Cal-Pac 92
Plastic
- Joined
- Dec 28, 2018
I recently aquired a new addition to my tired iron collection. Its a mazak hercules ajax lathe 18x100. It has a 3 1/8 spindle bore, 10hp motor and plenty of bed length for my hydraulic shop work. The hercules line as some may know were late 60’s to early 70’s vintage. Naturally with an industrial piece of equipment this age its seen its share of abuse and neglect by job shops.
I’ve been doing an inventory of my repair list and there are a few things I’m assuming I’m going to have to make. I’ve found no real help from mazak or anyone for that matter with spare parts. The geartrain on the back of the headstock has a bronze splined adapter that is used as an idler between the headstock and the feed gearbox. Someone must have crashed the machine at some point because the adapter was brazed back together after being sheared in half.
I was just inquiring to see if anyone here has had any luck finding parts or if it’s strictly a build in yourself scenario at this point. On a side note I could use a taper attachment and a larger steady rest if someone is scrapping one out at some point.
I’ve been doing an inventory of my repair list and there are a few things I’m assuming I’m going to have to make. I’ve found no real help from mazak or anyone for that matter with spare parts. The geartrain on the back of the headstock has a bronze splined adapter that is used as an idler between the headstock and the feed gearbox. Someone must have crashed the machine at some point because the adapter was brazed back together after being sheared in half.
I was just inquiring to see if anyone here has had any luck finding parts or if it’s strictly a build in yourself scenario at this point. On a side note I could use a taper attachment and a larger steady rest if someone is scrapping one out at some point.