Recent content by b-n-60hz

Thanks everyone for the welcome! So as far as projects go, nothing until I first learn how to use my chisels. Once I know my Atlas model 618 and Shopmaster (still trying to ID it) inside and out, I will make some throw away pieces as practice, then the long term goal will be to make a practical...

Hi all, I fell in love with this place when I saw the "Show us your lathe" thread, so here is my obligatory meet-n-greet. I am a career electronics hobbyist, restoring vintage vacuum tube stuff but now want to follow in my late father's footsteps: he was a machinist all his life, specializing...

An Atlas metal lathe I inheirited from my late father last May: Longview: I just got it reassembled in my garage but don't know if I have it right, but it seems to work! I do have to find a narrower belt for the main motor belt. The transmission belt is old but stays where you set it. The main...