WTF? I had to hit pause because I just couldn't wait to see the comments here, and nothing, zilch. Almost three years, and only two people have commented? Wow! I was cringing, actual little needles of pain sticking me all over from the moment you advanced your tool 125 freaking thousandths into a totally unsupported steel bar on an itty bitty atlas 10". I expected some catastrophic results, but she kept on turning. She didn't handle it well, don't get me wrong, but I can't believe it made that cut at all, it kept on turning. I own a nice example of a 10F. I would never even dream of taking a cut that deep, even into some delrin, but that was sure interesting to see! I hope your lathe survived your education. ;) Still, that was awesome! Thanks for posting that! I'm sure you've learned alot in the last 3 years, so I'll leave out all the tips, and screaming at you about safety. (but think more about safety!)
+Joey Hollifield Part of the reason I made this video was because I kept reading comments on machinist forums about how Atlas lathes can't cut more than .020" per pass. That's just not true.
+VSA66 you are correct on that. .125 is still a little much for steel especially. I regularly take .050 - .060 cuts in steel with no problem. this is with two gears in my set being laser cut from acrylic, been running those gears for months they look as good as when I cut them out. yeah the weeinies over at PM are weenies alright. I guess they just spent a whole bunch of money and that's how they cope with it, thinking that you need a giant Rockwell lathe that cost $20k in your home shop, and no cheaper solutions would do at all. the c Atlas lathes are wonderful, and they so what they are designed to do very well. I have yet to run into anything I needed to do that the 10f couldn't handle. if you are still using the stock motor though, you are missing out. the best mod you can do is a DC drive motor of about 3hp and a kb electronics variable speed drive. makes it a whole new lathe
Joey Hollifield looks like leadloy 12L15...you non production guys arm chair types would cry if you saw most shops cnc and manual..have run both...and rebuilt and tuned up gibs ..scrapeing
I have a quick change gear box,,, and the engineers really dropped the ball with. O042 being the slowest feed rate,, I'm going to change my drive gear from 40 tooth to 20 and just multiply chart by 2 for treading, I would have to hand feed to do that cut with my 12 inch.
I sold that lathe a few years ago and I don't remember exactly how I had the gears set up on it for that cut. My lathe had a Pick-o-Matic gearbox on it, which I believe allows you to get a slower feed rate than I think is possible with the typical Atlas quick-change gearbox. Sorry I can't be of anymore help than that, but best of luck to you with your lathe.
@@MrHarvard88 for damn sure engineers really dropped the ball on the quick change gear box slowest feed rate is .oo42,,,l had to change out drive gear from 40 teeth to 20 and just multiply chart by 2 now for treading,
@@georgespangler1517 Yes, that is a common complaint with the quick-change gear box on the Atlas lathe. This is one case where the change gear version is actually better than the quick-change version, even though it's a hassle to have to change gears manually.
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1/8" cut in steel on an Atlas lathe??? An okay lathe for what it is but not the most sturdily machine on the planet. Foolish; feel sorry for the machine. No tailstock support either. Hate to be the person that owns that machine after you are done abusing it.
Buddy Newman I don’t typically make cuts this deep. As stated in the description, I just wanted to demonstrate that it is possible, even on an Atlas lathe. Thanks for your comments.
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I had no Idea the 10 F would manage that deep a cut! Beautiful!
WTF? I had to hit pause because I just couldn't wait to see the comments here, and nothing, zilch. Almost three years, and only two people have commented? Wow! I was cringing, actual little needles of pain sticking me all over from the moment you advanced your tool 125 freaking thousandths into a totally unsupported steel bar on an itty bitty atlas 10". I expected some catastrophic results, but she kept on turning. She didn't handle it well, don't get me wrong, but I can't believe it made that cut at all, it kept on turning. I own a nice example of a 10F. I would never even dream of taking a cut that deep, even into some delrin, but that was sure interesting to see! I hope your lathe survived your education. ;) Still, that was awesome! Thanks for posting that! I'm sure you've learned alot in the last 3 years, so I'll leave out all the tips, and screaming at you about safety. (but think more about safety!)
+Joey Hollifield Part of the reason I made this video was because I kept reading comments on machinist forums about how Atlas lathes can't cut more than .020" per pass. That's just not true.
+VSA66 you are correct on that. .125 is still a little much for steel especially. I regularly take .050 - .060 cuts in steel with no problem. this is with two gears in my set being laser cut from acrylic, been running those gears for months they look as good as when I cut them out. yeah the weeinies over at PM are weenies alright. I guess they just spent a whole bunch of money and that's how they cope with it, thinking that you need a giant Rockwell lathe that cost $20k in your home shop, and no cheaper solutions would do at all. the c Atlas lathes are wonderful, and they so what they are designed to do very well. I have yet to run into anything I needed to do that the 10f couldn't handle. if you are still using the stock motor though, you are missing out. the best mod you can do is a DC drive motor of about 3hp and a kb electronics variable speed drive. makes it a whole
new lathe
Joey Hollifield looks like leadloy 12L15...you non production guys arm chair types would cry if you saw most shops cnc and manual..have run both...and rebuilt and tuned up gibs ..scrapeing
Incredible. Did not think it could do it.
I'm just about done restoring my 10F and am shocked and amazed......
Using the tailstock helps a lot...
Very impressive cut!
Man what a cut ...
Wow , I'm switching to high speed steel after watching this, I have a 12 inch atlas and there's no way i could go 1/8 inch deep with carbide,
I have a quick change gear box,,, and the engineers really dropped the ball with. O042 being the slowest feed rate,, I'm going to change my drive gear from 40 tooth to 20 and just multiply chart by 2 for treading, I would have to hand feed to do that cut with my 12 inch.
I kind of cringed seeing the tailstock not being used, BUT holy hell that was nice cut. She was certainly complaining though.
Hey Man how do you have your gears setup for the feed rate?
I sold that lathe a few years ago and I don't remember exactly how I had the gears set up on it for that cut. My lathe had a Pick-o-Matic gearbox on it, which I believe allows you to get a slower feed rate than I think is possible with the typical Atlas quick-change gearbox. Sorry I can't be of anymore help than that, but best of luck to you with your lathe.
@@MrHarvard88 for damn sure engineers really dropped the ball on the quick change gear box slowest feed rate is .oo42,,,l had to change out drive gear from 40 teeth to 20 and just multiply chart by 2 now for treading,
@@georgespangler1517 Yes, that is a common complaint with the quick-change gear box on the Atlas lathe. This is one case where the change gear version is actually better than the quick-change version, even though it's a hassle to have to change gears manually.
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Holy Moses!!
I have a 10F. I'm not trying it.
No, I wouldn't recommend it. I was just trying it to see if it could be done, but the lathe complained the whole time.
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1/8" cut in steel on an Atlas lathe??? An okay lathe for what it is but not the most sturdily machine on the planet. Foolish; feel sorry for the machine. No tailstock support either. Hate to be the person that owns that machine after you are done abusing it.
Buddy Newman I don’t typically make cuts this deep. As stated in the description, I just wanted to demonstrate that it is possible, even on an Atlas lathe. Thanks for your comments.