Leveling and Aligning My Atlas Lathe 

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I purchased a set of the shims from McMaster-Carr. They range from .001 to .125. The set that I got was for a 7/16 bolt size. The funny thing is, I am retired from the automotive industry and I used to sell similar shim sets for front end alignment. Although they were typically not the thin. With the taper that I was experiencing I expected the lathe to be much further out but I also did not check the bed before I leveled the bench. That may have corrected some of it. Thanks for watching and commenting.

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The tail stock was removed for purposes of shooting the video. I would normally leave it on. The shims were placed at the tail stock end. There are actually other issues with the bed that I did not address in the video. I am still working them out. But I have the lathe making good parts. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Just came in from the shop. I have been turning some pieces on the lathe today and the taper has been corrected. It was worth the effort. Thanks for stopping by.

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You are correct. The Tail stock is moved by 1/2. If you will notice I picked up on that and addressed it on my second cut. Not sure how I missed it the first time. I have been doing this correctly for 50 years. Thanks for pointing it out and commenting.

A level is a nice tool to have in the shop. Not used a lot but when you need it not much else works as well. Thanks for watching.

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Worked out well. Thanks for stopping by.

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I have 2 618's one is an older model and I have it set up to use. The other is a one owner Late model built in 79' it is a Clausing/Atlas. Thanks for watching and commenting. Also have another 618 for parts.

That is why I checked the twist in the bed first. There is still the possibility that the head is out of line with the bed and I have check that also, just didn't cover it in this video. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@brownsuga1168 That is the subject of this video. Using the precision level to match each end of the lathe and using a shim to remove the twist.

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It is a tedious process but the results are worth it. Thanks for stopping by.

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That is an interesting idea, I will have to think about it. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@sharkrivermachine Thanks sir, I use the precession level for machine levelling. But you explain very well!!!

That is a problem that I have not encountered before. If the tail stock center is low it must be completely worn out on the bottom. It would have to be shimmed up somehow. Put a piece of material in the chuck and turn it to a point then put a center in the tail stock and slide the tail stock up to the center in the chuck. Observe the offset in the points of the centers if there is any. This will prove whether the center is low or not.

@@sharkrivermachine I checked it with a dead center in the spendel and in the tail stock. The tail stock is 9 thousands low

I have actually almost purchased the edge bar twice and I deleted it from the cart. I appreciate the offer. I am ok with the results that I got using the turned bar. I may build a bar based of the Edge model. Thank you for watching and commenting.

@@sharkrivermachine Building a similar bar would be a neat project! I wish I was able to delete items from my edge Technology cart, but no such luck!

No, we are all from New Jersey since the Lang's came over from Germany in the late 1800's. It is a very common name there. My father is Richard and he attended the Academy of Aeronautics in New York Thanks for asking.

@@sharkrivermachine Thanks Steven, I used to work for/with Eugene. He used to beam with pride about Steven, I thought it was you? Sorry. !

No, just a little distortion from the camera lens. Thank you for watching and commenting

If I had know ahead of time that would have been fine. The set that I purchased ranges from .001 to .125 thousandths. It is nice to just grab one and done. Thanks for watching and commenting.