[JohnnyVegas]

Starting with this sorry Atlas 10".



Nice challenge..

Tearing into it. At the time I almost gave up but:

Now on with full restore.

Started the bed today, still more to go on it but here it is de-greased and mostly stripped down and the rails roughly clean(er). I had to soak this in a bath of commercial de-greaser to get off all the grim, grease and old paint before beginning.
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I need the the rails reground.. Anyone in the Chicago area that can handle 36" mill cuts??

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Quick video update of some progress right before working on the bed. In this video I was convinced to not go forward.. well I am.

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Bed is done. Decided to grind, file and lap the rails by hand. When I say 'lap' I mean wet grind on a flat surface, not with compound.

Foot/feet cleaned, primed and repainted....
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Bed basically completely repainted
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Banjo had a hair line crack/separation running through it. Found it after blasting. Ground material away, welded solid and reshaped back to original.

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Update - Cleaning the bed and ways... Prime paint...

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Managed to get some time to dismantle the headstock.. Nice to find everything together.

Started the process of de-greasing, ultrasonic cleaning then applying a stripper..

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Found a nice surprise:
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stripping all the parts preparing for paint.

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Making some progress on painting:

[gcofieldd]

I am enjoying your log man, keep it up

[cjtoombs]

I'm interested in what your plan is for the cross slide. There's not much room in there for a ballscrew. I Have a 12" Craftsman very simmilar to this one that I had once thought about CNCing.

[JohnnyVegas]

I'm interested in what your plan is for the cross slide. There's not much room in there for a ballscrew. I Have a 12" Craftsman very simmilar to this one that I had once thought about CNCing.

Wow. My laptop crashed... Couldn't get back until now.
As far as the cross slide I have a few ideas bouncing around but haven't committed to anything yet. Focused purely on restoring the lathe first and having it functions 100% original before conversion.

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I'm interested in what your plan is for the cross slide. There's not much room in there for a ballscrew. I Have a 12" Craftsman very simmilar to this one that I had once thought about CNCing.

Wow. My laptop crashed... Couldn't get back until now.
As far as the cross slide I have a few ideas bouncing around but haven't committed to anything yet. Focused purely on restoring the lathe first and having it function 100% original before conversion.