DanREMEMBER SHIPPING IS INCLUDED WITH MY PRICE. In order to get proper clearance for the packing material around the item I will ship it with the HANDWHEEL INVERTED, When you get it you will have to remove the nut, flip it over and tighten it up. I will ship the item out within three business days after receiving the Thanks, DanPLEASE NOTE> I will ship this in a priority flat rate box. I expect payment within three days of the auction closing time. Shipping to your USA address in the lower 48 states will be FREE. See the last photo as to what the pins look like. These are the same as the pins that are used in the vise so you can use them as a pattern and make them from a 5/16 dowel pin or rod. You can turn a T-nut without a milling attachment the steps are described here. Both good machines for their intended purposes. Currently, I have Taig lathe and milling machines, but have had Sherline (and others) in the past. Most all my machining projects have been geared to small machines. Mine came with one short pin and two shorter screws than were in the compound, so initially I had to swap the one useful set back and forth when switching attachments. Home Shop Machining Projects Taig, Atlas, Craftsman. My locking screws are 3/8'-16 and the pins are 5/16'.
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Again, A T-nut can be made using a hack saw or one from another tool post can be used. Machining an adaptor plate for Atlas milling attachment 12-06-2012, 11:30 AM. Now with a T-nut, I can progress onto making a tool post. ALSO I DO NOT HAVE THE TWO PINS FOR THE BASE TO CROSS SLIDE MOUNT. Could be done on the lathe using a 4-jaw chuck. There are ebay vendors that sell them or they are very easy to make. Just a decent clean unit, with one flaw: THERE IS ONE DRILL POINT NICK in the vise, see the photo, the pen points to it. All the screws turn freely and are not damaged or bent. Not rusted between the vise and mill fixture, see photos 10 and 11. Hand wheel works smooth and the action is tight.
#ATLAS LATHE MILLING ATTACHMENT MANUAL#
We have printed this manual on heavy 67 pound ivory card stock with a comb binding so it will take the abuse which it will receive in the workshop. This manual contains the 12 pages of parts information which originally came with this lathe.
#ATLAS LATHE MILLING ATTACHMENT SERIES#
The engraved numbers are nice and readable. This is the manual for the 10F series Atlas 10 Lathe. i have not tried to clean this in any way, so it should look great if you do. I only cleaned it with a little WD-40 on a shop rag. Atlas Craftsman Lathe Milling Attachment M6-501. This will fit Atlas and Atlas made Craftsman 10 and 12 inch lathes. Atlas Lathe Accessories Catalog (21 Pages): The CD includes a 1996 Atlas lathe parts catalog that includes 21 pages with descriptions, catalog numbers, and photos of accessories and attachments for the Atlas Lathe. thickness.Item for sale is one Atlas Lathe Milling Attachment with Vise. The measurement on the stock supplied with the QCTP to make the T-nut were 1.750 in. dimension to fit the T-slot on my compound. I'll then need to cut another 0.207 off per side to reach the 1.163 in.
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to remove to reach the target dimension of 0.216 on this side. Going forward I'll be checking the tightness of the set screws after a few cuts to make sure everything stays locked in place. Country/Region of Manufacture: United States, Machine Type: Metal Lathe.
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Which is why I'm thinking perhaps the vibration is causing the set screws in the milling attachment base to loosen over successive cuts despite being tightened to the point of actually flexing the hex key wrench. This only occurs at the beginning of a cut and after several cuts have already been made. I will post more videos of this machine covering the setup and some. This isnt probably the best condition machine, but for the little money that I had, I am glad to have it. I was specifically warned AGAINST climb milling when I first asked about the milling attachment and followed those instructions to the letter to make sure I didn't damage anything when setting up to use the milling attachment.įor some reason I have yet to pin down to a definite cause, the end mill will bite into the work hard enough to knock the entire setup off axis. Having just recently bought an Atlas TH54 lathe, I thought I would give a quick walk through and talk a little bit about the machine. Dial in 0.005 depth of cut (counter clockwise rotation of milling attachment handle) and feed work into cutter slowly. Tightened up the gibs on the cross feed base that the milling attachment mounts to. T-nut behind and below the the end mill feeding toward the operator (counter clockwise rotation of the cross feed handle).