[Newbie] Atlas 618 Restoration

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So my dad found someone throwing this away on his route up in New York. It runs and all that, I've done a little facing and cutting on it but I want to get it running real well before I use it for anything serious. I'll keep posting as time goes on and I make more progress. Here is what it looked like originally, it was dark so I was using flashlights for light.
 

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To add, it didn't come with a tailstock and the table it's mounted on is cast iron. So it's heavy.
 
Here's the progress on the table, just gotta get the paint off of it, then I'm painting it with the purple.
 

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...then I'm painting it with the purple.
Welcome to Hobby Machinist - that's a nice find! And congratulations on being the Atlas 618 Purple Pioneer! This has got to be a first! :)
 
I got the legs stripped of paint and most of the bed. I'm having trouble with the nooks and crannys on it though. I didn't take a picture of the bed yet but here is one of the legs, they are heavy. All cast iron.
 

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You could sell that to a Ravens fan down here in Md ! :encourage:
 
Haha, I'm not much for football or any sports for that matter but I live by Morgantown so not far from there. Although it's Mountaineers everything over this way, it's annoying.
 
My daughters friend and co-player played basketball for the Mountaineers . Jess Harley . She was one heck of an player . Where does your dad go into NY ?
 
Here's the side of the bed and my chuck all cleaned up with my homemade key.
 

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