hercus 260 lathe
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hercus 260 lathe
bought myself a new (to me) lathe
will take some better pics when i can
made in the 80's in australia, i was super stoked to catch this at 1/2 the usual price!
is ex school so has been used "gently"but bears a few battle wounds, the worst being the bent toolpost stud!
lucky for me the place i work at carries whitwoth bolrs or i may never have found a temporary replacement
next up is a clean and adjustment and buying a bunch of tooling
as Maz once said "if you want to make parts buy an new lathe," well i must admit i love tinkering with old shit. my mig is 30+ and i've sunk hours in fixing it my drill press was 27 when i got it and busted!i'm an electrician by trade so motors and controlling them is no problem
looking forward to making metal rounder and smaller!
will take some better pics when i can
made in the 80's in australia, i was super stoked to catch this at 1/2 the usual price!
is ex school so has been used "gently"but bears a few battle wounds, the worst being the bent toolpost stud!
lucky for me the place i work at carries whitwoth bolrs or i may never have found a temporary replacement
next up is a clean and adjustment and buying a bunch of tooling
as Maz once said "if you want to make parts buy an new lathe," well i must admit i love tinkering with old shit. my mig is 30+ and i've sunk hours in fixing it my drill press was 27 when i got it and busted!i'm an electrician by trade so motors and controlling them is no problem
looking forward to making metal rounder and smaller!
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Re: hercus 260 lathe
Congrats, and I see it is movable too...
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Re: hercus 260 lathe
mobile no longer! fixed my engine hoist, built a skid and lifted lathe off wheels onto skid! reason for skis is that i noticed that while on the wheels it was at a reasonable height for me (6ft 4) so i built a stand to list it up. could now be moved with a pallet jack!
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Re: hercus 260 lathe
that's a nice piece of kit dude
Now for lesson No 1...."How to make a large pile of swarf"........
Maz xx
Now for lesson No 1...."How to make a large pile of swarf"........
Maz xx
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Re: hercus 260 lathe
Nice one!....did it come with any extras??
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Re: hercus 260 lathe
camr pretty much how the last student left it. 3jaw no key rh tool in the post amd a 13mm chuck in the tail
still a machine like this goes for AUD2000 so to get it as cheap as i did will pay for the missing tools
still a machine like this goes for AUD2000 so to get it as cheap as i did will pay for the missing tools
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Re: hercus 260 lathe
righto the chuck
lathe chucs have the serial no stamped on the jaws. all three should be tha same. mine are not
also the toolpost stud is bent. made a new one on the lathe at work but i cocked the thread. oh well. next nightshift.............
lathe chucs have the serial no stamped on the jaws. all three should be tha same. mine are not
also the toolpost stud is bent. made a new one on the lathe at work but i cocked the thread. oh well. next nightshift.............
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Re: hercus 260 lathe
Bugger.....Just finished rebuilding my little myford, I have two chucks that came with, the self centering standard one is missing one of the sets of jaws....and its one of the things they dont supply as a part, oh well...keep an eye on the ebay lol....can you not heat the original thread and straighten it??
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Re: hercus 260 lathe
easy enough to make another stud, i'll just not fuck it up this time
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Re: hercus 260 lathe
actually found a used toopost stud on Ebay! never got around to making another one
also scored a set of jaws, so may well be back in full swing
also scored a set of jaws, so may well be back in full swing