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26th Oct 2019, 04:06 PM #91New Member
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Hi all,
This is my first lathe, bought it this past week. Hercus 9" Model A, No. 3535
It's not minty, has seen some use via its previous two owners. I bought it to strip down, clean, restore, and learn by doing so.
I'm only 23, so decided to start with something small-ish (cost wise). Hopefully still has enough life left in the ways, and I end up with something I keep for a long time.
Look forward to the journey.
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5th Nov 2019, 12:45 PM #92australian metalworking hobbyist
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Keep the numbers coming guys, now at 2502 machines registered. Mal
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17th Nov 2019, 08:37 PM #93Member
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Hercus 260 ATM serial number
Mal
I have acquired a Hercus 260ATM ex TAFE lathe serial number 17934 painted in a beige colour
Regards
Garry
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18th Nov 2019, 01:19 PM #94
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18th Nov 2019, 09:51 PM #95Member
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ATm 260 lathe
Boris sorry cannot help you out there as the owner had it for several years and bought it of someone who was not in involved with purchase
Regards
Garry
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19th Nov 2019, 09:02 AM #96
No problems, Gary.
I just thought you might know as I was interested since I'm a TAFE employee.
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9th Dec 2019, 02:15 PM #97
Three Hercus 9's
Mal, as discussed over the phone, I have just picked up a model A, 9" with three speed belt pulleys, but only a single speed range on the primary drive (with the motor mounted directly on the back of the drive frame. The motor is the trusty old GMF Cadet, 1HP). Needs restoration, but worth preserving I reckon after I got it home and gave it a good look over. Serial number 2100 (with matching numbers). Painted a dark green, plus a lovely shade of rust in quite a few places!!
I think you will already have my other two on your register, both 9": model C, serial number VB911, and a model AR serial number 12065F.
Cheers, Tony
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3rd Jan 2020, 09:16 PM #98New Member
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The long and winding road to ownership...
This is my first post on this forum and I thought I would share a little info about my Hercus Model A.
I bought it 4 years ago from a used machinery dealer in Cheltenham. This was the realisation of a dream to own a centre lathe since the time I used one in high school metalwork classes in the early 1980's.
I had read all sorts of info about what to get when looking for a lathe, but the chinese made Hafco offerings just didn't seem to be what I was looking for.
While sniffing around on ebay I saw a secondhand Hercus lathe and looked into the name a bit more. I always liked the old school looks of old Myford lathes and Hercus was Australian made! - so this was the brand I went for. I was able to scratch my other nostalgia itch relating to buying things from when we used to make stuff here and not buy imported.
So - I splashed out on the Hercus Model A (bed serial number A5011, headstock and tailstock number 8860). This was fitted with a half h/p 3 phase McColl motor and associated 3ph cabling. It looked like it came from a factory somewhere and was filthy with grime and chips, but it was mounted on a Hercus stand, with a cupboard at one end and a little open shelving unit at the other, both sitting under the tray intended to catch the chips and cutting lubricant.
This then sat in the garage for a few years until finally I decided to get it into working order. It now has a VFD and a new 3 phase 1 hp 240 volt motor fitted to it and had quite a bit of cleaning by me. It has multiple layers of thick indifferently applied grey paint over what seems like everything - I suppose that is a new apprentice's job - plenty of paint, and slap it on.
This brought me to another nostalgic moment - The bed had a metal tag pop riveted to it on the "non-operator" side at the tailstock end, which had the old "Email" name and the lion in a circle logo next to it, as well as an asset number stamped into it. Those old enough to know will recall that Email Ltd was a big Australian company who made air conditioners, fridges, gas meters, stoves etc - which began in Sydney in the early 1920's. It had nothing to do with inboxes, sent items or spam!
Like all things here though, it wasn't going to last and Email sold off the parts of the business that by the 1990's couldn't compete with imports. This meant that a whole lot of manufacturing tools from these chopped off limbs of Email Ltd became available. It struck a chord with me that these machines and factories turned out tradesmen as well as whitegoods - and the loss of the ability to make those things in Australia can't be a good thing, can it?
And so the Hercus Model A found it's way from Email Ltd to me, for a quiet time in a shed in the countryside making bits of metal smaller.
Cheers.
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4th Mar 2020, 08:44 AM #99Novice
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a kiwi lathe
I got one! It's a model AR. Number 12199.
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It came with some parts, without others, and picked up some cheeky damage during delivery.
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A new tailstock and nut came from Mal, the tailshaft casting is currently held together with a zip cable tie (seems to hold up OK), and the countershaft bearing yoke was brazed together by my buddy who Knows What He's Doing.
I've been figuring out what to do and what not to do, I've made some great chips, ground some great tools, and am currently trying to figure out the slack in the headstock / spindle.
All best )
Eric
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12th Mar 2020, 11:55 AM #100
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13th Mar 2020, 11:29 AM #101Novice
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abused
Sure has. It was rolled off the forklift. Bent all sorts of things including that screw which is actually from the tailstock. The cross-slide screw was also bent, but I managed to straighten that one more or less, using a thumb-locator. The knob was broken off the cross-slide handwheel, but I drilled it out and put in a replacement. The countershaft bearing yoke broke clean in half, but an Engineer friend brazed it back together for me, and it's held up well since then.
There's quite a bit of wear in the slide ways, and the compound has quite a few gouges out of it from prolonged contact with the chuck, but compared to some other lathes I've seen pictures of, this one is an absolute beauty.
I managed to get all the slack out of the spindle, see other thread on that. It was a case of tapping the bearing home, as it was too tight on the spindle for the take-up nut to shift it.
Eric
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12th Apr 2020, 10:16 AM #102Novice
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13th Apr 2020, 12:15 AM #103Most Valued Member
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Welcome to a TOP FORUM Darren.
KrynTo grow old is mandatory, growing up is optional.
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15th Apr 2020, 06:42 PM #104
Hercus A #5408
I'll add my newly purchased Hercus A to the list. It is a 1956 model that, according to the tags, spent most of its working life in the navy, specifically at RANRL (RAN Research Labs, here in Sydney). After RANRL was closed in 1988 it went to one of the guys working there, then to a mate (also Navy, also a machinist), and now to me. It looks in good shape, and well looked after, but I have no idea of how much wear it has. It's going to be fun finding out. Hooray!
A quick motor change coming up, some new belts, then we'll see where we're at...
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15th Apr 2020, 06:55 PM #105
Welcome Mark. Plenty of assistance on the forum. Keep the photos coming!
Happy swarf making.
Cheers, Tony
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