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I have a huge old Lodge and Shipley lathe from probably 1915, and want to raise it up about 9 inches, but it weighs about 2000lb's. Not sure why it sits so damn low, but it's a huge waste of space under it, and I need my 3 rolling workbenches to fit under it against the wall, and I don't use the lathe that often because I have a small Logan 200 from 1942 as well, that works for most things I work on. I'm not having much luck finding anyone else that has lifted a lathe that much, especially a huge old lathe from the early 1900's... I don't want to use wood, because I would imagine that it would degrade over time, so I don't trust it. Maybe cement blocks or stacked cement patio stones?? Maybe 4x4 metal tubing somehow welded together?? Maybe cement inside the 4x4 metal tubing that's welded?? There are big castor wheels that can apparently handle the weight, and maybe with some metal brackets across them might be an idea?? I know it's weird, but I'm intent on doing it somehow, otherwise I can't keep it here taking up the amount of room that it does, as it's 9 feet long and sticks out from the wall about 45", so I figured why not make it into a workbench that the top can come down on hinges over top of this giant beast, and when I want to use it, I can lift the hinged workbench top back away from it... Any suggestions other than getting rid of it, and or that I should check myself into a mental institution, would be greatly appreciated?? Pros or Cons even??

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2:57 "There may have been a production shop out there that had one of these in the back." I've heard the Atlas lathe called "the lathe that won the war". So there's that.

Electronics have come a long way and China is doing a much, much better job in manufacturing - Many overpriced items like early VFD’s are simply extinct. Lenze makes great stuff, but not even remotely worth the price anymore and probably will be out of business soon.

Next day, Got it going thanks for your help.

Great video you awsered it all like a professional thank you

Hi, Thanks for the video, what about P26? Change from 50 to 60? Thanks

so all you need is a lathe and turning skills....who knew

plain speak....thank you, really helpful

I have the same lathe and converting over to dc drive also! What did you use for motor pulley? Did you keep the upper step pulley? Thanks john

Premo job !! Great skills!!

I have a craftsman benchtop 150(?) I bought inthe mid 80's and was barely used. 75.00 and was worth every penny and is still in excellent condition today!!

What size pin wrench do you have for it?

I picked up an old mill for a good price (its not in the best shape), but previous owner had been using grease where it should have been oil... Any tips? I was thinking about pumping a penetrating oil or alcohol in there every day for a while to see if I can get it all out...

So after 2 years of running that motor with that vfd, is it still working?

I bought a vfd for a regenerative blower I have but it won't work because the blower motor is wired in a wye configuration. These cheap vfds have to be used with delta wired motors.

I have a picscope and cheap piezo for vibration test on cars, you can do wonders with all this tools

What size Tip are you using I just put together a brand new set that I had laying around for 20 years and the tip is just junk I’ve kind of forgotten some of my sizes and numbers, this tip wouldn’t heat anything up that I had to cut, the first I was trying to heat up and cut was 3/16 steel just wouldn’t do anything I have to look at all this because it drove me nuts and I had to go to another method which took two hours cutting with a cut off wheel

Great Job getting that Millers Falls drill.

Brilliant idea and superb instructions. Just picked up a 618 two days ago with tooling on original Craftsman workbench. The owner had been given it and didn't use it. But the best part is it was advertised as an Atlas 3950 so I was pleasantly surprised. Going to make this modification in a few weeks when I pick up my mill. Do you have a recommendation on the tool post brand? Thank You

what is the blue liquid on this bottle ? ( stan from Geneva Switzerland ❤)?

I want to do all those mods to my drill press, the same model as yours. Do you have a website with more detailed pictures?

This VFD is crap! Spent over 3 days trying to make it work and failed 🦧🤡

I had a lot of wobble in my upper wheel. To fix this, I wrapped heavy duty aluminum foil and contact cement around the tensioner slide bars. Between every 2 layers of foil, I brushed a little DAP contact cement, taking care not to have any cement get on the outside surface of the foil and then pushed the bar into the axle adjusting slide groove. I repeated this process until I had almost no wobble on either side individually, and NO wobble when both slider bars were wrapped and form fitted to 2.5mm I found that 2.5 mm is the sweet thickness on the sliders. The aluminum foil is only a MacGyver temporary quick fix. I did it to get through a project, and it's holding up surprisingly well. After I finish this current project, I'm going to have my cousin mill me up a couple of new sliders to 2.5mm uniform thickness. The biggest problems I find is that with these cheap saws, is the loose the tolerances make precision cutting iffy at best. TH-cam has a lot of great instructional videos on how to "tighten up" the slop and and make it a very serviceable and respectable machine. BTW, you're absolutely correct about not skimping on the blades. The OEM blade is junk. I put a Harbor Freight "top of the line" all purpose blade, and It made a big difference. I also bought a Starrett 99192-05-04-1/2 Intenss Bimetal Band Saw Blade, Powerband M42, 1/2-inch Width, 0.025-inch Thickness, 5 ft.-4-1/2-inch Welded Band Length, Pitch (TPI): 14. I haven't put it on the saw yet, and probably won't until I get my slide bars machined, but Starrett has been a major quality manufacturer for a very long time and I expect their highly rated blade to be among the best. Whatever other tolerances I can tighten up, I'll let you know.

Great video thanks

This is a very cool idea. Thanks for sharing it!

Don , I've been watching your vids on this Atlas-C mods. Very fascinating! I just bought one of these lathes, though it's older than yours I think. I've got it running, but would like to look into all three of your addons for my machine. Could you list the actual names/brands/models of these items? As I too want to reduce the loud clanking. BTW, I saw your compound post mount mod too! That is sweet! Thanks Paddiman772

I’m picking a 618 atlas this weekend. Very excited as it’s my first lathe!

😂😂😂 I have,the same model in Pakistan ! ! !in good working condition ! ! !great piece of old all metal good quality forever to use power tool ! ! !God bless America.

0:09 how did you mount new horn?

Thanks, ive just got my VFD working after having it for months!

Watching this after i ruined the part on my first try. I must have hit it too long with the oxygen.

God bless you. Carrier frequency set from 6khz to 15khz( maximum value for my vfd). no more noise. although at a very low rpm there is still a humm, but I don't really use under 100rpm. Now it's time to change the fan of the vfd, a small noctua should do.

where in florida are you? i have a ford e-250 van and i was trying to remove the bolts that hold the front sway bar bushing house and one of them was so seized that it broke 3 of my sockets, LOL well they weren't snap on, but they where husky from home depot and im taking them back to them to see what they say , with there life time warrantty bs, anyways thank you for sharing and hope to here from you , i'm in Naples , Fl. so i would really appreciate your feed back. thankx

I have this same mill. Looking to do just ss youve done. Was the 32" just right or would you change anything?

Thanks man. I've got a driveshaft yoke that somebody cut the bolts flush to it and it's been stumpin me on what to do

Sweet mod Don, what is the slowest RPM you achieve with the reduction unit?

Hi, i was wondering..if you have a shaft that produces vibrations and you want to measure the 2 bearing at the ends of the shaft...will it measure corrct???

Thank you very much for the help👌👌👌

Holla Don

Outstanding video---I have an old Logan...and boy you aren't kidding that the compound rest is the weak point. I am going to attempt this next weekend!!

Nice! I am going to guess you ordered a new capacitor and that is what took so long to arrive.