Manual Lathe Services 

Atlanta CNC Repair LLC provides expert manual lathe repair, troubleshooting, alignment, and preventative maintenance for machine shops, maintenance departments, and fabrication facilities throughout Atlanta, Marietta, and surrounding Southeast states. Whether you run an older engine lathe or a high-precision toolroom lathe, we help restore accuracy, reduce vibration, and keep your machine holding tolerances.

We service common manual lathe issues including spindle bearing noise, chatter and poor surface finish, feed and threading problems, gearbox failures, excessive backlash, tailstock misalignment, lubrication failures, motor and electrical issues, worn cross slides/compound assemblies, lead screw and half-nut wear, clutch/brake problems, and chuck/runout concerns. Our repairs focus on safe operation, repeatable performance, and minimizing downtime.

Manual Lathe Services Include:

  • On-site diagnosis and troubleshooting

  • Spindle inspection & bearing replacement guidance

  • Headstock & quick-change gearbox troubleshooting

  • Feed system, apron & clutch repair

  • Threading issues / half-nut & lead screw wear evaluation

  • Cross slide / compound / gibs adjustment and backlash reduction

  • Tailstock alignment and taper troubleshooting

  • Chuck and workholding inspection (runout, jaw wear, mounting)

  • Lubrication system inspection (one-shot oiler, lines, metering units)

  • Electrical troubleshooting (motors, contactors, overloads, E-stop circuits)

  • Preventative maintenance and machine safety checks

If you’re experiencing tolerance drift, vibration, or unreliable feeds, we can help you get back to smooth operation and consistent accuracy.

Manual Lathe Repair Brands We Service

We service most major manual lathe brands including:

American / Toolroom & Engine Lathe Brands

  • LeBlond

  • Monarch

  • Hardinge

  • Clausing

  • Clausing Colchester

  • Lodge & Shipley

  • South Bend

  • Cincinnati

  • Sheldon

  • Logan

  • Atlas

  • Ames

  • Pratt & Whitney

  • American Tool Works (ATW)

  • Warner & Swasey

  • Sidney

  • Axelson

  • Wells-Index

European Brands

  • Colchester

  • Harrison

  • Dean, Smith & Grace (DSG)

  • Weiler

  • Schaublin

  • Wacheon (Korean but often categorized similarly in shops)

Japanese / Asian Precision & Shop Lathes

  • Okuma

  • Mori Seiki / DMG Mori

  • Mazak

  • Takisawa

  • Shigiya

  • Nakamura-Tome

  • Kia

  • Hyundai Wia

  • Takamaz

  • Sharp

  • Kent

  • Acra

  • Eisen

  • Chevalier

Education / Light Industrial / Common Shop Floor Lathes

  • Jet

  • Birmingham

  • Grizzly

  • Baileigh

  • GMC

  • MSC house brands (varies by model/source)

Manual/CNC Hybrid & Retrofit-Common Machines

  • Bridgeport

  • Hurco

  • Southwestern Industries (ProtoTRAK)

  • Acu-Rite / Millpwr retrofit setups (lathe DRO/controls)

Don’t see your brand listed? We service most manual lathe makes and models—contact us with your machine nameplate info.