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Originally Posted by heapes
Jeff, thanks but that would take away the fun of making them myself. You certainly have a much nicer lathe than I do. Mine is an Atlas 12 inch that I have found takes care of 95% of what I need. When it doesn't do the job I have a friend with a nice South Bend. I am a hobbiest with it at best but enjoy learning by failure as much as by triumph. I hope someone gives some dimensions now for both of us. I can measure both O.D. dimensions and likely guess the correct I.D. but the thickness is uncertain. I am guessing either 3/8 or 1/2 inch. Thanks for the offer.
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I have a 9" Atlas ( 1932 vintage, the blue one here half way down the page
http://www.lathes.co.uk/atlas/page2.html )
but the lightweight / lack of rigidity drove me nuts. I will admit I got spoiled running industrial machines.
The Atlas will get things done as long as you take your time and work within what the machine will handle.
Time to preach--
ALWAYS wear your safety glasses and no loose clothing or dangling jewelry.
I'll send you a PM with my email address, I'll pull a "headlight spacer" out of my other 125 tomorrow and get you the dimensions.
Jeff