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| Rick O Shea:
I have just pushed the boat out, spent most of the children's inheritance, and bought a very nice Feeler lathe. Which is as far as I can see a Hardinge copy made in the far east , it has a very good write up in Lathes website and looks beautiful it is in fantastic condition having been rebuilt by Hardinge a few years ago. I suspect lots of people use Hardinge but do many have Feelers? I have a maintenance manual but not an instruction manual. can any offer any pointers or advice? |
| awemawson:
Looks very nice. Quite surprised that Hardinge were prepared to re-build a copy of one of their products :scratch: |
| Rick O Shea:
I am not sure about that either. Some authorities suggest that Hardinge licenced the far east copy? again all I can say is that the quality of the lathe is superb, not a far east knock off copy but a beautifully made machine. Did hardinge supply patterns ? I have no idea |
| BillTodd:
I suspect ZMT rather than hardinge did the rebuild (don't think H.UK do rebuilds of anything) . >Some authorities suggest that Hardinge licenced the far east copy? Hardinge denies it ;-) looks great :-) ii think i have a manual somewhere.... It's a near clone of the Hardinge so the HLV-H manual will tell you all you need: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwXDcXKx2Kzld3BVak1tV2o3eGc Here's a service/operation manual for the cyclematic 618 english/metric for anything different (e.g. dials ) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwXDcXKx2KzlZVZ5NWdHeGdBYjA |
| Rick O Shea:
Thanks Bill the manual will be a great help. I think you are right it may well have been ZMT who did the refurb. I thought it was done in Exeter but Bovey Tracy is very close, so may be the sellers memory playing tricks I am going to need a couple of back plates for the odd chucks I have got where do you suggest I could try? very best wishes and thanks Mike |
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