Atlas 6 inch saved from scrapper

[Rickabilly]

Dear Mr Gruby,

I am officially jealous,
The beauty of starting with a lathe like this is that you really can do whatever you want with it, there is no way you can get flak for ruining a classic or not preserving patina or anything like that, If you want a taper turning attachment just build it, a live axis, toolpost grinder, dividing attachment, tee slot cross slide, qctp, literally anything you might want, just build it and fit it. Also, with a flat bed you can even make it into a dedicated line boring machine, or stand it on end and make it into a hobby sized slotter or gear shaper, why? why not? If you are so inclined forget all about repairing any of the feed mechanisms and just go straight to CNC.

I need to stop now or I'm going to end up with even more projects, but one last thing, If I had a flat bed lathe pulled down to this point I couldn't help but take it to the nearest shop with a big surface grinder and have them give the bed a lick, you'll need to scrape the carriage but this is pretty straight forward on a flat bed machine, or else "Moglice" it, I would definitely use Moglice given the choice, and before grinding the top if they're not already machined have the feet milled true to the bed ways it just makes it easier to keep it twist free later on, (here I go again)

Regards
Rick