USEFUL TOOL

I just finished reading Costa’s piece on his beloved Atlas Lathe (“Mojo Garage,” May 2022).

I also have a metal lathe in my shop. It is a Hercus 9A, which is an Australian-built clone of a South Bend nine-inch lathe. My shop is also graced with a Rong Fu milling/drilling machine. It says King Canada on it but it is made by RongFu in China. It is an awesome drill press and an okay milling machine.

I have made a great many pullers and pushers, aligners and other jigs and fixtures for doing the maintenance on various motorcycles over the years. Another friend, also with a lathe, turned an axle out of a Grade 8 bolt to fit an old motorcycle he was restoring after a wheel bearing seized and cratered the original one.