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I have actually really surprised myself with what I have learned simply by watching youtube videos and reading lathe books, including 'The textbook of turning'. I refer to that a lot and it seems to...

Hi Kodiak,

About 6 months ago now I purchased my Hercus Model A 9" lathe. And im REALLLLLY glad that I did, because I was also like you and looking around at things like Chinese lathes and...

OK a bit of an update - I bought a new replacement thrust bearing, and also the fibre disc replacement roller bearing upgrade.

Only problem now is, I am struggling with the bolts that hold the...

OK so I did play with the adjustment as per pipeclay's instructions, and certainly taking up a small fraction of play has quietened down the bearing chatter to almost nil, but I do still suspect the...

Thankyou pipeclay for taking the time to explain that. I will have a look this evening when I got home from work and see what the result is. At least by hand the spindle feels very tight I cannot...

Hi All,

Need some advice on a new noise from my Hercus. Over the last couple of times I used it a clicking or chattering sound began to develop and it was kind of difficult to pinpoint but...

Well I am feeling just a little bit chuffed today, I learned some new things and made a thing :)

I found an old bunsen burner at the local scrap yard which still had the old bayonet style gas tap...

David, you hit the nail on the head! Yes there was a 20 tooth gear being used as a spacer on the lead screw. I took the lead screw gear off and then removed the smaller gear and its stamped 20. I...

I will have a look tonight and get back to you, might post a pic as well. I have only used the power feed on a very slow feed rate, not doing .048 cuts sorry if I'm confusing you but I'm quite a...

I have only used the power feed on the lathe for some basic cutting tasks not threading as yet, I kind of got stumped at the 20 tooth gear being missing. It seems only very coarse threads can be cut...

There is a 40 tooth stud gear on the lathe at the moment. Where can I get a new gear for $22 + post? That seems very fair and reasonable to me!

Well believe it or not, it turns out I am missing a critical part of the lathe. I decided to dive into the art of thread cutting and so read some articles and also watched some videos, but when it...

Well, I was meant to be out doing last minute Xmas shopping today but instead just had a good old play on the lathe and am very happy to report that I was able to align the tailstock turning only...

Well I won't give up an exact figure but it was more than $1000 and less than $1500, so you can put it in that ballpark somewhere :) I think the machine on its own is probably worth the price I...

OK this one I now believe may be a worksheet holder of some kind, as has been suggested to me by someone who has seen the lathe and associated bits. Sound about right? It's the best guess at this...

I think perhaps it would be the duplex pulley setup, the pulley directly attached to the electric motor has 2 sizes.

Actually during some of my readings I see speed recommendations in RPM and SFM...

Thanks for posting the links to those PDF files guys! I will study the Text Book of Turning a bit and I'm sure it will fill in lots of knowledge gaps. Although I will say that my best resource at...

OK well this afternoon I performed my first real operation on the lathe, to try and determine what kind of taper it would turn over a length of bar stock. I used a piece of aluminium bar stock and...

Guys I can't thank you enough for all the assistance in identifying some of those things, I have already been on YouTube watching example videos on their usage and its all starting to make a lot more...

Another quite curious looking thing, in its own box
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You would put this in the chuck and then something...

Okay, so I went through the mini mountain of bits that came with the lathe just now and I have fished out some of the stuff that I need help in identifying.

Whats this for?...

@morrisman there could well be a taper turning attachment but I wouldn't know! I'm not embarrased to admit that I really am a novice here. Infact if you fellows didn't mind perhaps I can put up a...

Hi All, looks like I have found that corner of the internet where all the Hercus owners are gathered :)

After much searching and debating on what to buy for my first metalwork lathe I came across...