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Thread: hercus 260g sold $7000
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28th Sep 2018, 08:28 PM #1Senior Member
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hercus 260g sold $7000
watched a hercus 260g on grays auctions end last night and the last 10 minutes was a bidding frenzy
after i almost fell off my chair and the dust had settled the winning bidder after gst , commission ect was up for around $7000
i saw one on ebay a while back for $3500 that sold
watching the grays bidding was more entertaining than watching the tv, i could not believe what i was seeing
must have been two people that really wanted it
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28th Sep 2018, 08:54 PM #2Diamond Member
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Hope it had every accessory at that price!
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28th Sep 2018, 08:58 PM #3
Wow, that's a big price for a Hercus. They come up for sale often enough that I would have thought the law of supply and demand wouldn't push the price up that much. Did it come with a few goodies, like a taper turning attachment?
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29th Sep 2018, 08:38 PM #4Most Valued Member
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hercus 260g sold $7000
If it was in good nick and had a bunch of accessories, I reckon that’s a good buy. Aren’t the G’s quite rare? I think Hercus lathes in good condition will only increase in value.
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29th Sep 2018, 09:04 PM #5future machinist
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Oh wow got a link too the greys auction ?
I paid $1700 for my 260GBETTER TO HAVE TOOLS YOU DON'T NEED THAN TO NEED TOOLS YOU DON'T HAVE
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29th Sep 2018, 11:51 PM #6Intermediate Member
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There's one for sale locally for $2000
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...0827306587835/
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30th Sep 2018, 01:09 AM #7Most Valued Member
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That one on Facebook is a different model.
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30th Sep 2018, 11:10 AM #8Intermediate Member
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So what is the dif between a 260 and a 260g?
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30th Sep 2018, 11:23 AM #9Most Valued Member
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I think the 260g is actually a heated headstock with a greater range of speeds, did it get a hardened bed?
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30th Sep 2018, 11:33 AM #10future machinist
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The main difference is the G is a gear driven model Mine has 18 speeds 50 rpm too 2580 rpm. They also have both a lead scew and drive shaft for powered feed. I believe the hardened bed was just an option.
BETTER TO HAVE TOOLS YOU DON'T NEED THAN TO NEED TOOLS YOU DON'T HAVE
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30th Sep 2018, 11:11 PM #11Most Valued Member
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2580 is pretty fast for straight cut gears, is it really howling at those speeds?
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1st Oct 2018, 01:14 AM #12Intermediate Member
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Thanks for the explanation chaps.
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1st Oct 2018, 09:59 AM #13Senior Member
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Yes. At my last school, where we had a few DGM's, the kids would love to distract the operator, click the lathe up to top gear and engage the leadscrew geartrain, preferably in a pretty tall gear there too. Poor timmy would come back to his machine, thinking all was right in the world and switch it on...oh the noise, yeah, they howled alright.
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