I couldn’t pass up this “must-have” item when it crossed my path. This is a toy I’ve wanted to own for over 20 years, but couldn’t ever really justify buying one. Well, kids are out of college, I had $350 burning a hole in my pocket, and I said; “Screw it. I’m getting the damn thing!” Now I have project to get it cleaned up, painted and dialed in. Then I have to learn how to use it. 
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But does it bake bread? S
Sadly, no it doesn’t. BUT, it will give me something to do this winter making reel seats, grips and winding checks from various materials.
(BTW, I made 4 mini loaves of Italian tonight and 4 dozen oatmeal-raisin cake cookies for our church bake sale. I have 6 loaves to make tomorrow. The mini loaves are for the seniors to buy.)
I kinda like my old tools to remain that way unless they are broken or not trusted to be in safe working order. However I prefer my bread as fresh as possible.
Very nice lathe I have never used a small one and don’t own one of my own but great tool.
Oh, dear God… now we’re in for page, after page, of “Bread” ((AND)) “Lathe” porn!
(When we talked about this lathe on the phone the other night, you were still “hemming and hawing” over buying it. Glad to see that you did! Enjoy!)
Joe
I dont know anything about breadmaking, flyfishing and even less about walleye trolling or nightcrawler mining but I know a little about lathes.
Pehaps you can make a sugary bread dough, bake it , put it in your lathe and bore the center out and make healthy baked doughnuts.
btw—is the cigar box collectable?"
Have fun
Mike
Ps—Ill go through my stuff and you can have whatever you think will work on your machine
Good move Joe! Sounds like a pretty good price.
Don’t get too aggressive cleaning the ways. Just some fine steel wool and WD-40. You will like the quick change lead screw.
For making rod parts that lathe is just the ticket. You will be able to do two-handed grips on the blank with no trouble. So many people get these little toy lathes and then grumble about the bed being too short. You can always turn little stuff on a big machine but you can never turn big swtuff on a little machine.
See you in January
fishbum
Well, it’s nice to see some support for my “impulse buy,” so I guess I could have done worse.
Don’t know about “healthy donuts,” and the cigar box’s value appears to be in question. I think the parts inside are probably worth more than the box. My brother has rebuilt several metalworking machines, so he will be guiding me on this project. He actually had one of these lathes many years ago that was under the Atlas name, and he found it to be a good hobby lathe that you could get decent tolerances with… .001 -.002 if you paid attention to what you’re doing. I can’t see needing anything closer than that for rod components. I’ll have to get out my old Machinery’s Handbook and relearn speeds & feeds.
Gotta get back in the kitchen. 7 more loaves of bread to go before I can relax for today.
Hey, shorthaul, when will Tom’s rod holders be done. I think you created a monster when you said you made your own for your boat. He wants to go fishing again ASAP, but I’ve sold more work and need to make some money. Maybe one day this week I can play hookey, but that will depend on the weather.
Joe
Once the metal lathe is operational, this baby will go up for sale. I won’t need two small lathes, and can do everything on the metal lathe.
It made some nice seats and grips…
It will be for local pickup only.
Do we submit our orders now, or wait till it’s all cleaned up?
“Good Lord, is there no end to this man’s talent?”
WOW Joe, thats one cool lathe! You have so many cool rod building toys now.
Can I be your rod building apprentice?
J.
I had an Atlas and made a forearm piece for a model 97 Winchester–traded it off for a Logan of questionable quality and ended up giving the Logan to somebody for parts and buying a Southbend. Take your time and it will serve you well.
like Fishbum said–go easy on the ways and dont remove any material.
Take care
mike
Thanks for your confidence, but that would be like the blind leading the blind. I just started building rods a year and a half ago, and I’m still learning what I don’t know.
Nice score Joe and just think, you’ll now be able to make German silver ferrules in the event you need some for…oh, some cane rod or other you may fall into !
Cheers friend,
MontanaMoose
Wtf Joe? I thought you said you had to figure out how to use it? Looks to me like you’re a PRO!!!
Great work!
I agree with Mr. Castwell.
Shane
Mr. “Multi Geared Photdough God”:
When you get that new toy all cleaned and spiffy, I’ll send you the pics, (and if I can find them still?), the specs… on the fly reel that I made last year on my friend’s lathe.
With your obvious talent on seat and rod building, no use not doing “the complete package”!!
Wow Joe you stole that for $350. I am a guy that loves to look and find a good bargain and must congratulate you on yours.
Do you have the destruction manual that goes with it?
Sean
Instruction manual? What’s an instruction manual? I don’t need no stinkin’ instruction manual…:rolleyes: