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Hello Johntopp,

I have just finished restoring a Herbert drill and thought I might offer a lessons learned. One thing I found out was how much dried grease can be in a gallery behind a nipple. ...

Hello all,

Wow, many thanks for the information, I got the tape onto my machine and she measures up as a 4" planer and an 8" saw. The missing pulley is not actually missing, it seems there is a...

A few shots of my new toy. It has belt guards and the base is enclosed so it looks neat as well. Ran it last night, I think the bearings are a bit dry and squeaky which isnot an issue. Any...

Hello all,

I have just picked up an Ezycut combination machine and i am looking forward to using it. It is a table saw and a planer and I have it in the workshop next to my Myford ML-8 wood...

Well the weekend was mine in the shed. I did 4 things and they were

Cut and trim cover plate
Drill holes in cover plate
Join the dots in cover plate
Drill the dg holes in the front rail.
...

Hello again,

nothing like work away to slow progress. I have roughed out the cavity and then trimmed up the slot to fit the body of the vice. Main tools used, circular saw, chisels and the...

I know you have a few questions privet, I willdo my best to answer .

The motor on my drill is three phase continuousrated 370W and is 2850RPM. It is also special balancing and Ex rated so it...

Oh this is a nice bit of kit............

The final housing to disassemble was thequill.Again, two cover plates RH and LHthreads.I used the lathe again and thetailstock to find it was a spring...

Disassembly of the drive spindle

The next housing disassembled was the drivespindle.The housing was wrapped inlayers of aluminium foil then clamped in the lathe and the first of two coverplates...

Down feed disassemblyThe feed assembly, pinion and handle was thefirst unit I tackled. The reason forthis was the bearings are not running at high speed so could handle a mishap ifI got clumsy. The...

Hello all,

Disassembly Procedure "general" is here, follow the thread for some more posts with photos, I hope this makes it easier to follow with photos


The first thing I took off was the...

Hello MarkGray,

If you send an email to this address [email protected]

the good folk at Herbert will price things for you. The medium pulley for the Type B was GBP98 and the small one...

Thought you may like to see the spare parts list so here it is,

regards mgtoolmaker

So to progress,

Finding spare parts for Herbert drills is easy, you just contact the Paul and in a few emails, you will have hat you need. For the Type 'B' virtually every part can be purchased. I...

After owning a cheap pedestal drill and not being happy with it I set about getting a bench drill like the Waldown NH-3. I missed quite a few at auction but I did find this drill close to home. The...

Hello again,

Despite a pretty picture of the vice on the bench,:no: not all went to plan with the vice install. I was absolutely busting happy at how I managed to flatten the top and it was a...

Hello Christos,

The position of the vice on my bench was dictated by the existing base and my requirement to have as small an overhang to the left and right of the base as practical. The vice is...

Hello all,

Almost there........a few spare hours over the holiday break and the iron base is properly attached to the top now. The top is as flat as it will ever be, the ends of the bench have...

Hello all,

A progress photo, the work is continuing and the assembled top is getting planed flat. I am using my old 900mm level as a straight edge for the moment. The 6 stubs of the all thread...

The glue up of the top went reasonably well, no clothes ruined, tabletop unharmed, no unplanned attachments and only one lamination in back to front or upside down (aka wrong way). The glue has...

I am making progress, thought I would share some photos of the jigging I used to setup for the holes in the boards. The holes are now either all right or all wrong now !!!!!

The simple jigs I...

It was a busy weekend, the wood I stripped into 75mm x 25mm sections last week is now cut to bench length and dressed all round. I made a simple jig on the milling machine to start drilling the...

Some years ago I found a very different style of sewing machine base that was thrown into a recycle bin in inner Melbourne. Duly borrowed from the scrap bin and liberated to the back of my 4X4 under...

I worked at Repco in East Bentleigh, Melbourne in the 1980's and these machines cut and maintained all the special tooling (step drills etc) for machining brake components. It was incredible what...

Good to see sustainability in action, reduce, reuse, recycle. I am not sure if you have a machine shop available to you but if you do there may be another way to fix your new find.

A possible way...

Hello Waldown NH owners,

I have a Herbert Type B high speed drill, not quite a twin to the Waldown NH but they probably were close friends at school. As bought from Wallan, Victoria, mine is 3...

Hello Bob,

I had a look in the accessories book and they have the american style toolpost with self seating washer and the boring bar, they do not use a broach. I can just imagine a quality...

Hello Anorak Bob, Surfin Nev and others,

It is amazing where 6 months can go. I was o/s with work and came back to Christmas, a forced redundancy, damage to Casa MG, child in hospital (who has...

Hello Bob,

I had a thought about the slot drill, I suspect the work surface may have had a bit of localized hardening - I have had to use a dremel and grind a small area prior to drilling before...

Hello Bob, (and the many other Hercus owners around)

Almost all the brass is turned, I have 2 small pillars for the back cock and one long one for the maintaining power. The yet to be turned...

Hello Bob (and other Hercus owners),

I finally got around to taking some photos of my current project which is a clock. I am making some of it at home and some on machines that others own (gear...

Hello Mark,
Get yourself to Coburg Drive In trash and treasure, there is a guy that has engineering stuff and he may have some shim. Also check out the prices at Coventry in Arden Street, just near...

Mad Hercus nuts,
You have probably already seen it but on fleabay there is a Hercus power hacksaw for sale in WA for $120, may be of interest. Seems a good price but it could also be a boat anchor....

Hello Bob,
Thanks for taking the time to send the information on the divisions. It will be very helpful. The tailstock looks great.

The VSD is a real interesting project. I had expected the...

Hello Bob,

I am impressed and that is top class machining and yes, I would like to see the tailstock. Also if you have time, I would be interested in the hole patterns on the dividing plates as...

Hello Bob,

I opened the access plate in my base cabinet and found a void with goo stabilized wood shavings and nothing else. The wiring diagram I have says "if fitted" and there is a mark up...

Fellow Hercus mill "O"wners,
Mr Rudd has just bought me the Powerflex PF40 Variable Speed Drive that I needed for my Hercus milling machine. Now my mill will work on single phase and I feel so...

Hello Hercus mill owners,
Just received my motor back from the rewinders, it is now star and delta with 6 wires coming into the terminal box. The VSD will fit on a treat now and convert 240V single...

Derek,
The short answer is yes and also no. For background, the applications that I have worked with tend to have either -

a) one drive for each motor such as steel rolling mills and moving...

Firstly, I am no electrical guru but the 3ph motor I have is star wound. First step is I am having it changed to delta wound and that will allow the VSD to work and convert the 240 input to 415...

Hello Derek,
From what I understand it was sold ne into a QLD State School and stayed there until a workshop refurbishment when it was upgraded. I purchased it from a dealer. The serial number...

Can you add my name to the list. I have a Hercus "O" milling machine with serial number OLM-478. It is complete with horizontal and vertical attachments and came with the dividing head. It is a...

Hello Bob,
Short story, I machined the thrust washer up and made it +.005 to bed in / lapp out when it was assembled, couldn't get the final size right after I had machined it. The step length...

Hercus mill persons,
I did a trial fit of the long travel screw last night and was pleased the straightening has worked so well. From approx 1/2" runout it is now lurking around .010" TIR. The...

You are right Patrick, there is a big size and specification difference between a Hercus and a Bridgeport. Plans, initially to get it clean and running, then a good set of tooling and essentials. A...

Gents,
Hopefully this time it will work and a photo of the mill as purchased will be attached somewhere,
regards
MG

Hello Patrick, Nev, Bob,
Yes it is a rare find and it did take a lot of finding. I started looking for a Bridgeport about two years ago, missed a good one and kept looking but with more options...

Hello Bob,
I was actually in Fiji when I committed to buying the mill. I took a punt, the price was right and when I asked a colleague where the dealer was, he replied it was where his bandsaw was....

Hello Anorak Bob,
The machine as purchased had been either used as a parking bollard for a forklift or it was dropped on its side at some time. The small finger sized extension on the handwheel was...

Hello fellow Hercus 'O' mill owners,
A short progress update on the mill. The day it arrived was one of the wettest in ages and the gravel driveway could not take the weight of the engine crane to...