Hardinge HC rebuild

[BillTodd]

Looking at the turret I cannot see anywhere a ratchet system could be

No you're right - On the one's I have seen (later models), it's very obvious.

[northumbrian]

No you're right - On the one's I have seen (later models), it's very obvious.

Exactly, the manual I downloaded does not match this machine, some bits do but most of it does not.

The carriage and cross slide are different too. Not sure if this one has powerfeed to the cross slide or not.

[n.rat]

I've been rebuilding a British made HC Chucker over the past six months, and your HC looks like an earlier version of the one I bought on Ebay in March 2012. I believe the early models did not have the self-indexing feature to the turret. The Fetham Middlesex address suggests an early machine, as later versions were manufactured in Exeter. However, the operator's manual which came with my machine appears to be for the early model, with front-mounted carriage drive motor and handwheel operated spindle speeder. (like yours). I would happily swap my manual (original) for one appropriate to my chucker, which, I believe, was manufactured in 1980.

[esbro]

I've been rebuilding a British made HC Chucker over the past six months, and your HC looks like an earlier version of the one I bought on Ebay in March 2012. I believe the early models did not have the self-indexing feature to the turret. The Fetham Middlesex address suggests an early machine, as later versions were manufactured in Exeter. However, the operator's manual which came with my machine appears to be for the early model, with front-mounted carriage drive motor and handwheel operated spindle speeder. (like yours). I would happily swap my manual (original) for one appropriate to my chucker, which, I believe, was manufactured in 1980.

Hi everyone, I've just joined MYCNCUK. I too have an elderly British made HC - I've owned it for about 15 years and it's still going strong. Mine has the bedstop on a shaft, not bolted to the bed like all the others I've seen. So I guess mine is quite old ?