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I decided to repair it and start working on it. In the process of cleaning it up I leaned that the carriage was pretty well worn and some gears were stripped. Not knowing much about lathes I bought it from one of my friends acquaintances. A few years back I had a chance to buy a Sheldon 13. Many friends have laughed at me for owning the Craftsman calling it a noodle. the tool post is very stiff but sometimes I can see the compound flex. Over the years of cutting my compound seems to have developed much more flex. I shortly after getting the lathe bought a AXA QCTP for it, I actually never used the lantern post it came with. I bought parts on garage sales, from motorcycle shops, flea market and everywhere in between.
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I learned everything that i know from this lathe and over the years collected up another craftsman 12 lathe with a gearbox, steady rest, follower rests, a 4 jaw chuck, milling attachment and more. A couple hundred buck later I had my first machine too, a Craftsman lathe. While working with him my dad learned he had a lathe and asked if he wanted to get rid of it. After selling the farm he took the lathe with him.
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His friend wanted to have his son learn how to work on the lathe and my guess is in trying to figure out how to use it he crashed the lathe and tore the gearing for the compound feed in the apron. It was in great condition complete with chuck, tailstock and some tooling. In the barn there was a nice condition Atlas 12 lathe that was Craftsman branded model 101-07403. He had owned the lathe from a purchase of a farm that he subsequently owned for 5 years. I got my Atlas years ago from my father's best friend. Hopefully this thread will help out my fellow Craftsman 12 lathe owners in improving the compound stiffness on their Atlas 12 lathes.