Any new firearm purchases?

[Shran]

I did a 2 hour long machinist rain dance around my 60s vintage Atlas (Craftsman) before I bought it. It had barely any time on it and just needed cleaning.

Beware, tooling IS valuable when compiled together in one place. Bare machines are NOT. I don't mean just piles of cutters and a steady rest. If it has a slotting attachment, work light, milling attachment, knurling tools, various different centers, dogs, 3, 4, and even 5 or 6 jaw buck chucks WITH both jaw sets for each, etc. . . Lots of variety, thats what makes a machine/tooling lot valuable. Besides condition anyway.

I bought a South Bend 9A last year and have been pretty frustrated with the lack of tooling I have for it. Every piece is like $2-300. Buying one with a bunch of stuff is definitely a must. People like to split them up though! I watch auctions quite a bit and it seems like every time machine shop stuff comes up for sale, it's split up into different lots, and often it's obviosly done intentionally so that you have to bid on multiple lots to get a complete thing. Lathe by itself and the tool holder in a separate lot, and the steady rest & tailstock in a 3rd lot... ahh don't even get me started.

What model Atlas/Craftsman lathe do you have? I picked up this little fella a while back, sold it right away because I was afraid of breaking it on bigger stuff but it would have been OK for really light duty use. I didn't have any of the change gears or anything with it either which was kind of a turn off. There is another one for sale on FB MP right now for $100, includes all the stuff, kind of tempting.

 

[Gunfighter97]

Mine is a 101.28970. Its a 12x36 freestanding unit with the motor in the cabinet. Funny enough, it had so much tooling with it, I didn't realize it at the time but I'm fully tooled for an Atlas 7b Shaper machine as well that I dont even have (yet). Paid $1200 for it down from 3500 asking. There's only a handfull of stuff I dont have that I want. Metric change gears and gear box plaque, slotting attachment, quick change collet closure system, buck chuck and the turret attachments for the saddle and tail stock. Those are the big ticket items anyway.

By all the stuff, that should be bare minimum, centers, change gears(complete set, do your research), steady rest, dogs/drive plate, 3 and 4 jaw chucks, tool holder, and the miscellaneous tools for the machine. BARE MINIMUM. If it has all that, not bad for $100. If you found something like what I have with a smorgasbord of cutters, mics, calipers, bits, and stuff you don't even recognize, those are the ones worth chasing for higher dollar amounts assuming the machine displays even or little wear. Mine even had, in addition to several odd books, the original owners sales catalogue with marked items (all of which were included down to the starter pack of cutters).

 

[Shran]

Wow, very nice! I paid $1200 for my South Bend, it has some wear in the ways and a few other minor issues but I felt like that was pretty fair considering where I'm at and our lack of heavy industry here. Machinery gets snapped up right away at high prices that probably would linger or go for a lot less if I was out east somewhere.

The annoying thing I wish I had was a 3 jaw chuck. I'll pick one up eventually. Sometimes I want to bang out a quick part without a bunch of fiddling... or take something out, test fit it and put it back in... measuring runout on a 4 jaw gets old for that kind of stuff but it's totally worthwhile if you need a really precise part.

 

[901wd#2]

New to me.

Remington 48 in 16ga,

Kittercat is new too.

 

[RobbieD]

Kittercat is new too.

Nice cat!




Nice shotgun too. Don't see 16 as much these days. That's a fine old gun; I love old blued steel and real wood.

 

[DeeRanger]

Have acquired 2 recent new pieces. Pic is of the rounds for both.