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10" Atlas rebuild
I Am finally in the home strech of finishing my Atlas lathe mods and rebuild. I modified the tailstock so I now have 3 1/2" of travel along with a DRO. I rescraped the ways to straighten them back to perfect after years abuse from previous owner. I was self taught on the scraping and was very happy with the results. I modified the carriage and planed the surface so it has more surface contact.
I then set in and made stronger adjustable gibs using brass and steel the tolerance on the bed is now very tight but glides up and down the bed. I have all new Acme screws on the tailstock, carriage and lead screw. I also have a direct read dial a brass compound nut that is twice as long as stock I plan on some other mods later. I have remade some gears as they wear out or go bad and I have a 2 1/2 horse DC variable speed motor thanks for looking.. Ray
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The carriage and tailstock leadscrews are now supported with ball bearings that doubles as a thrust surface. I repainted it hammertone gray.
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I repainted the badges and made a box to house the variable control.
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Here is the DC motor lot of power there.
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I repainted the legs as well I have a few more ideas to improve this lathe I do it just for fun and because I can. All mods are reversable and I have a drawer full of good Atlas parts I keep all the parts for the next guy but I am not done with it yet.. Ray
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Here is the carriage getting resurfaced along with a brass plate added for more surface contact.
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Here are the new gibs they stregthen the carriage and the brass slides down the castiron real nice.
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Here is the new chrome barrel I made for the tailstock it is about 1 3/8 longer.
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And here is the finished tailstock with the DRO and extended barrel there is also a holder for the drill chuck tang inside the bore so the chuck will not spin. at the handle end of things there is now a dial and everything is supported on ball bearings now. The lock down has a spring in it as well to help disconnect with less turns. Well thats all for now. Ray
![100_0623.JPG 100_0623.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/32/32002-d5e19709698f83a568158a1587d28285.jpg)
I Am finally in the home strech of finishing my Atlas lathe mods and rebuild. I modified the tailstock so I now have 3 1/2" of travel along with a DRO. I rescraped the ways to straighten them back to perfect after years abuse from previous owner. I was self taught on the scraping and was very happy with the results. I modified the carriage and planed the surface so it has more surface contact.
I then set in and made stronger adjustable gibs using brass and steel the tolerance on the bed is now very tight but glides up and down the bed. I have all new Acme screws on the tailstock, carriage and lead screw. I also have a direct read dial a brass compound nut that is twice as long as stock I plan on some other mods later. I have remade some gears as they wear out or go bad and I have a 2 1/2 horse DC variable speed motor thanks for looking.. Ray
![100_0638.JPG 100_0638.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/31/31991-865d9047304267ad511edb1fb6e20128.jpg)
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![100_0640.JPG 100_0640.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/31/31992-e22e5c0cd5bbeec5e72470017d33c26d.jpg)
The carriage and tailstock leadscrews are now supported with ball bearings that doubles as a thrust surface. I repainted it hammertone gray.
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![100_0641.JPG 100_0641.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/31/31993-7180f8b3c2e431d05aa4f6555ffd9cdc.jpg)
I repainted the badges and made a box to house the variable control.
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![100_0642.JPG 100_0642.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/31/31994-01879e6fb4ec556262e9588b8cc6f20d.jpg)
Here is the DC motor lot of power there.
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![100_0639.JPG 100_0639.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/31/31995-cb23c0bcd9815108582abb4ab869560c.jpg)
I repainted the legs as well I have a few more ideas to improve this lathe I do it just for fun and because I can. All mods are reversable and I have a drawer full of good Atlas parts I keep all the parts for the next guy but I am not done with it yet.. Ray
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![100_0627.JPG 100_0627.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/31/31999-24e33407faeb0f86a414220b4209e0f3.jpg)
Here is the carriage getting resurfaced along with a brass plate added for more surface contact.
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![100_0632.JPG 100_0632.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/32/32000-9885a46388c03b3eefdeea4131a5344f.jpg)
Here are the new gibs they stregthen the carriage and the brass slides down the castiron real nice.
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![100_0619.JPG 100_0619.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/32/32001-0d39ef054908457941b50eef2b9b9a53.jpg)
Here is the new chrome barrel I made for the tailstock it is about 1 3/8 longer.
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![100_0623.JPG 100_0623.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/32/32002-d5e19709698f83a568158a1587d28285.jpg)
And here is the finished tailstock with the DRO and extended barrel there is also a holder for the drill chuck tang inside the bore so the chuck will not spin. at the handle end of things there is now a dial and everything is supported on ball bearings now. The lock down has a spring in it as well to help disconnect with less turns. Well thats all for now. Ray
![100_0638.JPG 100_0638.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/31/31991-865d9047304267ad511edb1fb6e20128.jpg)
![100_0640.JPG 100_0640.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/31/31992-e22e5c0cd5bbeec5e72470017d33c26d.jpg)
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![100_0639.JPG 100_0639.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/31/31995-cb23c0bcd9815108582abb4ab869560c.jpg)
![100_0627.JPG 100_0627.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/31/31999-24e33407faeb0f86a414220b4209e0f3.jpg)
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