Photo Index - Atlas Press Co. - MFC

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Atlas Press Co.
Kalamazoo, MI

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Metal Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Mill, Horizontal
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Submitted By:	Vincent Ancona

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	MFC
Date of Manufacturer:	1948
Serial Number:	008146
Last Updated	3/17/2015 10:41:22 AM

Comments:

I purchased this Atlas MFC milling machine in January of 2014. It spent its entire life in the instrument shop of the Physics Dept. at Carleton College, in Northfield, Minnesota. The college was also selling an Atlas 10" lathe and Atlas shaper. All three had been purchased in 1948 when the instrument shop was started. The milling machine was in really good condition when I bought it, but I decided to take it apart and clean off the years of grease and oil, readjust everything, and replace the bearings and belts, as well as a few small missing parts.

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Comments: Milling machine after I cleaned it up and replaced bearings, belts, etc.
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Comments: The milling machine as it looked when I first brought it home. No real damage or abuse, just a layer of hardened oil.
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Comments: Another view of the mill as it was when I purchased it.
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