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Thread: A Hercus owners register??
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31st March 2009, 02:34 PM #91Senior Member
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Seams you answered before I asked MG
Any suggestions on where to buy or look for a VSD for a fractional hp motor?
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31st March 2009, 03:58 PM #92Product designer retired
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Cheap variable speed drive
The cost will be next to nix from your sports store.
I just missed out, by one day, on scoring a second hand tread mill being chucked out from my local sports store. The store owner tells me second hand units have virtually no value and finish up in the scrap bin at the rate of about one a month.
With a tread mill motor and built in controls, you get a really nice variable speed drive.
Not sure about the horse power, that would need to be checked out.
Ken
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31st March 2009, 05:16 PM #93Senior Member
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Any idea what type of motors they have Ken? D.C. I guess?
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31st March 2009, 09:03 PM #94Product designer retired
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BF,
I shall investigate tomorrow, leave it with me.
Ken
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31st March 2009, 11:19 PM #95Trainee novice
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Hi,
I'd like to add myself to the Hercus register. Late last year I got an old Model C (#1408) and it is now almost complete.
The main bit I need now is a flat main belt. I think the dimensions are 825x25x5. Does anybody know where I can source such a belt ? A friend suggested I try a car timing belt and run it inside out. I would like a continuous belt rather than one I have to sew or staple together.
I'm in Sydney and have checked Mick Moyles.
Thanks,-- Steven Saunderson
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31st March 2009, 11:56 PM #96Senior Member
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pulley belt
Like yourself one of my machines is an early model flat belt drive. I was at cbc bearings the other day and they had a timing belt 840*20 which should do what you want. I'm going for the stiched leather myself.
Mal
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31st March 2009, 11:56 PM #97Senior Member
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Welcome the hercus owners register
Hi Steven, and welcomeas you are No 54 to our growing list of owners so welcome and if in doubt ask as the greymatter on this register can solve all hercus problems and if they cannot well it cannot be done
As for the Timing belt My mates (my old lathe VB316) has a Holden jackaroo Timing belt cut and joined with the correct clamps and works well
your best bet is get a leather belt and cut of the buckle and fit it on your pulleys then mark were they join snuggly
take it off some good old Contact adhesive and once it is dry belt down to the Motor wreckers or a spare parts place that has a good staff as they will find the belt if they are interested Most are not
The next is a leather repair shop and get the belt glued and sown
But the Timing belt is the go if you can find the correct joing clips and the piece of brass rod to join and off you go
If you look there is Hercus No30 which has a timing belt on it but as you have the dimensions cheapest is the wreckers as my Jackaroo belt was $80.00+ to replace new you may spend half a day but it will save you money as you just go car bar car with your sample belt
Good Luck and welcome to the Forum and I will see if I can find out what No 30 Hercus belt is
all the best Derek
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1st April 2009, 01:22 AM #98Senior Member
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2 more to add
Hi Derek,
You had better add 2 more machines to the list. Along with my C5843(1956), you can add C1289 (flat belt model 1945) and ARM 14696(1973), both are complete (thanks in part to you) and should be operational shortly.
Talk to you latter
Mal
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1st April 2009, 10:38 PM #99Trainee novice
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Hi Derek and Mal,
Thanks for the replies about the belt. My headstock has been removed and dismantled so if there ever was any precise adjustment for alignment then there sure isn't now. This is why I'm not worried about the effort is fitting a continuous belt.
Thanks,-- Steven Saunderson
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2nd April 2009, 03:03 PM #100Senior Member
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belt
Hi Steven,
I have some extra leather here if you have trouble getting some, it's 25mm * 6mm.Give me a ring if you're interested 0438466008.
Mal
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2nd April 2009, 09:41 PM #101Trainee novice
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2nd April 2009, 10:32 PM #102Intermediate Member
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Belt
When my old belt broke I went to Repco and got an endless 'polyvee' engine timing belt of the same length and installed it by removing the spindle (while I did other repairs). I run it with the ribbed face on the pulleys and it works fine. Very quiet, the old girl whispers now.
Buncha
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2nd April 2009, 10:42 PM #103Trainee novice
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3rd April 2009, 06:45 PM #104Intermediate Member
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I've just checked the markings on the belt. It is a 6PK0890, the length is 890 mm and it is 22 mm (7/8") wide.
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4th April 2009, 06:12 PM #105Trainee novice
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I couldn't find such a belt but I did get a 6PK820. It is a bit tight. Bando makes a 6PK865 which sounds better.
I can see why people dislike removing the spindle. The large gear near the right is a good push fit. An oddity with this lathe is that it has no bearing shells; it is just steel against steel. The spindle has a few small grooves and it looks like there is dirt in the felt pads. So, I'll go hunting for a better belt and make sure everything is super-clean before it goes back together.Last edited by phelum; 4th April 2009 at 06:13 PM. Reason: spelling
-- Steven Saunderson
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