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10th December 2007, 04:41 PM #1Product designer retired
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Hercus lathe paint scheme
Dear members,
A mate of mine has an old 9" Hercus lathe, and although it has been repainted grey, originally green, there are traces of bright red paint inside the bed, inside the back gear cover, inside the bull gear and belt pulleys.
Since I am about to repaint my Hercus, I would like to know if the red paint was genuine.
Would like to get the paint scheme as per original, the same as it would have been leaving the factory.
If you have a Hercus still in the original colours, I would like to hear your comments.
Ken
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10th December 2007, 05:02 PM #2
hey Ken, I was going to mention that when I was at your place...my Herc has the same red colour on bed and gear area. I think it was used there for the same reason the gun decks on warships used to be...hides the bloodshed.
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10th December 2007, 06:06 PM #3Product designer retired
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G'day Greg,
Nice answer, ouch!
In relation to the back gear area and cover, which parts of your Hercus are painted red?
Is it just the inside of the cover, or more?
Ken
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10th December 2007, 06:07 PM #4
All the Hercus lathes at school have Red undercoating like you have described but the grenn on the top bits. Maybe they used red undercoat over everything first so they could see if they missed any bits when going over with the green??
Have a nice day - Cheers
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10th December 2007, 06:21 PM #5Product designer retired
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Hi WB,
That sounds like the feasible answer, but in stripping down castings to bare metal, some parts were primed with a light grey paint then top coated, while other cast parts were not primed at all, just straight top coat.
Things must have been getting pretty tight in Hercus's last days.
Ken
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10th December 2007, 07:57 PM #6
Father's Southbend (parent of the Hercus) had a similar colour arrangement, and from memory (40+ years ago) so did the Hercus' in the metal shop at school.
I suspect sequence was a primer/undercoat, followed by red finish coat all over, and then the green as a final coat over exterior appearance areas.
The red would provide a contrast background for an operator concentrating on the cut, and would be a quality finish coat rather than a a crud coat, judging by its survivability in comparison to the merd applied to Chinese machines, which tends to dissolvle at the sight of approaching cutting lubes.
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Give Hercus call with the model of your lathe and they can most likley tell you the correct paint scheme.
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