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- Jan 3, 2012
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- 319
Let me get this thing started! 25 years ago I bought a 12" Atlas Lathe that was a basket case. It was missing a lot of parts but I managed to get it working and make a few chips. Enough to get my interest any way. I set that machine aside for 20 years until last year. At that time I had purchased a Enco Compact 5 and a Harbor Freight 9 x 20 lathe at a government auction. My daughter sold the Enco on Ebay at enough profit where I was able to keep the 9 X 20. With this new machine I was able to finally do all of the things I couldn't on the Old Atlas. We pulled the Atlas out and sold it for parts on Ebay for a very nice profit, thus getting my daughter started on a home business that she is still doing quite successfully. While searching for inventory for my daughter, I came across a South Bend 10 K lathe that was in pristine condition at the government liquidation site. I purchased this machine, and traded the Chinese machine for a drill press. I have been getting this machine tooled up and honing my skills to the point where I am turning out some nice stuff. SWEET MACHINE!! American Iron can't be beat, in my opinion.