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| | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 578 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 578 | When we were moving the 10" Atlas into the basement, it rolled on its side and two handles broke.
I found out that Atlas got bought by Clausing. Because of the competition with our Chinese friends, Clausing no longer makes machine tools. However, they still do repairs and they carry NOS parts.
One of my handles costs $59 and the other will be $42. I'll probably go ahead and buy them. When they appear on ebay, they go for that much and sometimes more!
Live and learn.
"Happiness equals reality minus expectations" - Tom Magliozzi
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 469 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 469 | You might check Blue Ridge Tools they carry parts for many of the small home type lathes. I've bought several things from them at good prices, I think they have a web site. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 112 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 112 | Jim bow, why not just make them, I read someplace that a lathe is the only tool that can reproduce it self. At lest ya can turn a couple of stand by handles til you can find factory made.
jbennett
40 burb | | | | | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 769 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 769 | These handles are most likely cast iron. Just braze them back together. There are a lot of old lathes and mills still running that have been repaired with a bit of brass and oxy-act. welding. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 578 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 578 | Theyre made of pot metal. In the manual they refer to it as Zamak. Can you repair pot-metal?
"Happiness equals reality minus expectations" - Tom Magliozzi
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | Pot metal repair is marginal to say the least. Unless you are trying to restore your little lathe with NOS parts, don't forget that McMaster-Carr has gobs of 'machine handles'.
They have an e-catalog...look for machine handles!
Stuart | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 55 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 55 | Try www.muggyweld.com for pot metal 'welding' It does work. I've seen the results. Jerry | | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 578 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 578 | Hmmm, the muggyweld costs half of what new handles would cost.
Now if anyone has some that I could borrow till next Tuesday, I might try it.
"Happiness equals reality minus expectations" - Tom Magliozzi
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | Jim Bow, Before you borrow the 'Muggyweld', practice welding several cubes of butter together with a giant propane torch. When you get comfortable doing this, spring for the Muggyweld.  Stuart | | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 324 Member | | Member Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 324 | drill for a reinforcing pin and use epoxy to glue them together. soft solder works on zinc alloys, but is not as strong.
"It ain't a truck if you can't hose out the cab."
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 | jbennett is correct
a lathe IS the only tool that can repo itself
just reweld those great old handles
Jim & Caroline
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