American Pacemaker info needed

[EmanuelGoldstein]

My Pacemaker is 1967. Came with the original paperwork saying it sold new to a gold mine in Arizona. When I looked it up I found American Tool Works was stripped and broken up right about that time. 70's Pacemaker sounds suspicious.

They went thorugh several owners. The final breakup didn't happen until the late 1980's, when White-Sundtrands got the remainders after a "hedge fund" corporate raiders group stripped them for the two blocks of downtown Cincinnati they owned. They were still making brand new designs until the mid-80's ? I had a 78 and an 80. Their last nc machine was a beast : four axis, bazllion horsepower, weighed as much as mt rushmore.

 

[texasgeartrain]

Here's a pic of what I think it may look like, the lathe belongs to user 'tailstock4'. It sits up above the vee rather than in front of it.

Prior to getting this far in reading, I was thinking of tailstock4's Pacemaker, lol. In another pic, It looks like he may have adapted a dial indicator to it.
2nd pic in post #3, up by headstock:
My 10ee and some shop pics

 

[tailstock4]

Here's a pic of what I think it may look like, the lathe belongs to user 'tailstock4'. It sits up above the vee rather than in front of it.

None of my carriage stops are factory-made. I made both of them. The little one on the tailstock side of the carriage is to help hold the carriage position during heavy cuts. My machine has Turcite under the saddle and the saddle lock by itself won’t hold it.

 

[Cole2534]

None of my carriage stops are factory-made. I made both of them. The little one on the tailstock side of the carriage is to help hold the carriage position during heavy cuts. My machine has Turcite under the saddle and the saddle lock by itself won’t hold it.

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Just a beautiful machine, thank you for sharing.

 

[Peroni]

Does anyone have pics of the appropriate micrometer carriage stop for this machine? Id like to find or adapt one but given the location of the stop on the carriage my head can't put it together.

There are several pics of Pacemaker carriage stops in the ATW literature on VM.

 

[Cole2534]

There are several pics of Pacemaker carriage stops in the ATW literature on VM.

Thanks for the tip! I pulled up Bulletin #16, the 1943 Pacemaker publication, and I'd love to have the original publication of this. It's just elegant.

 

[hvnlymachining]

I've got an original carriage stop that came with my Dad's machine. I just got some pictures and will post them tonight if I can get the time.

 

[hvnlymachining]

here ya go, enjoy!

this came with the '78, also has the "Fisher Body division General Motors" tag on it. When we acquired the lathe it was packed full of brass and bronze chips to the point of stiff movement of the carriage and cross slide.