FILENAMES LeverTypeCarriageTurret1.jpg LeverTypeCarriageTurret2.jpg LeverTypeCarriageTurret3.jpg DESCRIPTION: These are pictures of a turret lathe production cross-slide. Posted by Mike Henry . Mike provided the following description: ================================================================= The pictures above are of what looks like a Lever-Type Carriage Turret for an Atlas/Craftsman 10" lathe that was part of a recent tooling deal. It looks like it might have been a 3rd party accessory as the top casting is marked "Precision" and the turret doesn't look like the ones depicted in my old Atlas literature. I'd like to hear from anyone that is familiar with this item, especially if they can tell me what parts are missing or provide a manual, diagram, or other info that would help make it functional. Images 1 and 2 show all of the parts that were included - the lever arm is probably for the standard Atlas carriage turret. At least, it matches the pictures in the old catalogs and I can't see any way to attach it to the Precision turret. Image 3 shows the parts the way I *think* they're supposed to go together. The L-shaped brackets on the bottom of turret in image 3 seem to be a good fit for my 12" Craftsman lathe, which leads me to believe that it was meant to be mounted directly to the ways, whereas the standard turret was mounted on top of the carriage. BTW, the toolposts apparently used an interesting method of adjusting tool bit height that can be seen on Image 1. The bottom flat is angled and an opposing wedge is moved horizontally, via a long set screw, to adjust the height. It looks like the the tool post/holder was machined with a wide slot, an angled hole was drilled and tapped along the width of the post and then the wedge was cut off, leaving two halves of a tapped hole. That's probably a pretty confusing verbal description - hopefully the the picture will fill in the details. The left-hand tool post in Image 1 shows the assembled wedge and the right-hand one shows the wedge on it's side with the exposed internal threads. It might be an interesting approach for those that like to make their own tool posts and hate to fiddle with shims. TIA for any info, Mike Henry michaelhenry@msn.com