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Saving An Old Atlas
For years I have made do with a worn out 10" Atlas, but my limited skill set limits what I can do with it. It is OLD and has very loose babit bearings and a 5/8" lead screw. I am wondering if I could replace the head with a newer timkin bearing casting and further what it would take to upgrade to the later 3/4" lead screw. Ive looked at replacing the lathe, but this one is otherwise complete and more importantly fits the cramped space I have available. Carl |
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Saving An Old Atlas
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 17:27:05 GMT, carl wrote:
For years I have made do with a worn out 10" Atlas, but my limited skill set limits what I can do with it. It is OLD and has very loose babit bearings and a 5/8" lead screw. I am wondering if I could replace the head with a newer timkin bearing casting and further what it would take to upgrade to the later 3/4" lead screw. Ive looked at replacing the lathe, but this one is otherwise complete and more importantly fits the cramped space I have available. Carl Greetings Carl, I have an old 6" Atlas that came with the babbit bearing headstock. I bought a Timken bearing head stock and it fits. Probably the same for your 10". Clausing sells Atlas parts and I bet they have that leadscrew. The supports may need to be altered or replaced but I think Clausing can tell you what's required. ERS |
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Saving An Old Atlas
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For years I have made do with a worn out 10" Atlas, but my limited skill set limits what I can do with it. It is OLD and has very loose babit bearings and a 5/8" lead screw. Do the headstock bearing caps have any shim left in them? Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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Saving An Old Atlas
carl wrote:
For years I have made do with a worn out 10" Atlas, but my limited skill set limits what I can do with it. It is OLD and has very loose babit bearings and a 5/8" lead screw. I am wondering if I could replace the head with a newer timkin bearing casting and further what it would take to upgrade to the later 3/4" lead screw. Ive looked at replacing the lathe, but this one is otherwise complete and more importantly fits the cramped space I have available. Carl Yes, bearing 10" headstock will fit fine. There is a yahoogroups group dedicated to the Atlas / Craftsman line of lathes. Almost every question or idea you have with these machines has been done by someone in this group. I think the 3/4" lead screw is a simple conversion, but I don't remember for sure. My 10" came with bearings and 3/4" lead screw. You will still have the thin 3/8" ways, but it will do a lot of work. http://groups.yahoo.com/ John |
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