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  1. 8th April 2011, 09:10 PM #1
    bob colles
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    Default Last Hercus manufactured?

    When was the last Hercus Lathe ever made?
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  3. 9th April 2011, 01:24 PM #2
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    Default Hercus manufacture dates

    From a chart that has been circulating around this forum, it seems the last 260 was made in 1998.
  4. 9th April 2011, 07:41 PM #3
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    They were still advertised as available in 2001.. About $12 000 from memory whether they actually made/sold any is another matter..

    They did make the last of the genuine South Bend lathes, for South Bend in the US... That was in the mid naughties I think...
  5. 10th April 2011, 08:15 AM #4
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    I visited the Hercus factory around 1996 and they mentioned they 4 lathe bed castings remaining and that was it. As RC says the asking price was uncompetitive with similar sized imports.
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