Don't have an extra 3 jaw chuck for a 1 inch by 10 thread spindle, do
you? ;-)
Tony
> I bought an Atlas 6 inch lathe almost 40 years ago from Sears and I
must
> say it was one of the best tool investments I ever made.
>
> It obviously wont handle anything large, but there just haven't
been
> that many times when this was a problem.
>
> More typically I will need some small item, as for example a few
weeks
> ago I needed one of the brass screws which fasten down the gas
guage
> sending unit to the top of the tank on a 1935 BMW. You will not be
> surprised to hear that my local BMW dealer does not have any of
these,
> nor does the local junkyard which specializes in Mercedes and BMW.
But
> with my handy little Atlas lathe these very distinctive pieces of
> hardware are easily made so they can hardly be told from the
originals.
> This kind of operation is quite typical of the way this machine has
been
> useful.
>
> In recent years I have seen asking prices for these lathes as low
as
> $100 and as high as $500. If you buy one, be sure you get the
chucks
> with it. A new chuck can easily cost more than a used lathe. Also
bear
> in mind that these little lathes can cut inch based and metric
threads,
> but you must get a complete set of threading gears to use this
feature.
>
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