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8th May 2021, 08:12 AM
Thread: Hercus 9 B Restoration
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That's a very practical upgrade! Great work. ...
That's a very practical upgrade! Great work.
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26th Feb 2021, 09:01 PM
Thread: VB675 the restoration.
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Thanks! It's much more grey than blue in reality,...
Thanks! It's much more grey than blue in reality, you can barely see any blue in it in most lights but the camera keeps thinking it's blue for some reason.
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26th Feb 2021, 08:51 PM
Thread: VB675 the restoration.
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Thanks to some great help and advice from members...
Thanks to some great help and advice from members on this forum I finally have a colour sorted!
I took my gear cover to Haymes Paints and had it matched. By my eye it appears to be a tiny bit less... -
26th Feb 2021, 08:46 PM
Thread: VB675 the restoration.
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A care package arrived from AMH. It's so great...
A care package arrived from AMH. It's so great that these kinds of quality resources are available to fix up a 78 year old lathe!
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26th Feb 2021, 08:41 PM
Thread: Hercus 9 B Restoration
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Looks fantastic! it's nice when things line up....
Looks fantastic! it's nice when things line up. :2tsup:
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24th Feb 2021, 01:37 PM
Thread: Hercus 9 B Restoration
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Thanks Brett! I'm going to go see our local...
Thanks Brett! I'm going to go see our local Haymes and see what I can find out. I removed the gearing chart and found an unmolested patch of colour. I'll take it to them and see how they go. At least...
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24th Feb 2021, 01:32 PM
Thread: VB675 the restoration.
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I had a minor brainwave and removed the gearing...
I had a minor brainwave and removed the gearing cover chart in the hope of finding some paint that hadn't been painted over.
And.....ta da!!
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24th Feb 2021, 01:29 PM
Thread: VB675 the restoration.
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It's certainly a hard colour to get right! It...
It's certainly a hard colour to get right! It looks, black, grey and blue depending on how you hold your tongue!
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21st Feb 2021, 09:44 PM
Thread: Hercus 9 B Restoration
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That looks fantastic! I'd love to see more, I'm...
That looks fantastic! I'd love to see more, I'm trying to match the same colour for my 43 9C.
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20th Feb 2021, 08:52 PM
Thread: VB675 the restoration.
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Once it was primed I gave the inner section a few...
Once it was primed I gave the inner section a few coats of red, matched as close as I could to the original.
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20th Feb 2021, 08:49 PM
Thread: VB675 the restoration.
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Once the bed was stripped to a bare casting I...
Once the bed was stripped to a bare casting I masked the bedways etc and gave it a couple of coats of spray putty to emulate the filler originally used.
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18th Feb 2021, 09:44 PM
Thread: VB675 the restoration.
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Thanks Tony! I'd love to hear from anyone with...
Thanks Tony!
I'd love to hear from anyone with an early navy/grey 9". I'm up to the top coat stage with the bed but I'm struggling to find what the correct colour should be.
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18th Feb 2021, 08:09 PM
Thread: VB675 the restoration.
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The plan is to start with the bed then work on...
The plan is to start with the bed then work on the bolt on parts one at a time. I stripped the bed with a combination of paint stripper and wire wheels. Then I removed the burrs and bumps from the...
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18th Feb 2021, 08:07 PM
Thread: VB675 the restoration.
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The table of parts! ...
The table of parts!
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18th Feb 2021, 08:05 PM
Thread: VB675 the restoration.
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I took a few photos before removing the lathe. ...
I took a few photos before removing the lathe.
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18th Feb 2021, 08:00 PM
Thread: VB675 the restoration.
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VB675 the restoration.
I thought it time I started a thread on the restoration of this little Hercus, VB675.
First off a bit of history/back story.
The lathe was owned by my wife's grandfather (Lionel) who passed... -
18th Feb 2021, 06:04 PM
Thread: hercus lathe serial numbers
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The initials are definitely RGE so that would be...
The initials are definitely RGE so that would be him! An amazing little bit of history!
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16th Feb 2021, 09:08 PM
Thread: hercus lathe serial numbers
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Thanks for the info! That makes sense, so much to...
Thanks for the info! That makes sense, so much to learn about these things!
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15th Feb 2021, 10:26 PM
Thread: hercus lathe serial numbers
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Hi, I have VB675. I'd love to know what the...
Hi, I have VB675.
I'd love to know what the letters mean!?
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15th Feb 2021, 06:15 PM
Thread: Correct colours for a 1943 9"?
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Definitely no numbers back here! On the upside I...
Definitely no numbers back here! On the upside I did find traces of the dark blue/grey colour as I was stripping it so it may well not be a bitsa lathe after all..
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15th Feb 2021, 06:02 PM
Thread: Correct colours for a 1943 9"?
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Interesting! There's no numbers stamped on the...
Interesting!
There's no numbers stamped on the plate on the gear cover either.
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15th Feb 2021, 05:47 PM
Thread: Correct colours for a 1943 9"?
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I'll check but I'm pretty sure there's no number...
I'll check but I'm pretty sure there's no number stamped there, just the centering mark.
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15th Feb 2021, 05:20 PM
Thread: Correct colours for a 1943 9"?
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So, I stripped the tailstock and found what I...
So, I stripped the tailstock and found what I presume is the number!?
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14th Feb 2021, 08:41 PM
Thread: Correct colours for a 1943 9"?
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Thanks Alan! Cheers Jeremy. Sent from my...
Thanks Alan!
Cheers
Jeremy.
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14th Feb 2021, 08:15 PM
Thread: Correct colours for a 1943 9"?
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I'd love to see some photos of it if that's...
I'd love to see some photos of it if that's possible? I'd like to get this as close as possible to the correct blue.
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13th Feb 2021, 08:46 PM
Thread: Correct colours for a 1943 9"?
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Thanks for the info! I'll have a look for those...
Thanks for the info! I'll have a look for those numbers tomorrow! I didn't realise they were stamped elsewhere.
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13th Feb 2021, 08:07 PM
Thread: Correct colours for a 1943 9"?
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So I've done some more digging. Well scratching...
So I've done some more digging. Well scratching really!
From what I can tell the bed and legs were originally dark navy.
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12th Feb 2021, 10:30 PM
Thread: Correct colours for a 1943 9"?
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It sounds like they had a few colours on the go...
It sounds like they had a few colours on the go at that time!
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12th Feb 2021, 10:13 PM
Thread: Correct colours for a 1943 9"?
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Thanks Tony, this appears to be a much darker...
Thanks Tony, this appears to be a much darker grey/blue??https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210212/b54802606e9cea47ba714c278b94d6a2.jpg
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12th Feb 2021, 09:16 PM
Thread: Correct colours for a 1943 9"?
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Correct colours for a 1943 9"?
Hi folks,
This is my first post.
I'm restoring my wife's grandfathers old Hercus 9"
over the years it has been painted cream and then green. It's a 1943 C model.
I've found traces of the...