The good thing is that parts are available!
Try inquiring on the Home Shop Machinist forum for sources of parts. There was advertisements in the magazines in the past for Atlas parts, but I can not find them now.
I will put a post on there for you.
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The good thing is that parts are available!
Try inquiring on the Home Shop Machinist forum for sources of parts. There was advertisements in the magazines in the past for Atlas parts, but I can not find them now.
I will put a post on there for you.
yeah that's a good thing. i'm not really pissed at the lathe but at myself, been running equipment too many years, i know better. a best friend died two weeks ago, first cousin died sat. night, my older brother's in the hospital and it don't look good for him. i sure could use a keg of tequilla. but it could be worse, could have two broken legs and no crutchs. :lol:
skimmerhead
Ouch!!! Try Ebay, there is a good selection of parts on there, and one guy that specializes in old atlas parts. Might be cheaper.
i looked everywhere last nite and the only one i found was off a 10 inch, same gear but the washer to keep the gear on the inside is not on that older model. i think i could press the small diameter gear out and press it on my gear that has the washer, the bigger gear was not damaged, only the small center gear.
skimmerhead :arrow::groner:
Try Joe at : http://www.plazamachinery.com/
i ordered one with clausing this mourning. it was about 62 bucks i think, and the nice lady sent me a atlas accessory catalog with available item's. i needed a new rocker for my tool post, it had about 1/4 inch broken off the end and it was a little annoying so i ordered one. 8 bucks, cheaper than i could get one on flea bay. i'm gonna find another 40 tooth gear to replace the one from my set that i had to use. i will check out that link and see what's there. thanks for the tip. this summer i'll be looking to upgrade to a bigger machine, i bet that's surprizeing! ha! about a 15x50 seems to tickle me. leblond, clausing, some american iron. i should be able to get around by the summer, they gonna do surgery on my knee. i been watching lathe video on you tube, that's pretty helpful. i figure this time next year i'll be able to cut a thread without crashing.
skimmerhead :arrow: :cbpour:
what size of motor do you have on that atlas lathe?
You know you can fix those teeth on gears.
I helped a buddy replace gear teeth on his 100 year old lathe. We cut a piece of stock ground to fit and braised them on. Then filed to shape. Still working like a champ for years now.
Zamak?
I thought you were talking about your steel threading ratio gears?
Nope? Huh?
An excellent source for spur gears: http://pdf.directindustry.com/pdf/bo...195-66215.html
Browse thru their cataloge, you'll probably find what you need or someday may need.
RRR
thats the stuff, zamak, i told you it was some retard metal. i have an extra gear to replace it, the problem is when the lathe bogged and the tooth broke it turned into the compound gear and chewed it up. i called clausing and got one coming 62 bucks, so that'll fix that. wax on wax off.[smilie=p:
skim
i think your right, had it not been for that sticky goop on the gears the broken tooth would have fallen it would be a quick fix, since i had the extra 40 tooth gear. those gears are tougher than i thought they were, maybe it's not a retard metal after all. i found the problem that caused the crash, it was the nut behind the steering wheel!!! so wax on, wax off. hey pat how about a tutorial on left wheel, right wheel, help out a buddy. you know how dem swamp people are! :mrgreen:
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Well, actually, anyone with any sense would prefer steel or iron gears, but what using Zamak did do was to keep the price of a lathe waaay down...
Link: http://www.lathes.co.uk/atlas/Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony
Scroll down to the 2nd paragraph for the whole story.
I remember reading somewhere that Atlas sold like half a million 10" lathes worldwide, and they were able to do that by keeping manufacturing costs down, making the Atlas 10" the Ford F150 of the lathe world. Hence the Zamak. It's not the best gear material around, but its tensile strength is on par with cast iron, and if you keep it loobed correctly (and don't crash the carriage), it'll last just as long.
Never even heard of Zamak. Sho's ya how much I know ...:mrgreen:
I never heard of Zamak either....
http://www.patmarlins.com/snooper.jpg
hi about 10 years ago my buddy broke a gear on his atlas, got a replacment from boston gear they make gears. millions of them reasonable. he called them sent them his old gear and got a new one in about 2 weeks was about 20.00