Admins, I am not sure if this belongs here or in the projects side, but I thought I would start here.
I introduced myself in the new members forum a while back but never got a chance to post an actual thread for my lathe. This lathe was originally owned by the father of a family friend. When his dad passed away, it became his. Recently he bought a newer tool room lathe and asked Dad if I might be interested in the old one. I wasn't really interested at the time because I don't have room in my shop for such a big unit; I was trying to find a much smaller one and contemplating a new Grizzly. But then Dad went to look at it and said it was an Atlas, and I could not resist bring it home to Kalamazoo.
It sat at my Dad's for a over a year covered in grease and bird poop while I tried to clean and reorganize my place. We built a new storage barn to move the tractor out of the shop and I brought it home in 2017. I looked at the table top and immediately knew I had to change it. I am hoping there is nothing wrong with the ways and they are not twisted. I am including pictures of it so you can see what I mean. When you tightened the belt the table would bow, so it never locked over center well. It is QC 54 serial number 356.
Dad and I built a new base for the top to try to anchor it but it didn't seem strong enough, so it sat some more.
I introduced myself in the new members forum a while back but never got a chance to post an actual thread for my lathe. This lathe was originally owned by the father of a family friend. When his dad passed away, it became his. Recently he bought a newer tool room lathe and asked Dad if I might be interested in the old one. I wasn't really interested at the time because I don't have room in my shop for such a big unit; I was trying to find a much smaller one and contemplating a new Grizzly. But then Dad went to look at it and said it was an Atlas, and I could not resist bring it home to Kalamazoo.
It sat at my Dad's for a over a year covered in grease and bird poop while I tried to clean and reorganize my place. We built a new storage barn to move the tractor out of the shop and I brought it home in 2017. I looked at the table top and immediately knew I had to change it. I am hoping there is nothing wrong with the ways and they are not twisted. I am including pictures of it so you can see what I mean. When you tightened the belt the table would bow, so it never locked over center well. It is QC 54 serial number 356.
Dad and I built a new base for the top to try to anchor it but it didn't seem strong enough, so it sat some more.