I’m selling my Atlas 10×42 “frankenlathe”, as I recently purchased a South Bend Heavy and don’t have need (nor room) for two lathes.
Description: this is an Atlas 10″ x 42″ lathe with QuickChange that I assembled from various parts on eBay and local machine shops. I’ve used this for the past few years on art projects to make bushings, bore holes, and so on in plastic and aluminum. It will cut stainless, but you’ll need to take your time and make many light cuts. While I’ve never scraped the ways or tried to make it a precision cutting instrument, it cuts pretty nicely and is in good shape given its age. The QC box drives the feed properly, and I don’t remember there being any damage to the lathe components.
It comes with:
- Four year old Dayton 3/4 hp motor that I bought new
- Quick Change gearbox
- Atlas cast iron legs
- 8″ four-jaw chuck
- rebuilt steady rest in really nice condition
- milling attachment
- lantern toolpost
- Quick-release tool post (AXA size, I think) and attachments.
- Odds and ends parts (like belt guards) that I picked up used but never installed
- wooden planks and drip tray to catch metal and oil drippings
- second apron assembly with power cross feed that I never installed (not shown)
$1500, will consider plasma cutter or mig welder as partial or complete trade depending on value. It’s located in my level entry garage in Forest Hills, PA, and can be disassembled before loading/moving. Please contact me via email, jet at flatline dot net.
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Over the weekend I made myself a couple of aluminum print platforms to experiment with heated print surfaces. I figure that not everyone has easy access to metal-working tools, so I made a few other that I put in my new store.
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Finally finished my MS Design degree and now have time to write for people other than professors and whatnot. I’ve got a bunch of half-finished posts to clean up, but I’m too busy doing metalworking stuff in the studio to write very much.
The current project is installing a 60G compressor, which also means bolting it to the floor, running hard line and adding a 220V circuit. I hemmed and hawed about which mini compressor to get, then just said “screw it” and went with a big 60G unit. More than enough PSI and CFM for anything I’ll do in my “one-car” sized studio, and when I get real studio space, I’ll move it there.
Still debating what my first air tool should be, however. I’m thinking a die grinder or a sheet-metal nibbler.
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I’m trying to decide between a Rong Fu RF-45 clone and a Sieg X3. I’m leaning towards a Industrial Hobbies clone, but I thought I’d make up a comparison chart for the Sieg clones for comparison’s sake:
Sieg X3 Clones Comparison Chart in Excel .xls format
Sieg X3 Clones Comparison Chart in CSV
Let me know if you have any corrections/updates.
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Over on the Yahoo mill_dill group I found an outdated spreadsheet comparing features of the Rong Fu RF-45 square column mill/drill and its various clones.
I’ve been thinking about getting one of these for awhile now for my next art project, so I decided to update the chart. You can find it over on the Yahoo group or download it here:
RF-45 Comparison Chart in Excel .xls format
RF-45 Comparison Chart in CSV
Let me know if you have any corrections/updates.
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(Follows is a test of Google Ads.)
After updating the spreadsheet (see the previous entry), I’m thinking the Industrial Hobbies unit is the one I’m after. I can’t afford CNC just yet, but the base machine looks really good.
I’m going to cheap out and try and use it as a general purpose drill press as well. Most of my recent drilling required a bit more accuracy than my Sears drill press was capable of providing. If setup time starts being a problem I can always drop $100 on a cheapo import from HF or Grizzly.
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