Thread: Model 260 Sales Flyer

Attached a .pdf file with a Hercus Model 260 Price List from Stockdale machinery, dated 4th January 1988. There are 4 pages. Albeit now 22 years old, it may still give an idea about parts values in relation to each other.

Personally, I find it confirms my experience, that good quality machine tools keep their value. Say if a good lathe did cost $4,000 20 or 30 years, it will still be worth that much today in todays dollars, if in pristine and well cared after condition. All computers I ever owned were woth nothing after 5 years, regardless how much used or cared for .

Chris

Hello Chris,

Thank you for posting the scanned brochures and, especially, the price list.

The turret attachment was an expensive option at roughly half the cost of the lathe. I recall looking at my dismantled 9" turret and thinking about the time and effort that went into designing, prototyping and finally making the finished item and coming to terms wth the high price of these things.

There is a real pleasure in owning and using machines that, if cared for, will provide future owners with equal pleasure.

Regards Bob

This is the Model 260 Spare Parts Manual. It came with my recently aquired 260. This manual is vintage 1988 or older. The last Model 260 is said to have been sold in 1999, so if someone own a younger manual please post it. Since it is essentially a catalog to order parts, I do not think any copyright issue arises.

I had to pack this manual into two .pdf file to retain a reasonable resolution to see the pictures, whilst not exceeding the site's upload size limit for this type of file.

I also have the Model 260 specific Textbook of Turning, but I will not scan/post that one here because it could be seen as a book and copyright would apply. However, if someone needs to know something specific from it, I may scan a page private.

Enjoy, Chris

Chris
Do you have the parts list scanned at a higher resalution, if so could you send it to me. I started tearing mine down a year ago and am just getting bact to it and the photos would be helpfull in sorting out what goes where. If you do let me know and I will pm you my email address

I scanned the original A5 size printrd booklet as A4 pages (two A5 onto one A4). That resultrd in 15 files of pretty cose 1MB each, 15MB in total. Yes resution is about 2 to 3 times better than in the .pdf files I posted. Send me your email address. Chris

Hi Chris.
I sent an email through the bulletin board, did you get it? I also tryed to pm you but it wouldn't let me. I am not in a big hurry for the scans just wanted to know if you got my email address.

Sorry, what happened I was several years a member of the woodworking forum, but never posted anything. And now that I started posting here in metalworking/Hercus, I forgot to update my email address. So your mail could not reach me. I corrcted this now, but still cannot see your private message in this bulletin. Please try again, it should work now. Chris