i'm fixing to get a bigger lathe. my little atlas has been a fun learning tool and i like it alot. allthough i have a lot to learn yet, i feel i can handle a bigger machine. this week i'll be going look at a south bend nordic 15x63 , anything i should know about this particular model, pro's con's ? i have been interested in the 15x50, 15x54 leblonds and clausing's but they've been to far away to go look at. i called clausing and bought the degree scale for the taper attachment for 7bucks so thats gives me a start on making the taper attachment. i milled the fingers for the follow and steady rest and put some bearings on them. i made a drawbar for my collets and that works great, made a spindle thread protector. and finally put my axa tool post on. now that is a big difference from the old lantern tool post. i got a dtm-h65 threading tool with a t-10 insert and the thing i like the most is you use the bottom of the cutter, put it in reverse and cut threads from the sholder out. no more worry when having to thread close to chuck. i have quite a few ideas to keep my projects list full.
skimmerhead :bigsmyl2: