They come up on Ebay but they are pricey.The Atlas is pretty much the same machine as the Craftsman 101 and takes the same accessories. Looking for a steady rest and follow rest for it it anyone has one they want to get rid of. I still need to add a switch and I have a quick change tool post ordered for it. The wood is all reclaimed wood from some shelves that I took down in my shop a few years ago. I cut them down so they were about a 1/2 long, faced the back side with the lathe and drilled and tapped them for a No. The drawer pulls I made out of 1/2″ bolts. It will work for now until I can find a nice vintage one. The light is a 2 dollar light I got from the local thrift shop. The center section with the drawers slides out of the stand so I can still access the nuts and bolts used to mount the lathe and motor. I added some drawers and mounted the lathe to it this weekend. It didn’t come with a stand so I took one of my Delta stands out of the rathole and used that. The lathe is in great original condition and came with a 3 jaw chuck, lantern style tool post holder, and a very nice tool post grinder that is probably worth several times what I paid for the lathe.
I ended up getting a little Atlas 618 6″ by 18″ metal lathe for a hundred bucks. It took me about a week to start having lathe withdrawals so I posted a WTB ad on the local classifieds and got several calls. One of them to go was my beautiful Heavy 10 South Bend lathe.
I recently ran into some financial trouble and had to sell a couple of my machines to make a few house payments.
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