OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Finding and Swapping Idle Chatter New (second hand) lathe for the shed.

Hi ODK members, I thought I would put up some pics of my latest acquisition seeing how i have got plenty of time (did the back in carrying it to the trailer) well not that funny actually, any way I have been looking at quite a few of the chinese machines and doing some reserch on them and it seems quite a lot of them need something doing to them to get satisfactory results (only going by what I have found on the web) so I have not jumped in and bought one, then I seen this on Gumtree for a grand, so did some reserch on these (Hercus 260 ATM) and only found good things about them, they are used extensivly in schools and Tech colledges, Parts are still readily available and are solidly built (bloody heavy), I am a complete novice at metal work lathes and will start reading all I can now, and a couple of my mates are OK with lathes so they will give me a couple of tips as I go along, so any advise from anyone will be great also, I will mainly be doing just smaller stuff like axles and bushes etc to get started. so here it is, the first coulple are from the gumtree add. it came with a full set of tools and a spare 1/2 hp motor that does not seem to have the correct mount on it, and a lot of other lathe bits that I am yet to learn what they are for.





even the cabinet has some weight to it.




Some of the bits that came with it.




it only has a 1/4 hp motor on it at the moment, I am looking at getting a 3/4 - 1 hp 3 phase motor for it wired to run in Delta and running a VSD/VFD (variable speed/frequency devise) so it can be run on 240v and save changing gears, well that is the long term plan anyway.









this is the plate on the spare motor.




she needs a good clean up and will most likely give it a coat of paint as I am putting it back together, now were can I fit this in the shed