Notable as the world's first lathe with an integrated all-V-belt drive system, the Atlas manufactured but Craftsman-badged  9-inch "compound-drive" has also been discovered as the "Metalcraft ", "Partner" and "Metalmaster". A U.S. patent, number 1909522, was granted on May 16th 1933 to one Mr. James G. Collins - but assigned to the Atlas Press Company of whom, presumably, he was an employee. Sold through the Sears mail-order company both lathes had straight-sided box-type bed feet identical to those shown in the patent drawings - and quite different to the splayed feet on the models illustrated in the first Atlas catalogue.
If any reader has details of how these machines were marketed - especially the "Metalcraft" for which separate catalogs and advertisements must have been prepared -  the writer would be very interested to hear from you.
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