I was lucky to find it just 10 miles away. It has a lot of miles on it and has some worn parts that need to be replaced. Parts are easy to find because the Craftsman/Atlas are so popular and so many were made. Also, lots of the parts are reproduced by machinist. Some with better material and improvements. I need to do another vid. I have bought 4 attachments for it. Thanks for watching and the positive comment.
Thanks buddy. It feels like it's running on sticky sand now. I'm guessing an air hose was used to blow off the chips, which is a big no no. it forces the chips into places they should not be.
I do hope the dream of owning one of these great machines gives you many hours of enjoyment. One thing to remember it is a very needy hobby as we all strive for better outcomes..
Thanks vert much for the kind words RB. I have watched dozens of vids about lathes for probably over a year, but nothing will beat hands on. I know I'll spend hundreds of dollars on tooling and attachments as time goes on. I wanted a totally manual Atlas to start with. So will this be a steppingstone? Time will tell. Thanks again. Cheers from Clint in Virginia.
They open the door for all kinds of fun things, be safe learning and have fun with it!!!!! 👍🏻 congrats on your purchase and look forward to seeing your videos. There is also a channel called blondiehacks that done a whole series and it helped me out alot, she has a great easy way of teaching.
Thanks Dubb. I'll check her out. I'm not going to try and teach anyone, just share my journey as I learn. Also I'll share the cost of the tooling. As you know the tooling gets very expensive.
Follow along as I learn and buy more tooling.
That's one cool metal lathe! I imagine they are pretty hard to find! Great find - great video !
I was lucky to find it just 10 miles away.
It has a lot of miles on it and has some worn parts that need to be replaced. Parts are easy to find because the Craftsman/Atlas are so popular and so many were made. Also, lots of the parts are reproduced by machinist. Some with better material and improvements. I need to do another vid. I have bought 4 attachments for it.
Thanks for watching and the positive comment.
Looking forward to seeing you get her going🤙🏻😎
Thanks brother. Most of what I need to learn is on YT. Nothing beats hands on though.
Very nice Clint. Can't wait to see more. Thank you.
Thanks Rob. It will take some time. Too many other things to do first.
That's awesome 👍👍 i look forward to more videos on this👊
Thanks Andrew.
It will be a while. So many other things to do first.
Looks like you found a nice one! Hope it cleans up and runs smooth for ya! 👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thanks buddy. It feels like it's running on sticky sand now. I'm guessing an air hose was used to blow off the chips, which is a big no no. it forces the chips into places they should not be.
I do hope the dream of owning one of these great machines gives you many hours of enjoyment. One thing to remember it is a very needy hobby as we all strive for better outcomes..
Thanks vert much for the kind words RB.
I have watched dozens of vids about lathes for probably over a year, but nothing will beat hands on.
I know I'll spend hundreds of dollars on tooling and attachments as time goes on.
I wanted a totally manual Atlas to start with. So will this be a steppingstone? Time will tell.
Thanks again.
Cheers from Clint in Virginia.
They open the door for all kinds of fun things, be safe learning and have fun with it!!!!! 👍🏻 congrats on your purchase and look forward to seeing your videos. There is also a channel called blondiehacks that done a whole series and it helped me out alot, she has a great easy way of teaching.
Thanks Dubb. I'll check her out.
I'm not going to try and teach anyone, just share my journey as I learn. Also I'll share the cost of the tooling. As you know the tooling gets very expensive.