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Atlas 9-inch & "Metalmaster" Lathe
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A complete data pack is available for the Atlas 9-inch and other Lathes

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A thread-dial indicator appears to have been fitted as part of the regular equipment



Threading chart as fitted to the Atlas version of the 9-inch

Badge and threading chart as fitted to the "Metalcraft" version, a model mechanically identical to the standard Atlas-badged type.

The equivalent Craftsman model was the Metalmaster 9" x 18" 6 speed centre lathe with its revolutionary Collins all-V-belt integral countershaft system. In its basic form the lathe lacked both an electric motor and a compound slide rest (that was a additional $13 to the $64.50 cost of the basic lathe) - but it did have a full set of screwcutting changewheels, faceplate, drive dog, a (very cheap) household-grade electrical switch, a dial-thread indicator, two cutting tools and a motor pulley.
If the badges have disappeared from a lathe, the manufacturer's version, the Atlas 9", can always be identified by its different bed feet which, instead of the open cast boxes shown above, flared outwards in a smooth curve. Oddly, the Atlas patent drawing showed the bed feet as used on the
Metalmaster..



Back to Atlas 9-inch & Metalmaster Page

Atlas Home Page   Atlas 6-inch    Atlas 9-inch   Late-model Atlas 12-inch   Atlas Utility Lathes 

Restored 10-D & 10F   Acorn, Halifax & Sphere Copies   Early 9-inch Metalmaster Lathes

Atlas Screw-Machine (capstan)    Screwcutting Gearbox and Pick-O-Matic Threading
 
Atlas Factory   Catalogue Covers   Accessories   Atlas Wood Lathes

Countershafts   Atlas Miller   Atlas Shaper   Atlas Drill Presses


A complete data pack is available for the Atlas 9-inch and other Lathes

Atlas 9-inch & "Metalcraft" Lathe
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