Old School 1937 Atlas Lathe

[Matt]

Just got this old school lathe. It was made in 1937 by Atlas before they called them Sears Roebuck and company or now Craftsman. Runs off 110v or 220v. Enjoy the pics. I want to clean it up, buy a new belt for it, and build a table for it.

[War Machine]

that thing come with a corn pipe and red suspenders?

[turbostang]

Good find, where did it come from? Those are fairly tough machines - and getting to build the stand can really improve on rigidity.

The only thing i don't like about it, and most benchtop type lathes like my Enco, are the change gears for threading etc.

[Matt]

Got it at a garage sale in Wichita Kansas. My dad goes every day and is always finding old stuff. He's always on the lookout for older American tools for me.

I agree. There is way to many gears in there, but I am happy that it does threads. Not sure what to make with it yet. I am sure I'll find something after I get it up to par to my standards.

[HenryJ]

nice find!

[turbostang]

I'm amazed that it even has all the gears. You'll likely set it once and rarely, if ever, change it. If it's like mine- one set of gears will cover several different TPI, OR the change gears are for all metric threads

[Matt]

I'm amazed that it even has all the gears. You'll likely set it once and rarely, if ever, change it. If it's like mine- one set of gears will cover several different TPI, OR the change gears are for all metric threads

It even has the original manual

So you can put a set of gears in and change through the different gears for different TPI?

[turbostang]

It even has the original manual

So you can put a set of gears in and change through the different gears for different TPI?

Yeah, usually - you can put one gear in and by changing feed levers, that gear will cover say 8/10/12 tpi etc. They should be stamped.

If you haven't single point threaded before, it's a bit tedious.

[Matt]

I've used bigger lathes, but nothing in depth, so this is all new territory for me

[turbostang]

Good luck with it, post lots of pictures.

Just remember to be generous with feeds and speeds, we tend to get spoiled with the bigger lathe's power.

[Matt]

The guy we got it from had it hooked up to 110V. I know that 220V will push 3 times the HP

[Skidonenko]

cool tool, I picked up a 31" logan lathe a little while ago. Wish it had come with gears though. They cost a pretty penny from the logan supplier. You will figure out all kinds of crap to make with it.

[46Tbird]

Awesome. I love old tools too. Glad to hear someone else appreciates them.

[turbostang]

The guy we got it from had it hooked up to 110V. I know that 220V will push 3 times the HP

If you have a 1, 2, or 3HP motor, it's still a 1, 2, or 3HP motor - regardless if it's hooked up to 110V or 220V. It's just 'more efficient' on 220V.

My standard modern lathe was on 110V at my old house, but is on 220V at the new place. It's maximum DOC is still the same as before, as is the feed rate.

[Grape]

i grew up with one of those at my parents house. Dad still uses it to this day. I used to do all my kart clutch stuff back in the day on that thing.