Restoring Dads Craftsman 101.07403

[Rockridge]

The story continues......... With a Happy ending!

I removed the saddle (much easier than I thought it would be) and cleaned probably 80 years worth of gunk off the half-nuts. Put the parts back together and everything works as it should!

Here are some more pictures for your viewing pleasure.....





Thank you for the warm welcome, knowledge and encouragement. I look forward to learning a lot more!
I'm guessing this lathe was built about 1946?

 

[wa5cab]

Absent the original invoice, about the the only way to roughly date an Atlas or a Craftsman lathe is from taking the Timken bearing inspection date or if the machine Babbit bearings by comparison of the serial number to that of a Timken bearing equipped lathe whose bearing inspection date is known. As it is not known whether or not Atlas had rules to always use the earliest bearings the manufacturing date is assumed to be within 0 to +2 years of the inspection date. Note that the so far known bearing dates run between 1938 and 1952. And that they are only found on 10" Atlas and early 12" 'Craftsman lathes..

 

[jwmay]

@wa5cab , was there no utility in the number stamped on the bed way? I remember back when I bought mine, it seemed like people wanted that number too.