Great video I wish it was available before I refurbished my lathe a few years ago. I will watch your video again before taking my lathes apron apart for cleaning and oiling in the future.
The Boxford and Hercus lathes are a Southbend copy pure and simple. New parts can be sourced from Australia Hercus site which is run by an ex Hercus employee so I've been told. He has a large number of NOS parts on his site. A point of interest is that the last Southbend lathes sold in the USA were in fact rebaged Hercus products. I have worked on all three lathe products and found the interchange of parts very useful indeed as these lathes get on in age. The Hercus product is the best made of the three in my opinion, even if it does come from Australia! I am a Kiwi...we love to hate our rallies across the Tassie ditch! In sport and everything else!
Amazes me that someone on the production line installed that part either without looking at it or worse, looked at it and installed it anyway. Nice fix.
Thanks for the informative video. I have a 34 vintage South Bend lathe. It has a similar design with the oil trough. When I took mine apart I found it all caked up with wood dust and oil, leaving it ineffective. Apparently it had been used to turn wood at one point.
I recommend adding the lathe manufacturer to the video title. I don't know what lathe you own and it isn't obvious at the start of the video (unless I missed something).
I saw a difference between yours and mine AUD mk II, the pin thru the wormgear is on mine an intergrated part with the keyway. I am thinking about putting a caphead oiler on the 4 oilholes, to prevent dirt, what is your thoughts on that ? On another note, when you tighten the backpart of the saddle, do you "just" tighten it ? When I do it locks solid, like I need to have some sort of a shim between the saddle and the bar. And couldn't you have made this video 2 months ago, then I didn't have to fight with the lefthand screw for two days before it dawned on me, and I could have saved my self 4 scraped knuckles :) Anyways as always good video
Hi Soren Thanks for your comment My oil ways and gears are clean inside so on my lathe it’s not needed. I just wipe the apron with a clean cloth prior to oiling.
On my to do list.
Now I know how to.
Thanks for taking the time to produce this video.
Great video I wish it was available before I refurbished my lathe a few years ago. I will watch your video again before taking my lathes apron apart for cleaning and oiling in the future.
Thanks 👍
Thank you Allen for showing the inter workings of your lathe.
Dear Alan Many thanks for a excellent well produced tutorial.
Thanks for sharing. I have just removed my apron and there is 40 years worth of swarf and dirt there!!
The Boxford and Hercus lathes are a Southbend copy pure and simple. New parts can be sourced from Australia Hercus site which is run by an ex Hercus employee so I've been told. He has a large number of NOS parts on his site. A point of interest is that the last Southbend lathes sold in the USA were in fact rebaged Hercus products. I have worked on all three lathe products and found the interchange of parts very useful indeed as these lathes get on in age. The Hercus product is the best made of the three in my opinion, even if it does come from Australia! I am a Kiwi...we love to hate our rallies across the Tassie ditch! In sport and everything else!
Amazes me that someone on the production line installed that part either without looking at it or worse, looked at it and installed it anyway. Nice fix.
Really enjoy this type of video. Thanks for sharing Alan.
Great great video,awesome information. Look very complex to work on and video. Thanks for sharing.
Very helpful indeed,thanks
Thanks for the informative video. I have a 34 vintage South Bend lathe. It has a similar design with the oil trough. When I took mine apart I found it all caked up with wood dust and oil, leaving it ineffective. Apparently it had been used to turn wood at one point.
Interesting video Alan thanks for sharing
Love your videos and your lathe ! Thanks
Super helpful video, mines an older model but looks to be the same procedure.
Great video! Keep up the good work!
Expert tutorial , thanks 👍
Tks my friend, roger/brasil
Cool work
Hi Alan great video
How about taking out the head stock spindle and checking and cleaning the bearings
Hi Kevin I checked and adjusted the bearings 6 month ago when I made the bearing adjusting spanner..
I recommend adding the lathe manufacturer to the video title. I don't know what lathe you own and it isn't obvious at the start of the video (unless I missed something).
It's a Boxford.
I saw a difference between yours and mine AUD mk II, the pin thru the wormgear is on mine an intergrated part with the keyway.
I am thinking about putting a caphead oiler on the 4 oilholes, to prevent dirt, what is your thoughts on that ?
On another note, when you tighten the backpart of the saddle, do you "just" tighten it ? When I do it locks solid, like I need to have some sort of a shim between the saddle and the bar.
And couldn't you have made this video 2 months ago, then I didn't have to fight with the lefthand screw for two days before it dawned on me, and I could have saved my self 4 scraped knuckles :)
Anyways as always good video
Hi Soren Thanks for your comment My oil ways and gears are clean inside so on my lathe it’s not needed. I just wipe the apron with a clean cloth prior to oiling.
I'll be checking mine. Those gears look like they've been well lubricated. What oil do you use Alan ?
Hi I use car engine oil