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Restoration of a Hercus 9A (No. 6625)
Hi All,
I'm just wishing to share a few details and photos of a 1958 Hercus 9A lathe I picked a few short weeks back.
I picked it up from a gumtree ad for $700. The owner was moving house and just wanted a quick sale. It came with a few cutting tools, a three and four jaw chuck, but unfortunately there were no steadies or face plate.
The previous owner informed me that he bought it twenty years earlier and in all that time he had never used the power feed or lead screw! It doesn't appear to have had much in the way of heavy work or abuse and in general I suspect it wont require much in the way of replacement parts to get it restored.
The lathe came with a 'Cadet' 3 phase motor which I will replace with a secondhand 'Cadet' single phase due to the power source in my garage.
I will be adding a few more photos in due course as I get some of the sub-assemblies stripped, cleaned up, painted and oiled.
Apologies if the photos are not so good on quality.
Restoration of a Hercus 9A (No. 6625)
I've never considered putting a foot brake on my 260. It would be dead easy to do with the VFD. What are the advantages? Do you ever find yourself tripping it accidentally?
Edit: or does your lathe have a mechanical brake?