Plans for lathe attachment that lets you "mill" on the lathe

[Brian Rupnow]

Looking for either plans that show how to make this fixture or pictures of finished ones installed on a lathe. My friend that is restoring the old Atlas lathe was interested when I told him about this, and then I couldn't find a picture to show him.---Brian

 

[GreenTwin]

I have the plain Myford milling attachment.
I have not used it, but I assume it can be oriented in several different ways.

Looks like one Myford milling attachment has a swivel option.
I think I would prefer not to have a swivel, but there may be applications where it could be useful.
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[djc]

There is a picture (and part number) of a genuine Atlas one here:

https://www.lathes.co.uk/atlas-lathe-accessories/

Raglan appear to have copied or licensed it:

https://www.lathes.co.uk/raglan/page2.html

Have a sniff around vintagemachinery.org as they have extensive Atlas literature available for download.

http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/51/2116.pdf

Boxford made a nice one for their machines (https://www.lathes.co.uk/boxford/page4.html), so there might be a Southbend version () as the two marques had a lot of similarity.

A good search phrase is 'lathe vertical slide' or 'lathe milling slide' (https://www.metallatheaccessories.com/product-page/milling-attachment-mla-5).

The Myford swivelling one was used a lot with their dividing head. See: (https://www.lathes.co.uk/myford/page3.html)

 

[Jasonb]

I don't think there are many plans about for vertical slides as they require quite a bit of milling in their manufacture which makes them a bit of a chicken & egg subject. Usually bought which then allows you to do the milling for other items of tooling.

 

[GreenTwin]

From the Southbend book.
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[Tug40]

This is the Atlas 10-501, for their 10” & 12” lathes.
Shown are the MT3 endmill holders, held in the lathe spindle with a drawbar.
The double male end spigot I made so I could use it on my SB9.
These are well built, this one weighs 15 lbs.
When mounted on the crosslide they lack rigidity & are slow, & can’t take very deep cuts.
I’ve often wondered if I could use it to as a ball turning tool, as I haven’t used it since I purchased a mill.