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Re: Hi.

Bob Wright — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:44:27 GMT

... Fine with me. All lathe chatter is welcome...Bob

Re: Hi.

mhruska@... — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:38:22 GMT

Lol, I didn't realize this was a group for a company "American", I thought the geographic "American", Cincinati built lathes (several machine companies from

Hi.

mhruska@... — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:45:27 GMT

Hey there, I'm new here. I recently purchased a Sebastian lathe. It's in a bit of a rough way. I'd like to see how others have been restoring and improving

Machinery Liquidation Sale!!

i0king0i — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:46:02 GMT

Machinery Liquidation Sale!! Throughout June-July 09

Taper Attachment For 13" American Turnmaster Lathe

i0king0i — Tue, 12 May 2009 02:00:03 GMT

Hi, I got a aTaper Attachment For 13" American Turnmaster Lathe in good condition. Email me if interested. peter@... my website

Re: ATW lathe questions

jeremy Dunn — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:20:12 GMT

Yea that seems to be a bit much 400 to 500 would be about right ... From: savage3313 Subject: [americanlathe] Re: ATW lathe questions

Re: ATW lathe questions

savage3313 — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:58:47 GMT

Well I like the idea of old restored equipment. I like to tinker and fix stuff that most people would look at as junk or scrap metal. I think based on the info

Re: ATW lathe questions

gregm32768@... — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:09:19 GMT

"Worth" is in the eye of the beholder- this is the kind of thing where you buy it for $400, put $1000 of parts and untold labor in, and sell it for $200...

Re: ATW lathe questions

savage3313 — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:27:25 GMT

Thanks for all the info. This goes to show how much I dont know. Ive got a few more questions now. "You would have to be more interested in fixing it than

Re: ATW lathe questions

John Oder — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:03:27 GMT

Topic starter said: "If something breaks or wears out will I be able to get parts or would they have to be made?" Made. I would say if you are just starting

Re: ATW lathe questions

gregm4096 — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:47:16 GMT

Agreed w/ John's assessment. There are a couple other things I can see; - tailstock is not OEM- looks a bit shop-made. Could be bad to wonderful, depending.

Re: ATW lathe questions

John Oder — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:21:01 GMT

8 speed High Duty from teens to twenties. All ATWs are good to wonderful machines, but after 85 or 90 years they can be very worn out. John Oder

ATW lathe questions

savage3313 — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:49:41 GMT

Hey im a new guy here hoping to find out info on a ATW lathe. Im thinking about buying it but cant find any info on it. Ive added some photos of it to the

taper attachment

carminebonacci — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:48:11 GMT

I have a new to me 14x54 american pacemaker 1953 vintage. I was wondering if any one had a taper attachment for this machine, they would part with? Carmine

Digital crossfeed measurement on the cheap!

Rocky_Beech — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:02:31 GMT

Hi Guys, I could not part with the couple of thousand dollars it took for a digital linear measurement system so I improvised a little. I found these really