Thread: Old Metalwork Lathe Myford or Hercus

A quick bit of research and it seems Hercus lathes were made until about 2001, the Company is still going.

My Chinese lathe from Hafco looks almost identical to the Hercus 260.




Colin

Originally Posted by BradC

To be fair I use inserts a lot on the Myford. Done a little bit of titanium, plenty of 316 and 4140. I doubt a Hercus would be less capable. I can't really get the surface speed to get a great finish with carbide though so I'll often do a final cut with HSS if finish is important. It certainly hogs out ok.

Does ok for a basic lathe (manual changewheels and no power cross feed).

Thanks Brad,I am happy to be corrected. When I was using a Hercus, I didn't even know what a carbide tipped tool was. Even at trade school they made us use HSS.