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The closest readily accessible match to the original Atlas 1930's and 1940's color seems to be Rustoleum Dark Machinery Gray. Once again thanks for the info, greatly appreciate it. Unless anyone here would have any ideas where to find replacement jaws. It is missing one of the OD chuck jaws and I can't seem to find any replacements anywhere on the web so will end of buying a new chuck eventually. I painted the change gear cover and gear guards MF gray today but not sure I like that color much. Would you happen to know of the color of the paint it originally had? It's a blueish-gray color and kinda like to go back with that if I new of a good match. Also going to make some new handles for the carriage as the ones on it are small and pain in the butt to use. I'm going to eventually clean it and repaint but was to excited to start using it once I got it home. But figured that seeing as it's the main one used. Overall the machine is in good condition except for the #20 change gear is worn pretty good. 002 clearance without any shims, which I would say is right around perfect for clearance. The babbit is in good condition for it's age and both have around. Was kinda wary at first but figured after looking at parts on ebay that I could part it out and make my money back. Thanks for all the info and yes after looking at it again the 10-247 is cast into the left gear cover with 10-246 in the right cover.Īlso glad to hear that this was a good find.
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Early models of the 10" (and 12") would have had an Atlas or Craftsman nameplate on the back side of the bed with the model number stamped on it.
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If the numbers "01575" are stamped into the top of the bed down at the tailstock end, that's the serial number. Somewhere on the headstock you should find either 10-2 or 10-2A. If you look at the right gear guard, you should find 10-246 cast into it. Everything else that I can see seems to be original. The two solid handwheels on the carriage are not originals. And it has the early wagon top compound slide with the early small wheel instead of crank and the early tailstock (all straight lines instead of curves). It also has the early symetrical (nearly square) bed legs. And it isn't an upgraded 10E because the 10E as sold was a stripped down 10D that you could later buy the rest of the bells and whistles for and it would have had 10D-247 on the left guard. It isn't a 10A, 10B or 10C because it has both back gears and change gears.
ATLAS LATHE GEAR RETAINING PLUS
Plus it has the fabricated change gear guard which only appeared in the Atlas (and Craftsman on the 12") in about 1935 & 1936. 10D and 10F would have had one with part # 10D-247. It could have been a V42 (which is a vertical countershaft babbit bearing 10F) but 10-247 would be an early left gear guard part number. It has babbit bearings and a vertical countershaft.