Herbert Lathe Info "help"

Hi, Please can anyone give me any info on my lathe ? It has the Alfred Herbert plates on it and ND 8" x 6.0 , I have been told it was orginally manufactured for Rolls Royce own toolroom but I cant verify this or find any other information about it, Any help would be gratefully received. Best regards Trevor.

Have you searched the lathesdotcodotuk site?

That's a South Bend 16", or a clone of one.

I can't confirm the origin of your particular lathe but I can confirm that Rolls-Royce Motors in Crewe did use Herbet lathes, along with Churchill, Ward and A few others that I can't recall right now.

That dealer plate is common on Herbert-branded equipment since they were once one of the largest machinery manufacturer in the world so they had vast leverage on branding. If it was a machine actually produced by Herbert, it would be all over the castings instead of just on a rivet plate.

That's definitely a South Bend or a copy of one. Are there any more photos of it, or any evidence of what the ND stands for?

EDIT: Here you go Trevor, a discussion on the very same subject from 12 years ago. It's a shame that the photos are gone, it might possibly be the same lathe.

https://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/general/anyone-ever-heard-nd-lathe-144669/

Edited By Pete Rimmer on 27/09/2018 23:47:31

Thanks Pete, thats the same as mine and a lot of useful info, I can now start looking into more info from South Bend and hopefully get a manual for it, cheers Trev.

Luckily, South Bend produced a very handy booklet that covers their range of lathes. Here it is on Steve Wells' brilliant South Bend resource:

http://www.wswells.com/data/howto/H-4.pdf

Everything South Bend:

http://www.wswells.com

Edited By Pete Rimmer on 28/09/2018 10:50:02