I spend most of my time in the shop, and doing all these Taig, Atlas, and Craftsman lathe pages is just an aside to machine work. There are only a few to start with, but I have quite a few other pages in the works. A2Z quick change tool post.Atlas Pages project links at the bottom This page will have some projects for the 6" Atlas lathe.
I need to pick up a few more gears for threading but the damn things are pricey. I made a micrometer carriage stop out of an old micrometer and some aluminum that I had kicking around the shop. They were Craftsman blue so I painted them gray. I found a NOS steady rest and follow rest on Ebay for a great price. I needed to make a spindle sleeve for a DP that I am restoring so I needed to pick up a steady rest for the lathe. I have been using this little lathe quite a bit since I got it and so far I am pretty impressed with it. It should work fine for what I need it for. I was worried about the lathe feeling like a little toy compared to my South Bend but overall I am very happy with the lathe. The Atlas is pretty much the same machine as the Craftsman and takes the same accessories. They come up on Ebay but they are pricey. Looking for a steady rest and follow rest for it it anyone has one they want to get rid of. It will work for now until I can find a nice vintage one. The light is a 2 dollar light I got from the local thrift shop. The center section with the drawers slides out of the stand so I can still access the nuts and bolts used to mount the lathe and motor. I added some drawers and mounted the lathe to it this weekend.
The lathe is in great original condition and came with a 3 jaw chuck, lantern style tool post holder, and a very nice tool post grinder that is probably worth several times what I paid for the lathe. It took me about a week to start having lathe withdrawals so I posted a WTB ad on the local classifieds and got several calls. One of them to go was my beautiful Heavy 10 South Bend lathe. I recently ran into some financial trouble and had to sell a couple of my machines to make a few house payments. This item can’t be shipped, the buyer must pick up the item.Nature and Wildlife Photography.
The seller is “peacefroglizardking” and is located in Goshen, Indiana. This item is in the category “Business & Industrial\Manufacturing & Metalworking\Metalworking Tooling\Equipment Specific Tooling\Lathe”. The item “NOS Craftsman 101.21400 Atlas 618 Metal Lathe Perfect- Tooling Included A-Z CNC” is in sale since Wednesday, June 20, 2018. No damage, works and looks like it should. Made cutter tools and blanks in vintage Rex AA box. 9-21407H and another 3 jaw chuck made in England, 1X10 thread pattern, NIB Shars Knurling attachment, 4 Jacobs chucks, 56B, 34B, 6A and 34-02, all made in USA, a huge assortment of NOS Rex AA and other U. New in Box Atlas M6-395 Follower Rest, NIB Atlas M6-325 Steady rest with original brass fingers and roller fingers, 2 Lathe manuals, New, unused threading gears, Craftsman 4 3 jaw chuck, in box, No. I have ran it about 4 hours turning down aluminum spacers and misc. He never turned it on and all bare metal surfaces were still covered in the original packing grease when I bought it.
I bought this from an older gentleman about 4 years ago who bought it new. For sale is a NOS, perfect condition Craftsman 101.21400 (Atlas 618) metal lathe.