Picked this up on a trade and some other stuff. What can you tell me about this lathe? Any good? Seems to be pretty good quality. Value?? Also it came with a bunch of accessories. I don't know what the 3 prong thing in the bucket does.
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The lathe is hobby lathe ,Atlas was a good brand. The 3 prong thing is a follower rest.
http://www.ritchiesmachineshop.com/
http://www.ritchiesmachineshop.com/
I would search ebay and some of the hobbyist forums.
boardbysled
Tree Nerd.
I'll give ya $51 Joop.:kissmyass:
That 3 prong thing is a steady rest. If you have a long work piece it supports it out away from the chuck. You would need a indicator to make sure the workpiece is running true to use it. How about you sort out the tools in some sort of sembelance so we could pick apart your tooling.
Wait a minute, Why am i helping you after you talked **** about me?:kissmyass:
Wait a minute, Why am i helping you after you talked **** about me?:kissmyass:
ahh from what I'm finding it's worth $600-700 as it with out all the extra goodies.
Hes right after looking at it again it could be used as a steady rest or follower rest. The follower rest is used to follow along for support on a long small in dia work piece.
For the knurling tool its a touch/feel thing. You run it into the workpiece and hit the feed lever. Experience on feed per rev's and rpm's dictate the quality of knurl. There are different knurls so alot of times trial and error is whats called for. Is that a dial to the right with numbers on it? Its facing up.
Maverick26
As iron sharpens iron...
WOW, lots of random **** in that box. Most all that stuff is hand ground tools for parting off, threading, and cutting. If you know what your doing you can hand grind a nice tool. I see some reamers, a drill chuck, and some stuff for the tail stock collet. The knurling tool is cool and yes you do need the "touch" to use it on a manual lathe. I used to have it when I was doing this stuff everyday.
I am bummed, I wish I had a little lathe like this.... some day.
I am bummed, I wish I had a little lathe like this.... some day.
Yeh I think I might keep this one for awhile. Who knows I might turn around and sell it or trade it for some crap later down the road.
This trade deal was definitely a trade-up for me. I got all that stuff, and a new compressor, and bluepoint tool box for a $60 investment and some elbow grease..:masturbanana[1]:
This trade deal was definitely a trade-up for me. I got all that stuff, and a new compressor, and bluepoint tool box for a $60 investment and some elbow grease..:masturbanana[1]:
Maverick26
As iron sharpens iron...
Thats a great deal man.
I dont know where it was that I saw it but a story of a guy that started with a paper clip and started to trade his way through life. It took him a few years but he was driving a new Porsche 911 at the end. Zero money. The last 10 or so trades were awesome!
I dont know where it was that I saw it but a story of a guy that started with a paper clip and started to trade his way through life. It took him a few years but he was driving a new Porsche 911 at the end. Zero money. The last 10 or so trades were awesome!
trxguy
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ill trade you a paper clip for your sex kitten..........:corn:
