My Hercus 9 Restoration.

[wm460]

My Hercus 9 Restoration has finally started.

Finally got a nice cool day for a change, only 41°C.

So I thought I would start cleaning up my Hercus 9 and try and keep the missus happy.
You might remember my thread about this lathe I saw advertised in Alice Springs at a recycling yard ( Alice is the closest town 500 Km away) in March last year, I only wanted the stand for my Hercus 260, but when I picked it up I found out it was an Hercus ARL.
When I bought her home, I had to dismantle her to get her off the trailer and stacked the parts on an obsolete hospital bed, 6 month later I transferred to a different department at work so bought home my bench that I originally took there because it was too big for my shed.
For some reason the missus is keeps whinging about 2 lathes, a hospital bed and a bench on the back veranda, strange woman.

 

[wm460]

Just a couple of photo showing the crap in her.



Bit of a difference.

 

[wm460]

After I strip it back to bare metal, primed it with a kill rust primer, what further steps do I take before painting?

What is the best way to straighten this door?
Approx 3mm thick.

 

[Morse]

Flat bars and your hydraulic press. My guess.
You’ll do your usual expert restoration Mark. Keep the pictures coming.

Dave

 

[fortress]

Good luck with that Mark, if anybody can restore that, it's you sir.

 

[Vic Perrin]

What a great project Mark, looking forward to seeing how you progress with it. Keep the pictures coming! You should have no problem with paint drying when you get around to painting it with the weather you have down there

 

[Phil Dart]

Yep, keep the piccies coming Mark. It would be great to see the work in progress as it happens.

You should have no problem with paint drying when you get around to painting it with the weather you have down there

The trick is to get the paint off the brush and onto the machine before it dries i guess

 

[Penpal]

Mark happy you are getting to this project,enjoy.

Peter.

 

[wm460]

What a great project Mark, looking forward to seeing how you progress with it. Keep the pictures coming! You should have no problem with paint drying when you get around to painting it with the weather you have down there

It is too hot to paint.
My beer seems to evaporate before I can drink it.:pint:

 

[wm460]

Yep, keep the piccies coming Mark. It would be great to see the work in progress as it happens.

Will do, but it will be a long job I reckon.

The trick is to get the paint off the brush and onto the machine before it dries i guess

That is a problem some times, I have had a paint brush sticking to tube as I tried to paint it.

 

[wm460]

I attacked one side of the cabinet this morning cleaned of the paint and rust from the outside and underneath.




I was wondering how to cleaned up the corners etc, and the inside, I have been using an angle grinder with wirebrush.

My angle grinder are too big to fit inside the cabinet.

I dont have access to sand blasting equipment.

 

[wm460]

Tray done

Went to attach the tailstock, to separate it from the base, I will have to knock out the locking lever, am I correct?

 

[silver]

Looks like a nice project Mark, keep us updated and looking forward to seeing it completed.. No pressure.

 

[Dalboy]

Nice project Mark.

Clean the paint off of the outside of the tailstock to see if there any pins screws that are hidden by the paint. have you got a picture of the bottom of the tailstock (careful wording there as this is a family site)

 

[Penpal]

Heaps of blow by blow restorations on the net Mark.

Peter.

 

[wm460]

Looks like a nice project Mark, keep us updated and looking forward to seeing it completed.. No pressure.

There is I have a major reno on the house end of March, I will needing this space.

 

[wm460]

Nice project Mark.

Clean the paint off of the outside of the tailstock to see if there any pins screws that are hidden by the paint. have you got a picture of the bottom of the tailstock (careful wording there as this is a family site)

The grub screw you see at thge top of the T/S, there is one on either side to center the T/S to the Headstock.



These two holes presumably oilers, are not threaded as I would have thought, doesnt appear that any thing has been knocked out/off.
There would have had to be something to stop swarf, dirt and crud getting tin there?

 

[wm460]

Heaps of blow by blow restorations on the net Mark.

Peter.

Links Please.

 

[Dalboy]

Have you removed the two grub screws to see if that gives you more movement to remove the bottom section of the tailstock

 

[wm460]

Have you removed the two grub screws to see if that gives you more movement to remove the bottom section of the tailstock

Yes only get very minute maovement Left or Right.