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Atlas 10-inch & 12-inch Lathe Accessories
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One advantage of owning an Atlas lathe was the enormous range of accessories offered by the makers. Some, like steadies and collets, are relatively common, and easily found, but others, the toolpost grinder and very popular milling slide being examples, are more difficult to locate - either because they are so useful that owners will not part with them, or so rare that they must have been sold only in very limited numbers. Some third-party suppliers makers also offered accessories including the very well built and versatile Globe milling attachment.

Toolpost Grinding Attachment
Atlas products had a reputation for being well designed with close attention to detail and ease of use - all attributes found in this useful accessory that had two speeds of   speeds of 4900 and 9100 r.p.m.
Grinding wheels listed by the maker were:
External:
4" diameter 1/8" thick for steel
4" diameter 1/8" thick for cast iron
Internal:
1/4" diameter
1/2" diameter
1" diameter
Cup wheel 2.25" dia.
Saucer wheel 3/4" dia.



Two types of taper turning attachment were available for the 10" Atlas. The so-called  "Toolroom" version is shown above whilst below is the lighter and much cheaper standard version.

Belt Safety Guards in cast aluminium.

Simple but very useful Boring Table 7" x 7" designed to replace the cross slide and fitted with a fully-adjustable vice: - jaw width 3", jaw height 15/8", opening 45/8".

Fixed Steady 27/8" capacity

Atlas 10" Turret Lathe
Amongst the numerous other accessories available for the 10" Atlas was a range of items designed to convert it into a small production lathe. Almost any combination of specifications could be ordered from the factory and the above is typical of those offered; mounted on the lathe are: a "Pick-O-Matic" thread and feed unit, a six-station, tailstock-mounted turret unit, a screw-feed, twin-tool cross slide with front and rear stops (more often this would have had a lever-feed) and a 6-position rotary-type  bed-mounted carriage stop. Other production items available included a proper bed-mounted turret unit, lever-feed tailstock, both draw-in and lever-operated collet units, lever-action cross slide, heavy-duty reversing switches and coolant units.

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Atlas 10" & 12" Accessories
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Early Basic 10" Model   Later Basic 10" Models
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