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My New Lathe.

wm460

wm460

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Mark
Call me patriotic but I have been after one of these lathes for years, they were build about approx 45 mins or so from my home town

Before I picked her up.


Well here is an updated photo of her new surroundings
, I haven't got room in my shed.

 
Penpal

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My Hercus has a full set of change gears for Metric as well and most of the accessories. Marks lathe is a later model with a fair chance it is metric and would need change gears to make imperial threads. Do you know the year of manufacture Mark. If not there is on the U Beaut forum Metal Lathe section subsection Hercus where this info can be found.

The Hercus turning book is 100% applicable to Marks Lathe and a valuable asset Angelo. There is a direct closeness Angelo as when I posted the pic of my Hercus recently between the lathe you have. The atlas and other lathes share design.

Peter.
 
wm460

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angelo49 said:
Mark, congrats on that great ''old school, old iron'' lathe. Mine is similar to that one.
Plug'er in and make the 3/4''12 thread.
Download this Hercus book, lots of info, good reading. You can apply the instruction
to just about any ''older'' (real) lathe.
http://www.bbssystem.com/manuals/Lathe-Tutorial.pdf
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Thanks for the link Angelo, I have down loaded it, and will go on to my shed computer when I get another monitor.

I did get these as well, both Hercus books are 1980 print.

The Black Book of Fasteners, Was scabbed from a bin at work, I couldn't leave it to go to landfill, could I?

 
wm460

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My Hercus is Imperial, the Aussie forum said she was built in 1980
She is an AT model.

A = gearbox model with power feed apron
T = belt drive version ( only used on the 260)








If they are stamped with a
M = metric model (all others are imperial)
 
Dalboy

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Great looking lathe Mark can't wait to see the restoring WIP.

wm460 said:
Don't worry its under a couple of layers of plastic, out of range from the rain, in the way of the missus.:banana:
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Do you know what rain is there Mark:whistling::whistling::whistling: or do you have to turn on the shower
 
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