Hi guys,

I have just become a member of the Hercus community.

I have been searching for a lathe for my son to continue his interest in metalwork at home, and after a summer long search I finally found something that will fit into our modest shop. I found a pair that came out of a high school and are a 260AT and a 260ATLH, both working when removed this summer, one of them slowly creeps out of low range into high range, hopefully just an adjustment, the other one runs perfectly. Comes with 5 or 6 chucks, mix of 3 and 4 jaw, face plates, lives centers, drill chucks, and a few other misc goodies, as well as all documentation and some cool old training slides for an overhead projector. As these are just AT, not ATM, I assume M means metric, so these should be imperial? There are some gears new wrapped in oil paper, hopefully they are for this lathe and will allow metric threading. I also think that the ATLH is a slightly longer machine, and hardened ways? I have been researching Hercus for a few days now and have learned a lot, this site is amazing. We are in western Canada and I think these were pretty commonly found in high schools here. They seem to be well looked after, I haven't seen them yet as it's a 10 hour round trip but have made the deal and they will be helping me load them tomorrow with a forklift into the box of my truck. Hope they both fit, full size Dodge Ram 1 ton with 6' box.

I have attached few pics of them where they sit in storage. I'll update more tomorrow after I get home, will be a long day driving thru mountain passes, hope for no snow.

Cheers

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