For those of you that know something about lathes, especially older ones, I have a chance to buy an old "Atlas Model H-36" lathe. It needs a motor and supposedly the screw mechanism is messed up. The motor should be no big deal. The guy who has it says he looked into getting parts to fix the screw, parts he says are available, but he never did anything with it.
The price is right,,, like $65 dollars. I don''t mind messing with something a bit to get it working. What I don't need is another thing in my shed that is a bunch-o-crap just occupying space.
I know nothing about lathes... don't even know where to begin using one. I am figuring that the price is cheap enough that I would be risking little to try to learn how to use one. I don't mind putting a new motor in. I figure that will run me about $100. The screw mechanism I am not sure about. I don't have the whole story about what is wrong with it yet nor do I know what it will cost to fix it.
it is a 10" lathe. The bed is 36 inches long There is drawing of it at
http://www.atlas-press.com/tb_latheid.htm#10-inch%20latheDoes anyone know anything about this thing and does anyone have an opinion about it? If I get it working, what can I realistically do with it?
I don't mind risking the $$ on it, but if it is a total loser I don't need to add it to my growing collection of junk.
Rick