On Monday, January 16, 2017 at 7:07:19 PM UTC-5, DoN. Nichols wrote:
On 2017-01-16, wrote:

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Sears made a good 10-in. flat-way lathe, built by Atlas, and a
smaller, 6-in. machine that Jim mentioned. I had one. Like many others,
I bent the spindle and had to turn a new one in my 10-in South Bend. g

Actually -- there were *two* Sears 6" lathes. The one which had
an easily bent spindle was the AA brand, the other was a flat-bed Atlas
with a somewhat sturdier spindle.

Oh yeah, I've heard that one mentioned here on RCM, but I never saw one. I've seen the 10" Atlas and the AA that I owned.

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The weak point on that (I had one)
was the T-slot in the compound. A parting tool caught in some square
stock and snapped off the inboard half of the T-slot. I wound up making
a much sturdier replacement for that. :-)

Later versions of the Atlas lathe had roller bearings, mine was
old enough to have bronze bearings -- and rather worn when I got it.

Some were good. Others were not.

Agreed.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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