstock, leaving behind the collars, fiber washer(s) and gear. When you get it out, tell us whether there was one or two fiber washers.

Robert D.

Jamiethesquid said:
Any advice on removing the back gear shaft?
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I am going to attempt to get it apart tonight, along with disassembling the tailstock. I will take some pictures.
 
A little birdy told me that Santa Clause is bringing me one of these. What do you think. I have decided to go old school and learn the Lantern Post.

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