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| Three Generations of Service  |
 I've been getting by with a 120+ year old Seneca Falls lathe, converted from line-shaft belt drive to an electric motor. I learned a lot, but she's awful tired and accuracy below 10 thou or so is hit and miss. Had a little cash squirrelled away and decided to upgrade. Daughter found this Atlas 3995 12x24 on BookFace Marketplace (I don't do BookFace) and put me in contact with the seller. Drove down to Boothbay Harbor and grabbed it today. Happy to provide more details if anyone is interested. I'm stoked and can't wait to give it a bath, lube it and get it installed in my shop! Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | ||
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Congratulations. She's a beaut (underneath the petrified grease). Have fun setting it up. | |||
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Spread the Disease |
Heck yeah more details! I had to partially rebuild a 1969 Logan 2555 w/variable speed and a 12" throw. There were several gears in the gearbox that were chewed up. It runs great now. What kind of drive and what are the electrical specs? Mine is a 3-phase, so I use a rotary phase converter for it and my Bridgeport. ________________________________________ -- Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. -- | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
12x24, 110v single phase belt drive. Reversing barrel switch. Lever on left side of bottom cabinet moves the motor so you can move the belt to different pulleys. Quick Change gearbox, power cross-feed. Got a good assortment of attachments with it including 3 and 4 jaw chucks, steady rest, face plate with assorted drive dogs, live center, dead centers, half a dozen lantern-style tool holders, boring bar, knurling tool, tailstock turret (which I understand is fairly unusual) various Jacobs-style chucks for the tail stock, and best of all, a cabinet with about 20 pounds of HSS, brazed carbide and insert style tools in various sizes and profiles. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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Great find, Paul! God bless America. | |||
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Keeping the economy moving since 1964 |
That looks great! Nice find! ----------------------- You can't fall off the floor. | |||
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Optimistic Cynic |
Nice score! I'm sure I'm not the only one looking forward to your next project! | |||
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| As Extraordinary as Everyone Else  |
They sure don’t make them like that anymore! Congrats. ------------------ Eddie Our Founding Fathers were men who understood that the right thing is not necessarily the written thing. -kkina | |||
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How big of kitchen do you have to fit a mixer that big ? Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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Ammoholic |
That looks sweet! I do not know a thing about them, I just know I want a wood lathe in my shop when I retire. Can't wait to see it cleaned up and in action!! Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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| Partial dichotomy |
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| Three Generations of Service |
20x24 feet is a tad crowded... Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| Political Cynic |
Nice find | |||
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| 7.62mm Crusader |
I had the same lathe Paul but mine was 36 inch. The Atlas were built by Clausing and sold through Sears. Back when Sears carried good products. My Atlas was only used 1 time before I bought it. I also had a 13 X 40 Clausing Colchester with vari speed and a turret attachment. Enjoy the little lathe as it's a good machine. | |||
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Network Janitor |
Speaking of lathes someone dug this out of the work archives.  Was used for 70 years of service. Modified to use an electric motor vs. the overhead pulley. A few Sigs and some others | |||
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