[sanddrag]

I recently took home an old (year unknown) Atlas 618 lathe from the local community college machine shop and cleaned it up a bit. When I got it, almost everything that was meant to spin was totally siezed. The carraige would not move on the ways. The spindle was wobbling beyond belief in the headstock.

Anyway, I fixed all that, and it seems like it could be made functional again, but it is still missing a motor, chuck, tailstock accessories (drill chuck, center, etc) and change gears. Also, the clasp nut is not engaging the lead screw properly. So, it would probably take $300-400 bucks to get it going again, but even then it would just be so so. I like the 18" between centers on this thing, but for the price, I could just get a brand new Asian 7x10 or maybe even 7x12.