AA109, Craftsman 80& Dunlap Lathesemail:AA109, 109, Craftsman 80 & Dunlap Lathes- also badged as Simpson and and manufactured by the American 'Double A Company' -A complete set of Craftsman sales and other literature is, coveringall machines produced during the period 1929 to 1966Also available: the 3 distinctly different ' thatcover all versions of the 109 Metal LathesShould any reader have a particularly original AA109 or Model 80would be pleased to feature it in the ArchiveUsed by the famous American mail-order company 'Sears, Roebuck & Co.' (and Simpson-Sears Limited of Canada) the lathe models 'Craftsman', 'Companion' and 'Dunlap' were also employed to brand a very wide range of power and hand tools.Although the company had offered a range of lathes from the late 1800s, it was in 1932 that their most famous machine became available, a 9' swing model manufactured by the Company. This machine, regularly updated year by year in line with changes to the Atlas range, was replaced in 1936 by a much heavier 12' model based on the Atlas F10. It seems surprising that Atlas built a 12' model for Sears, yet restricted their own machine to a 10' swing, especially as it would be the early 1960s before they increased the capacity of their own lathe to match. The introduction of the large Atlas clone was followed, in 1937, by a version of the same company's 6' lathe.
This latter machine was marketed in an almost unchanged form until the late 1960s, when a redesigned Mk. 2 model was introduced and Atlas also began selling direct to the public; these machines are featured on other pages.It can be difficult to separate the wood-turning lathes offered by Sears, Roebuck into the products of Atlas and the Double A Company - the latter of Lansing, Michigan and owned at one time by the huge Brown & Sharp Corporation. However, it appears that, until the 1939 season, the metal and some wood-turning lathes were by Atlas, with the cheaper wood lathes produced by Double A and a number of smaller suppliers including the original company.
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In 1936 the first, very simple V-bed 'AA' metal-turning lathe was introduced (illustrated immediately below) using the brand name that Sears reserved for their cheaper products: 'Companion'. Even the earliest models can be clearly recognised as having features belonging to the better-known post-war AA 'Model 109' and later Craftsman 'Model 80' lathes. These more highly-developed versions included proper leadscrew clasp nuts, an epicyclic 'backgear' assembly built into the headstock pulley and graduations on the cross-feed screw; however, the headstock spindle and bearings were always of marginal strength and durability, and remained a weak point throughout the model's life. Some AA 109s were branded as Simpson, for sale by the Canadian mail-order store of the same name; in the 1970s Sears-Roebuck bought out Simpson and renamed the company Simpson-Sears and later just Sears - by which name the firm continues to market the Craftsman brand.
Another branding occasionally found on the 109 and Model 80 is 'Courlan' - lathes with this marking having been found in Australia and South Africa although one report has the Company based in Jersey City, USA.