Lol Max, I want to live there "winters over and that's the last of the rain" its like that all year long here in Scotland! Used to work Herbert 2, 4, 8 & 9's in my past, fantastic machines. If you use one every day, you become part of it..... I used to be rapid traversing the capstan up to the work with my right foot whilst turning with both hands on the saddle and cross slide on the 8 & 9. Often had a big boring bar going down the centre at the same time (and feed) as a tool going down the outside diameter (not many CNC's capable of that)! Shed looks great. Cheers, Jon
Lol , i have done my fair share on Ward's & i soon learnt that i never wanted to be that attached to them ! Hopefully this is the last of the rain for about 9 months . Cheers .
Hi, I have a Herbert 4senior pre- optive of ww2 vintage. It is used daily, is the most used machine we have, and is still accurate. Great video, best wishes from Britain
By Ek Max I thought I was in in England. Progress,,,? We have an out door swimming pool. Love the Herbert 2D Old skooooool technology. A1+ with hons. Brilliant video Max. Tony
Wow, a lot of power packed into that little lathe! Super cool machine. That's gonna make for some excellent content 😁. Well, pretty sure I could handle your winters, the summers though... 🤣😵. Cheers mate!
I am hoping there is not too much wrong electrically . The rest is all pretty well bullet proof . They were made to run 24 hrs a day 7 days a week for a bloody long time .
Nice machine Max. Can't wait to see it running. I sure like having my Warner Swasey No.4. Mine is set up with coolant and spade drills for rough boring. Saves me a ton of time.
I love turret lathes Max. Ran #3 and # 4 Warner Swasey. And some 1a and 2a's. Worked in Aerospace, collet machine and chuckers. Great horse power. Powerful machines. You can do alot of work if you have all the tooling. Great content. Thanks Max, EM. .
That capstan lathe will be quite useful for small production runs, Max. Alfred Herbert LTD of Coventry was one of the largest machine tool firms on the planet, back in the 1960s.
Hello Max, Really looking forward to seeing the Herbert lathe in action... hopefully you will walk us through the best approach to getting the maximum production rate with a capstan lathe... See you on the next one... Cheers. Paul,,
Beautiful piece of kit there Max, bit of a wipe down and some oil, she’ll be ready to get back to work. Workshops coming along nice, won’t know yourself once you get a roof on and start getting all the gear setup. That’s going to happen fast enough. Thanks and see you on the next one Brian
She'd is looking good Max. The Herbert looks like a great project. I'll look forward to your efforts there. It pisses down here in Albany too, don't feel as tho you are the only one getting a wet Arse!
Great to hear . I always like the machine shop footage & pictures from back then , what they did was really cool . Could you imagine our younger generation being able to do that ! Cheers .
Those are the kind of down pours I get almost weekly here in the mountains. I will search around and see what I can come up with for a parts manual for your 2d.
I have a 2D (and a number 1). The bits you are missing also include a mechanism for interrupting the auto feed to break chips. I may have spares of some or all of these parts but am not sure how practical it would be getting them to you from the UK. I will try to have a look at the weekend if you are interested.
had one of them 17 yeast ago still got some of the colitis that they used yes I maid a collet chuck for the colitis so i could ues them. the lathe went with the goliaths chuck . on it my molester master runs my clit chuck & Herbert colitis . the collet chuck I designed , as the ability to use 2J Collet's & C5 & ER Collets to with interchangeable sleeves.
Here's a fun fact on the Alfred Herbert works in Coventry: The main machine shop at Herbert's was over 1/2 mile long making it the largest machine shop in Europe and one of the largest in the world at its height... Probably why the Luftwaffe paid Coventry a visit....although they weren't able to knock it out of production... I have a lineshaft drive Herbert No. 4 from around WW1 era...🇬🇧🙂
It’s funny Max that sitting here in New York City I often wonder why your weather is so screwy, while forgetting that below the equator your seasons aren’t in sync with ours.
Looking good max. Always surprises me how little capstan machines fetch. Even in a cnc job shop I could see use for one of those in the corner for 5 off type jobs.
Looks decent enough machine considering its age max handy tool to have in any shop I just done up a ward 3ds capstan 1961 and it’s still making good parts
Thanks . I was after a Ward 3 but the only one i could find was a garden ornament at the coffee shop just down the road ! They were built to run 24 hrs a day , 7 days a week . Solid machines , plenty of power to spare . I spent a lot of time on Ward 7C & 7D machines . 👍
Hi Max, Looks like a good buy with your Herbert 2D lathe. I remember many small production shops here in NZ had these types of lathes and from memory they went well. 2500 RPM is pretty good for an old machine so it must have some good bearings on the main spindle. Cheers Ian
G’day Max. Bloody pissing down over there mate. Wild weather we’ve been having lately. Earthquake in Melbourne and a tornado in NSW. Mate, I love that capstan lathe of yours. She’s a bloody beauty. Is the roof next on your shed build? Cheers 🍻. Aaron
Hi Max .. Great video, thought that I was the only one that watched the water level ... lol .. If you ever need Noah's Ark, you can always take Herbert for company .. lol Seriously You have a Great restoration or repair video coming up & everyone will be eagerly awaiting it .. 😀 😄 👍
Nice machine Max and lovely weather. Looking forward to the new shop coming together. I wonder if I might pick your brain? You are maybe the only person I know who might have some experience with this type of job. I have a boat trailer axle that I need to shorten. It is just square tubing about 5 feet long with spindles welded on each side. The trailer and boat are light weight, much less than 1000 lbs. I was thinking of cutting it, inserting a 12" long square bar, that I have and fits tight inside the tube, to span the cut. Plug welding that in a few places and welding up the gap. Do you think that would be enough or should I think about plating the outside as well. I appreciate it if you had any thoughts. All the best! Eddie
Hi Graham . I can not trust the strong easterly winds to do the roof first . With the walls first ( klip loc 700 ) it makes the structure super ridgid as compared to trimdeck types of sheeting . The roof first would have been nice ! Cheers .
@@swanvalleymachineshop Hey Max fair call with the wind factor. I ended up buying the Herbert 2D that I was looking at on the Gold Coast. For a machine built in 1945 it is in very good condition. Don't try to scrap the main bed ways as they're hardened. I put a mill file on one corner and it just skated over it.
@@grahamsengineering.2532 The ways look good on this one . Just chasing a couple of missing parts . A guy in England has some of the missing parts in his shed ! Hey , got the first few sheets up on the roof yesterday . Too windy today , bloody Easterlies ! Cheers .
Yes , i have come across that before with you guys over there . Traditionally a turret lathe has the turret carriage run on the main ways & a capstan has the turret run on a separate set of ways . Weird how terminology can change from country to country . Must be because we generally follow the British ways a lot . Hey , how is the recovery going . Cheers .
A No 3 Ward would be my choice , but you hardly ever see turret & capstan lathes come up for sale any more . I think they all ended up in the scrap yards , no longer required but still in good condition .
@@swanvalleymachineshop Yes, plus they were enormously expensive compared to a normal engine lathe or tool room lathe so there weren’t nearly as many floating around to begin with. Today you can buy a Chinese CNC machine that can do most of the same things for not much money and the aftermarket is full of them.
@@swanvalleymachineshop What do You mean by roller box? I am considering buying one such lathe, there is an offering near me, but it could be trash, will have to check it out. However, I cant seem to find online if the lathe has power slide feed (not the cross slide), would You be willing to let me know if the wheel on the left (Z axis wheel) has a power feed from headstock? Thanks.
@@NskLabs The wheel on the left is hand feed to the carriage . No power feeds except for the capstan slide the turret mounts on . A roller box is a tool that has 2 rollers to support the work for heavy cuts . Google Tonys Lathes UK .
@@swanvalleymachineshop Wow, thanks for your help, I will definitely have to test the lathe to see if it'll fit my needs. So there may be a more detailed video about that, will see, the machine in question is however in bit of a rough state / missing covers and such.
@@mannycalavera121 Probably about that . My one is a custom design by myself . Built a lot stronger than the kit sheds . Bluescope Steel have pushed steel prices up heaps in the last few months as well .
