An Atlas/Craftsman lathe would be a great starting point, have fun with it!!!I too am trying my hand at scraping! For my project, I have an acquaintance who likes to re-build lathes, and he had an old craftsman lathe bed that he was going to scrap. It has two flat ways and should make a great scraping project for a straight edge. The bed is "good iron," old iron, stable, and reasonably flat and straight. I just couldn't see scrapping this quality iron. Resource met need so now I have a project and the material.