![]() ![]() The Timkin bearing numbers are: two 07196 cups, one 07079 bearing and one 07100 bearing. Both bearings are still commercially available. The bronze bearing version seems to have a better finish cut, while the Timkin version can run at higher speeds. The bronze version was known as 101.07301, and the Timkin version as 101.21400 both were also available under other Sears numbers but those are the ones most commonly seen and referred to. The 618 was built with plain bronze bearings in earlier versions, or Timkin roller bearings from the 1950's onwards. There is also a wealth of information on the Yahoo! Craftsman 618 Users Group, which is active with maybe an average of a message a day and all the old messages saved in an archive, which serves as the basis for the sorted-by-topic janellestudio collection. I am going to attempt to summarize some of this in a short form, on this page. Details about the history can be found at Tony's UK Lathe web page.Īn enormous trove of material focussing on the 618 exists at. The 618 was made by the Atlas Lathe company, and rebadged and sold by Sears as the Craftsman 101-series lathe from roughly 1930 to the 1980's, in various versions. Atlas/Craftsman 618 information 618 modifications ![]()
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