I have been doing a bit of reading on oil vs Teflon grease in the cone pulley, so I am more confused than when I started. Thank you for pointing out the grub screw, it turns out that there was a grub screw (unsure if it is original, or a replacement). I reckon your haul is worth anywhere between $1500 & $2000. If it is missing and has been run without it, the headstock may be scored/damaged. If it is, you'll need to fill up the oil again before running and replace the grub screw. It looks like the grub screw that keeps the oil in headstock cone pulley is missing. In one of your photo's (last number 75 I think) show's the headstock cone pulley. Sheraton's and Hercus's are pretty much copies of the South Bend lathe. I can already see some issues that will need to be resolved, and have a lot of questions, but I will start out with some photos and see if you guys think the thread should be moved first. My hope with this lathe is to turn some replacement handles etc, for some of my machines, but I suspect this is the kind of machine you don't realise that you needed it until you have it.īelow are a couple of pictures, as you can see she is not in the greatest condition, but hopefully with a bit of love, I can do a few projects and perhaps learn a bit on the way.
My theory is that as I paid basically nothing for the bandsaw, it was a good lathe to start with, and perhaps along the way work out what to look out for on a future purchase. To be honest I spend most of my time playing with old woodworking machinery and am very nieve in relation to metal working lathes (a real beginner), so at this stage I am not too sure what I have got myself into.
I picked up this lathe last week as a trade for a bandsaw I had laying around. I know it's not a Hercus, so please excuse the intrusion, but to be honest I have been looking for a home for this post, and some help along the way, and this looks like possibly my most likely source of information (if anyone takes offense or recomends I post in another section, I am happy to have the post moved).
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