G’day Folks

I’ve been asked if I can help with a project that’s interstate and I’m trying to work out how I might go about it. It’s a “love job” so I don’t want to break the bank.

When I get there I won’t have access to all my usual tools. Most of what I will have should still be ok because apparently no-one has used them since I was last there. I can bring things with me of course but I don’t want to be carting too much around; certainly nothing I can’t lift myself.

One way to solve the issues involved will be to rebuild broken parts. However, some of these will have imperial threads and the lathe I know I will have easy access to will be a metric Hercus 260.

I was hoping someone here might be able to help me with some of the questions I have?


Are change gears available for the hercus 260 metric model to allow imperial thread cutting?

If so what range would they give?

What do they cost and where might I get them?

Assuming the machine is still up to spec is there any accuracy compromise involved?

Is there good reference material available on this that I could download (or purchase) so I can minimise the trial and error in setting up?

thanks to any who can assist!



horaldic


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