Atlas Clausing 10100 chuck

[minsk]

what is the largest chuck size i can use on a clausing atlas 10100?
also is the head stock a MT1 taper?


thank you in advance

Daniel

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[wa5cab]

Physically, you could run a 5" or even if you could find one, a 5.5". But for practical and safety reasons, the largest recommended is usually a 4".

The spindle taper in all of the Atlas built 6" metal working lathes is 2MT. And the tailstock ram taper is 1MT

 

[WCraig]

The faceplate for the Atlas 618 was 5.25" diameter and I suppose it was the same for the 10100. Hard to mount something right out to the edges unless you can bolt it on from the back.

A previous owner of my 618 ground away sloped sections of the bed just in front of the chuck. It's possible that he needed *just* a little more room to turn something. Or maybe he just dropped the chuck on the bed too many times and was cleaning up. I wouldn't recommend that mod, though.

Craig

 

[minsk]

Physically, you could run a 5" or even if you could find one, a 5.5". But for practical and safety reasons, the largest recommended is usually a 4".

The spindle taper in all of the Atlas built 6" metal working lathes is 2MT. And the tailstock ram taper is 1MT

thank you so much for the quick reply...yeah i was confused by the 1 mt on the tail stock...

 

[wa5cab]

Although there are exceptions, probably more than half of the 12: and under lathes have the tailstock taper one size smaller than the spindle. I don't really know why that is, it just is.