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- Jul 13, 2021
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Hi There, I thought I would share a project that I have been working on, I have 3 Hercus 260 geared headstock lathes that I am currently rebuilding, overall they are in good shape, really just need repainting and going through a few things, they look like they may have had a rebuild at Hercus just before being decommissioned from school use, all of the usual worn parts have been replaced and the beds have had a regrind, the other thing with these is they use a seperate drive shaft set up for the apron, they run a leadscrew and a feed shaft with a switch at the gearbox to change between the 2, these are designated as DGMLH (Double drive shaft, Geared headstock, Metric gearbox, Long bed (49") Hardened ways). I have put up a photos of the lathes and the apron, I will put some more up as I finish stripping them down further.