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  1. #1
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    Default Good Evening. New guy here

    Good Evening everyone.

    So, I've got my own first lathe.

    I've watched a few videos and used 1 back in school, but for all intents and purposes i consider myself to be completely new to this.

    There's no branding on the lathe from what i can see, but if i remember correctly i was told it was a southbend and is the same as a hercule ?

    here' some pictures as i got it home this evening.

    I looked at the gears and i have sizes

    Oh, it's all in inches which will be an adventure as everything i grew up with and work with is in mm's haha.
    24, 32, 44, 46, 48, 52, 80.
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  2. #2
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    Welcome to the forum.

  3. #3
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    Thank you

    i did some practice stuff today

    made myself a not so pretty thing haha.


    I need some better tooling, i broke a couple of tips today. :/

  4. #4
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    Welcome, 'Math


    Breaking tips is usually carelessness. e.g. starting to cut too deep, or accidentally hitting something, or stopping, then moving the carriage without winding the cross slide (cutting depth) out?


    (I'm not an expert, but the shape of the cutter tip, especially ground HSS - High Speed Steel - usually has strength in one direction but not in others)

  5. #5
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    Hi Mathullsella,
    Welcome to our MetalWork Forums.

    We have great bunch here very helpful and supportive of one another. You will find many like minded folk here with same interests as you.
    There is a dedicated HERCUS sub forum which I believe you will find handy as I understand that Hercus models were cloned /copied/ based upon the South Bend Lathes. I favor HSS tooling as it is cheap ,versatile and can be sharpened and modified to use on specific tasks.

    If you explore our pages you will find bits and pieces of interesting things all over the place.

    Go to the FORUM box at top LH corner and click on it.

    A drop down menu appears and you can select Forum Home at the top of the drop down menu list. Scan down the pages to look at what we have.

    Please make an effort to read the Terms of Use -our Rules - pretty standard for many forums these days.By joining the forum its automatic that they apply to you as a member.Not having read the the TOUs won't be of help if someone does not follow them.

    Normally the soft ware works so you can't post pics or links until 10 posts are made ( or such links and pics are cleared by a mod)

    Its anti spam thing.

    There are all sorts of forums that might be parallel with your interests, found as described above.

    If any questions contact me via PM and I'll try to help you.

    Grahame

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