Atlas 10-inch Lathe (and Craftsman 12-inch lathes) pre-1957: While the lathe remained basically the same for many years, with identical major components, various specifications were available with Model Numbers that included, over the years: 10-F, 10-D, TA36, TA42, TA48, TA54, TH36, TH42, TH48, TH54, TV36, TV42, TV48, TV54, H36, H42, H48, H54, V36, V42, V48, V54, QC42, QC54, etc. Also covers the UK-made Sphere, Halifax and Acorntools versions.
Atlas
Manuals and Catalogues
Print code: MA732
Print code: A840
ATLAS (USA) Lathes Catalogue No. 5 (very early - 1932) showing the new 9-inch "all-belt" drive lathe & accessories. 11 pages. Atlas Catalogs are not the easiest to scan and prepare for printing. The print is 'soft' and the many small photographs require lots of work by hand to degauss and improve contrast. The result is a perfect reproduction of a high-quality 120g paper.
Print code: A840A
ATLAS Lathes full-range Catalogue No. 8 (1934) including the 9-inch "all-belt" drive lathes, the first of the later 10-inch models with backgear, the cheaper "Unit Plan" lathes, the first wood-turning lathes, the company's drills, presses and pictures inside the factory. 32 pages.
Print code: A840B
ATLAS Lathes full-range Catalogue No. 15 (circa 1936) with metal & wood-turning lathes including the later 9-inch "all-belt" drive machines, the Model 918 "Utility" Model, the revised 10-inch Model, "Unit Plan" versions, accessories, wood-turning lathes, drills, presses & motors. 44 pages. The print is 'soft' and the many small photographs require lots of work by hand to degauss and improve contrast. The result is a perfect reproduction of a high-quality 120g paper.
Print code: A840C
ATLAS Lathes full-range Catalogue No. 26 (dated 1936/1937). The first of the comprehensive Atlas catalogs illustrating the last 9-inch "all-belt" drive lathes together with the Utility versions; 10-inch screwcutting Models and the cheaper Unit Plan versions; wood-turning lathes; drills, presses, vices, motors & accessories. Atlas Catalogs are not the easiest to scan and prepare for printing. The print is 'soft' and the many small photographs require lots of work by hand to degauss and improve contrast.
Print code: A840D
ATLAS Lathes full-range Catalogue No. 28 (November 1937) with lathes, millers, shapers, drills, etc.: 52 pages.
Print code: A840E
ATLAS Lathes full-range Catalogue No. 31 (circa 1938) with lathes, millers, shapers, drills, presses, vices, motors & accessories. 70 pages. The print is 'soft' and the many small photographs require lots of work by hand to degauss and improve contrast. The result is a perfect reproduction of a high-quality 120g paper.
Print code: A840F
ATLAS Lathes full-range Catalogue No. 39 (January 1939) with millers, shapers, drills: 70 pages. The print is 'soft' and the many small photographs require lots of work by hand to degauss and improve contrast. The result is a perfect reproduction of a high-quality 120g paper.
Print code: A840G
ATLAS Lathes full-range Catalogue No. 40 (1940) with millers, shapers, drills: Atlas Catalogs are not the easiest to scan and prepare for printing. The print is 'soft' and the many small photographs require lots of work by hand to degauss and improve contrast. The result is a perfect reproduction of a high-quality 120g paper. 70 pages
Print code: A840G2
ATLAS Lathes full-range Catalogue No. 41 (1941) with millers, shapers, drills: 64 pages.
Print code: A840H
ATLAS Lathes full-range Catalogue No. 45 (1945) with millers, shapers, drills, etc: Atlas Catalogs are not the easiest to scan and prepare for printing. The print is 'soft' and the many small photographs require lots of work by hand to degauss and improve contrast. The result is a perfect reproduction of a high-quality 120g paper. 64 pages.
Print code: A840J
ATLAS 10" Lathe with Quick-change Gearbox: Special Catalogue (1947) 12 pages.
Print code: A840K
ATLAS Lathes full-range Catalogue No. 50 (1950) with millers, shapers, drills: 35 pages £
Print code: A840L
ATLAS Lathes full-range Catalogue No. M52 (1952 to 1958) with 1954 price list and millers, shapers, drills: The print is 'soft' and the many small photographs require lots of work by hand to degauss and improve contrast. The result is a perfect reproduction of a high-quality 120g paper.
Print code: A840M
ATLAS Lathes Catalogue No. 3990 with the 12" and 6" New Model Lathes (1959). 16 pages.
Print code: A840N
Atlas Lathes Catalogue No. 5993-1 with the 6" and 12" New Model lathes having the changed apron control; circa 1967: 16 pages.
Print code: A841
A841 Atlas 6-inch Lathe. Special Catalogue 1938-1970 model. 8 pages.
Print code: MA334A
Acorntools and Atlas 7" Shaper Instruction and Parts Manual (also branded Craftsman). This is the comprehensive (and rare) edition produced for the UK market, not the simple spares list issued in the USA. Includes the first-edition, beautifully illustrated Sales and Specification and Specification and Accessories Catalogue (No. 30) and additional pages from later Catalogues.See: http://www.lathes.co.uk/atlasshaper/index.html
Print code: MA731
Very early Instruction Manual and simple, Illustrated Parts Manual with the maker's Screwcutting Chart. Includes copies of two rare, early Sales, Technical Specification and Accessories Catalogs. This lathe may be marked with, amongst others, the following numbers: 918, 936, 942, 948, 954, 1042, 1042A, 1042B, 1042C. It was also sold badged as the "Craftsman" and "Metalcraft" models.To check the price in US dollars visit: http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/
Print code: MA732-SC
The first manual for the original 10-inch Atlas did not include the screwcutting data - but later editions did, the makers including card inserts to allow the chapter to be included later. To make up for this I can supply the extensive thread-cutting instructions and dedicated charts from what was known as the 61-page "Supplementary Screwcutting Instruction Booklet".
Print code: MA732B
Atlas 10-inch Screwcutting Gearbox Instructions. These are the instructions provided when a customer bought the screwcutting gearbox to fit to a changewheel-equipped standard lathe. Comprehensive 72-page Special Edition listing all the setting for standard, metric and odd threads and feeds. Includes a copy of the maker's Sales and Specification and Specification Catalog for the Gearbox-equipped Atlas. To check the price in US dollars visit: http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/
Print code: MA734
Atlas - Craftsman12-inch Lathe Late Model - Post 1957: These had various Model Numbers starting with "39" and including: 3950, 3965, 3975, 3980, 3981, 3982, 3983, 3985, 3986, 3996, 3720, 3990, 3991, 3995, 3975.
The Craftsman version (in all respects identical to the Atlas) were usually marked: 101.28990, 101.28950, 101.28910, 101.28940 or a similar 101.289** number including: 101.2758, 101.2759, 101.2895N, 101.2893N, 101.2894N, 101.2897N, 101.28990, 101.28991N and 101.28993N2.
Print code: MA736
Atlas 10-inch F and D type Lathe. Separate Parts Manual as exploded component diagrams and a basic threading chart.
Print code: MA736A
Atlas Lathe "Pick-o-matic" Screwcutting Attalchment. 79-page Manual for the 10-inch F and D type Lathe. Complete Installation and Operator's Instruction Manual with extensive charts giving threads and feed rates for every possible combination of gears and including threads not listed on the lathe. Exploded components diagrams. Plus a copy of the Pick-O-Matic lathes Sales and Specification and Specification and Accessories catalogue
Print code: MA738
Atlas 6-inch Lathe Mk.1 Model 618 and Model 612 As seen here: http://www.lathes.co.uk/atlas6inch
Print code: MA739
ATLAS 6-inch Lathe Mk. 2 "square style" Model 3950. Operator's Manual with Spare Parts Manual as exploded Components & screwcutting charts for English and Metric threads. Includes a copy of the Sales & Accessories Catalogue. While the ordinary manual has just 12 pages, this is a collection of 44 pages. To check the approximate price in US dollars visit: http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/
Print code: MA740
ATLAS 10-inch and 12-inch Wood-turning Lathes - later models 7121 and 7122 and earlier (pre-1948) models 1050) and 1250. All known data including the four different versions of the Operator's Instructions and Illustrated Parts and a copy of the maker's detailed and well-illustrated Sales and Technical Specification Catalogue. The lathes were of almost identical construction and this is the full known collection of literature for these machines.
Print code: MA742
Atlas Shaper Instruction Manual and Parts Manual: click here for pictures. This is the comprehensive (and rare) edition produced for the UK market, not the simple spares list issued in the USA. Includes the first-edition, beautifully illustrated Sales and Specification and Specification and Accessories Catalogue (No. 30) and additional pages from later Catalogues. To check the price in US dollars visit: http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/
Print code: MA743
Atlas (and Craftsman-branded) Milling Machine - Instruction Manual and Illustrated Parts Manual. Includes 3 different very detailed and interesting Sales and Specification and Specification and Accessories Catalogs showing all models with accurate descriptions of their construction, parts, controls and the extensive accessory range. This represents the totality of written and illustrated information about these machines. To check the price in US dollars visit: http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/
Print code: MA744
ATLAS Lathes Accessories. A set of separate sheets originally published separately covering the:
1) Taper-turning Attachment (No. 6822) Mounting and Operating Manual and Parts Illustrations.
2) Follower Rest (Travelling Steady)Mounting and Operating Manual and Parts Illustrations.
3) Steady Rest (Fixed Steady) Follower Rest (No. 6820) Mounting and Operating Manual and Parts Illustrations.
4) Carriage Micrometer Stop (No. 6810) Mounting and Operating Manual.
Print code: MA744F
Atlas Milling Slide for the 6-inch lathe. Operation Instructions with Parts as Exploded Component Drawings.
Print code: MA752
Atlas Drill Grinding Attachment (No. 2915) Comprehensive Manual and Parts Illustrations.
Print code: MA755
ATLAS and Craftsman Drill Presses: a beautifully printed compendium of Atlas and Craftsman drill presses extracted from 30 years of catalogs spanning 1931 to the 1950s. Through the 1950s the range of Craftsman drill presses remained basically unchanged until withdrawn late in that decade. Includes the rare Instructions "How to Use a Drill Press". Instructions and Parts Sheets for the Drills Type 42, Type 52, Type 63, Type 73 and the "15-inch".
Print code: MC500C
Craftsman 6-inch Lathe Mk.1 Models (the same as the Atlas 6-inch): "Type designations" stamped into the identification tabs on these Craftsman-branded models have included: 101.07301, 101.07300, 101.20140, 101.2048, 101.2048F, 101.2120, 101.2140 and 101.M1518 (for a special mica undercut version for electric repair-shop use) and the very early (and rather different) Type 101.07300 and 101.0730, etc) that employed an integral countershaft unit.
Print code: MC500F
Craftsman 9-inch lathe Operator's Instruction and Maintenance Manual and Illustrated parts List. This edition is for the very early metal-turning lathe with the multiple V-belt drive. It was also sold with "Atlas" and "Metalmaster" badging.
Print code: MC500M
Craftsman (made by Atlas) Milling Machine Instruction Manual and Illustrated Parts Manual. Includes a copy of the original Sales and Specification Catalogues (Atlas and Craftsman) that show all versions of the miller, give detailed specifications, illustrate the extensive accessory range and give accurate descriptions of the construction, parts and controls.
Print code: MH20
Halifax (Sphere, Acorn, Atlas) 10-inch lathe:
A complete data pack of information (including all-known literature) that covers all models, from the first to last. It includes:
1) A comprehensive Owner's Manual with over 248 pages that contains detailed operating instructions for the lathe and its accessories together with maintenance and lubrication instructions - it's probably the best instruction book ever produced by a lathe manufacturer.
Print code: MM242
Metalmaster 9-inch Lathe with early "multi-belt" countershaft assembly and no backgear. This lathe was also sold as the "Atlas" 9-inch and "Craftsman Lathes" click here for pictures Rare, very early Instruction Manual and simple, Illustrated Parts Manual. Includes a copy of a rare, early Catalogue. This lathe may be marked with the following model numbers: 936, 942, 948, 954, 1042, 1042A, 1042B, 1042C.
Print code: MS51
SHAPER WORK - Work on the Shaping machine - a complete, highly detailed and well-illustrated 333-page book on how to use and get the best from any shaper. Titled: "For Beginners in Machine Shop Practice" it features a larger machine - but the methods and principles involved apply to all makes and types. This is the very best manual on shaper work ever published. A very heavy publication, bound in two volumes and printed on a heavy, high-quality 120g paper
Atlas Parts
Boxford lathe Tumble Reverse Gears 14.5 pressure angle - Early Models
This gear is for all Models prior to Serial Serial No. 11-13513 - the introduction of the Mk.2 Models...
