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Here is a Hercus 260 modification to accept a single phase motor I did recently.

G'day Piers

I have been going down the same path with my Colchester and like your idea of the finishing sander.
Where do you get your large Scotch-brights from?

Does anyone know of a good...

My Colchester Triumph 2000 has Down (and a little right) for forward and Up as reverse. Lever in direction of rotation.

This is the only lathe I have with spindle control on the saddle so nothing...

I am suffering a great deal of lathe envy at the moment. Great lathe and fantastic buy. :D

You can't make something foolproof because fools are so ingenious! :rolleyes:

Tom from oxtoolco must have seen your thread Michael and decided to do his own.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_jQ7-UiWgI

44 minutes of it if you want the long version.

I would not use (nor ever recommend) using any sort of vacuum cleaner with flammable liquids (or gasses for that matter).


Dust will always get past any filter, better filter means less but finer...

I think you will find any wet and dry vacuum worth its money will have a bypass motor and not a flow through.
An ordinary household vacuum cleaner is usually flow through and all the air (and dust...

I have just placed an order with CDCO and was quoted US$60 per flat rate box up to 20 lbs. Frank maximised the packing to supposedly give me the best bang for buck, so we will see when they arrive....

As mentioned in another thread, I have been going through my dial indicators and have also spent the evening inside a DTI, in this case a Mitutoyo no.2412-08 0.001"-0.400". The problem with this one...

Same here. I was after some Stevenson's ER32 Collet Blocks and discovered Ausee had the same blocks as Arc Euro Trade Ltd but at a better price. After dropping the hint to my wife before Christmas a...

I have also seen a lot of "Mitutogo" dial indicators on ebay. Clearly a knockoff but avoiding copywrite with a subtle letter change.
I have one and it works OK but not as good as the real deal. The...

I could always provide some off site storage :rolleyes:

On a more serious note, are any of the Albrecht keyless chuck clones worth the money.
I have been looking to get one or two new keyless...

The hand wheel in question is disengaged from the screw unless I push it it (some form of a dog clutch) but the fine cutting feed also doesn't appear to work without it being pushed in?
I have...

Yes I researched it on lathes.co.uk and I had a play before I bought it. The marking by the lever implies 4 positions but it only appears to have three (on mine anyway). One of the questions I...

Thanks Ken, I will have a look on the off chance but I am sure the previous owner would have found them.
It will at least explain what the empty posts are for.

LOL Nah ... the photo is from the workshop of the guy I bought it from. It is now sitting on cold concrete.



I have the dividing head to cut the gears and more lathes than is polite to...

Thanks Bob but I have done the search on every iteration I could come up with.
I found a couple of people selling a manual but my first option was to try here and see where that got me.



Yeh...

G'day All

I have just bought a Bridgeport (textron) Model 1ES (J) horizontal milling machine but don't have any manuals for it.

I was hoping someone might have the manual (PDF?) I could get a...

G'day

I am looking to put a DRO on my Prvomajska turret mill and after seeing your post and some intensive reading I think I will give an "Android DRO" a go. Already ordered the TI launchpad and...

I'm no chemist but from what I've read, molasses removes rust by chelation not by its weak acidity.

Chelation is the binding of metals by an organic compound by the sharing of electron pairs.
The...

I would definitely recommend it.

Much better than the electrolysis method (no power supplies or caustic solutions).
Safer than phosphoric acid solutions (you could drink molasses solution if the...

G'day Guys,

I have been having a lot of success using molasses solution for rust removal.
It is the cheapest and easiest method I have come across and is very effective.

1 part molasses (about...

My experience with sheets alone has had mixed results.

The sheet offers fair protection but has a tendency to wick oil off the machine and can cause protruding things like handles and knobs to...

G'day All,
I use CRC long life.

Long Life

From the manufacturers data
"CRC Long Life Anti-Rust Lubricant provides a long term protection to all metals subjected to rust and salt corrosion....

Here are a few pic of the Scissor Lift I built. Not originally for moving Hercus's but very useful for that purpose.

http://www.users.on.net/%7Eakparrott/SL155.jpg
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G'day all

I just picked up a 260 long bed yesterday and had no problems moving it, loading and unloading it by myself. Many people use a engine hoist but I use a scissor lift. The method is as...