Record Herald Lathe
- Thread starter Gardener
- Start date
Help Support UKworkshop.co.uk:
Hi,
If you mean the Coronet Herald, then I've very recently bought one, but didn't get the stand as I was bench-mounting it. The lathe itself is excellent, and I am well pleased with my choice.
Sachakins
The most wasted of days is one without woodwork
Had mine a few years now, been a fantastic bit of kit.
Using the bench feet mounted to homemade bench able to make it to the perfect height for me for turning comfortably on.
Using the bench feet mounted to homemade bench able to make it to the perfect height for me for turning comfortably on.
skeetstar
Established Member
I'm the same as Sach, very happy with it, bought the feet and mounted it on my own home made stand. So far very robust, and with a 5 year guarantee. Just need to keep a couple of places on it clean, and it's like new all the time.
Sachakins
The most wasted of days is one without woodwork
Not at workshop, too cold yet. But it's 4" longer than length from foot to foot.
It's set back 1" from front to feet. And the back is just deep enough to allow me to rotate headstock 90° so I can turn big stuff off the bed. And also to allow headstock to slide full length in that position, there's only half inch clearance from motor yo back wall . It does mean that the motor hangs over end of bed on left side. But that's where my scrap bin is, so fine for me.
On the bench feet there is enough space under the bed to put your gouges etc
It's set back 1" from front to feet. And the back is just deep enough to allow me to rotate headstock 90° so I can turn big stuff off the bed. And also to allow headstock to slide full length in that position, there's only half inch clearance from motor yo back wall . It does mean that the motor hangs over end of bed on left side. But that's where my scrap bin is, so fine for me.
On the bench feet there is enough space under the bed to put your gouges etc
skeetstar
Established Member
3DIT, just seen that the thread is for the Herald lathe.. mines the Coronet, so ignore.
Last edited:
Same lathe Coronet Herald
Thanks for taking the picture gives me a good idea
Is height from bench top to centre 315mm
Richard_C
Established Member
Useful picture. You will see that the bed is curved slightly in towards the middle. That is a deliberate design feature, especially if you have the fitted legs (I don't) so you can get your body much closer to the centre line, which means you lean over much less and its easier on your body for long sessions. My bench is long and narrow, if it were like Skeetster's above I would try to bring the lathe as far forward on the bench as possible. I know you can rotate the head for hollowing but you inevitably need to lean in for some things.
A 'rule of thumb' for determining bench height is to stand facing the headstock with your finger on the (not running) spindle, If your elbow is at right angles it is 'about right'' for most people. Some have different preferences but it works for me. You can see what you are doing but you are not leaning over so much it strains your back in prolonged use. So, stand by a wall, point at it with your elbow at 90 degrees, measure how far off the floor your finger is, find the lathe specs and work out how high the bench needs to be to get the centre line at that height. On the Coronet Herald with bench feet, its about 320mm from the bottom of the bench feet to the centre line.
A 'rule of thumb' for determining bench height is to stand facing the headstock with your finger on the (not running) spindle, If your elbow is at right angles it is 'about right'' for most people. Some have different preferences but it works for me. You can see what you are doing but you are not leaning over so much it strains your back in prolonged use. So, stand by a wall, point at it with your elbow at 90 degrees, measure how far off the floor your finger is, find the lathe specs and work out how high the bench needs to be to get the centre line at that height. On the Coronet Herald with bench feet, its about 320mm from the bottom of the bench feet to the centre line.
