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Atlas 6-inch Lathe Accessories
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Motor-Driven Mica Under-cutter.
This unit mounted in place of the cross slide and was used to cut back the mica insulation when a dynamo or starter armature had been cleaned up in the lathe.

Swivelling Vertical Milling Slide M6-500/500A with built-in vice - this unit plugged into the fitting normally occupied by the top slide and was a smaller version of that available for the 10" lathe.
Overall Height 11
1/2"
Vertical Feed 1
3/4"
Vise Capacity 2"
Jaw Depth 3/4"
Jaw Width 2"
Another picture here.

Taper Turning Unit - a design reduced to the bare essentials

Bed-mounted micrometer stop

Bed extension 

Atlas 6" lathe specially configured for armature reconditioning. A variety of specifications was available, all based on the use of a special set of Jacobs chucks, one of which contained a bearing to support to tail end of the armature, and the electrically-driven mica under-cutter head.

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Atlas 6" Accessories
Atlas 6"    Atlas 6" Mk. 2   6" Accessories    Atlas 9"     Atlas 10"    10" & 12" Accessories   
   10" Gearbox details    Pick-o-Matic Threading    Atlas Late Model 12"    Utility Lathes
Atlas Factory   Early Basic 10" Model   Later Basic 10" Models   Sphere Clone   Halifax Clone