That was made for SBL by Hercus.
TED

Ted;

I have sent you a PM.

Regards;
Steve

I have just purchased a Hercus 260. Which is close to the same lathe.
I would be interested to hear which South Bend model this unit is related to.
Heavy 10? 10K
Finno

Hi Finno,

I'm no Hercus expert, but I believe that by the time that the 260 was produced, any similarities between it and the South Bend models were purely incidental. If you have not seen it, the Lathes UK site has some good information on the Hercus machines:

http://www.lathes.co.uk/hercus/index.html

Paula

Seeing that brochure page I can't resist mentioning that the "profit maker" logo of that time period has to be one of the ugliest and dumbest looking logo's I've ever seen in the entire history of machine tool brochures. What in gawds name is that supposed to represent...turning a tree trunk that has cracks in the rings ?? Not to mention the irony of the term "profit maker" when using an overpriced manual lathe.

It looks even worse in color ! I can scan and post the full color purple or lime green and black version from a 1981 brochure if anyone likes getting sick

The bed configuration Is still the same as the 9"/10K. I don't know for sure about the guts of the apron, but the bolt pattern is the same as the 9".
The crossfeed screw is 7/16-10, but the length, bushing and dial are different.
The headstock and gearbox are very different.
The taper attachment works the same way as the 9", but they made some improvements to it(swivel bar has a dovetail, self aligning bed braket)
Ted

BTW: I have a N.O.S. taper attachment for sale and a few more Hercus parts

I believe the guts in the apron is the same, I put a new Hercus worm and clutch in an old Southbend years back. It also has a different traveling steady arrangement which mounted on the left of the cross slide, there are two tapped holes on the top of the saddle wings that the steady mounts on.

"any similarities between it and the South Bend models were purely incidental."

Thanks Paula and others.
I much prefer the curves of the South Bend 9 & 10, but parts are still available for the 260. So when one came up I could not resist.
Given the popularity of South Bend it is usually too expensive to risk buying parts and shipping to Australia.
However tools and some parts are worth it, hence my interest in what may fit
Thanks again
Finno

Hey, Milacron,
What color is the lathe?
Cheers Finno

I guess it's gray...the actual lathe photos are all black and white...they reserved the color only for that doofus logo and some other "accents" thruout the brochure.