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Atlas Clausing rarely failsAn hour into a lathe project with a half hour to go to finish. Suddenly the carriage stops moving,...this thread has 1 replies and has been viewed 321 times
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09-11-2009, 10:07 PM
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Atlas Clausing rarely fails
An hour into a lathe project with a half hour to go to finish. Suddenly the carriage stops moving, though it was still engaged. Ended up stripping the carriage and removing the gear box, the culprit was a sheared key on the drive gear, looked like it had been that way for awhile and the set screw was holding the pieces together. By absolute dumb luck I had a replacement half moon shaped key and was able to put everything back together. Finished turning my part four hours after I started, but the cross slide and carriage got long overdue attention and adjustment, even better I have three more of the half moon keys that were out of scrap automotive air conditioner compressors. I love being a pack rat.
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09-12-2009, 12:40 AM
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Re: Atlas Clausing rarely fails
Those are woodruff keys and are a standard common item.
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Neil Peters Phoenix/Tonopah AZ When hunting, a broken part is better than no part at all. 
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