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    Hi All,


    I've dusted off a lathe that has been in my garage for a number of years and am hoping the forum can help me to understand a bit more about the Hercus lathes. I'm interested to know how old it is and if it is a standard model etc.

    I can see that it is a Hercus 9 Model C ( machine number 3589). It also has C9819 stamped on the bed (hopefully right terminology?). I fired the lathe up today and it turns which was a surprise as it looks like it has been idle for many years.

    I've attached a few photos of the lathe and parts. Thanks in advance for any replies!


    Richard
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    I think the two different numbers like 3589 you provide imply that your lathe is a combination of parts from two different lathes manufactured about ten years apart, say in 1955 and in about 1965.

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    It looks dry. Oil it everywhere, but especially the headstock bearings, which are plain.
    Do you intend to keep it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Donaldo View Post
    I think the two different numbers like 3589 you provide imply that your lathe is a combination of parts from two different lathes manufactured about ten years apart, say in 1955 and in about 1965.
    Thanks - makes sense now. Not sure of the history of the lathe as it came with the house when we bought it a few years ago. Previous owner had been here for a long time and had a lot of machinery in the garage. Sounds like a lot of the machines came from schools and TAFE - he was a retired teacher so might have had good access to parts?

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    Quote Originally Posted by nadroj View Post
    It looks dry. Oil it everywhere, but especially the headstock bearings, which are plain.
    Do you intend to keep it?
    It is very dry and dusty. I'll have to get out some degreaser and oil on the weekend and see how it looks after a once over. Not sure what I'm going to do with it - has been sitting in the garage for the last 4 years.

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    Not sure what to do with it?

    Once you have a lathe, you will imagine uses;

    • Making washers the exact size you need,
    • reducing the diameter of screw heads to fit in other machines where you have lost a screw or bolt,
    • making wheels in nylon to repair window or door rollers,
    • shortening screws or bolts,
    • making sleeves or bushes to adapt metric bolts into imperial machines,
    • creating a set of darts,
    • creating steel wool

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    Quote Originally Posted by Richard10 View Post
    It is very dry and dusty. I'll have to get out some degreaser
    Please don't use water-based degreaser as it could do more harm than good.
    A hydrocarbon such as kerosene will clean just as well and not harm anything.
    Try it with steel wool to remove light rusting from the working surfaces.

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