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22nd October 2019, 09:40 PM #1Most Valued Member
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Lathe identification
G'day all
As the title suggests, I'm trying to ID my lathe that I just started to restore a couple of days ago...
I thought maybe some guru's here could help out with my thoughts.
My leanings are toward it being a Hercus for 2 reasons - 1) the shape of the headstock casting, and 2) the style of motor mount/belt tensioner, but there's a few other things that throws the spanner in the works and gets me baffled. First, the apron is a little different to what I can find on the web and second, it's a flat bed with a gap.
The only number that I can find that makes any sense to the ID is a "C48" stamped in the bed at the right/back position on the bed top, which would seem to make it a Model 'C' from 1940. The other number is a "DA3057" stamped in the front of the bed, just where the switch is mounted, which makes no sense for a serial number (that I can see, anyway)
Pictures speak more than words, so here's a few I took just before I started this project... Love to hear anyone's thoughts on what it is!
(I actually know the history of this lathe pretty well, back until about 1970... prior to that it would be an educated guess)
Thanks in advance, John
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