I knew if I dug long enough, I'd find where this machine came from. I bought it from the fella in LaSalle who bought it from you. I now have it out here in St. Joachim, so its not far away if you want to visit it ;-)
I understand the sellers remorse, I had the same thing when I sold my Atlas 7B about 6 years ago. Same deal then - I loved the machine, but it didn't get used a lot, and I needed the space...you know that angle already eh...
FWIW, I had heard "thru the grapevine" that the Ammco shapers were considered a little more refined than the Atlas. Funny, but I don't consider the lack of graduated dials on the Ammco to be a "refinement" In my tiny little mind, having operated both brands, I already decided that I much prefer the Atlas over the Ammco, but there wasn't an Atlas to be found, so I bought this one. I was also advised by the seller about the wonky auto-feed mechanism, but it was not a real challenge to fix it. A different spring and using Loctite on the threaded collar that controls the spring tension on the ratchet pawl was all it took. There are a few items on it that I think can use some "refinement", such as the removal of slop in the auto-feed handle and maybe the addition of some graduated collars that allow me to actually see how far the handles are advancing the table and such......
The attached picture is my work area in our former location out in Arner. I was (and wasn't) out of room there, and if I'd known that I was going to move to a different location two years later, I'd have kept the Atlas. But ya know what? Even if I still had it, I might still have latched onto the Ammco, cuz thats kinda what I do... find something I can use, bring it home, make it work, then make it work better, then go out find more of them....
Best,
PM T2
