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Everything about moving my lathe was pretty dicey.
1st off I did it all my myself. I had to go about 15 miles with it in the back of a '98 Ford Ranger with old tires. It squatted a lot but it did the job.
Then when I got to my shop, the slab stops at the doorway and with the lathe in my truck, it's way too far to reach with my hoist.
I had to back up and hit the brakes to get the lathe to slide back in the bed. I did that until the lathe stuck out past the tailgate a few inches.
I made some tracks for the hoist wheels out of some 6" channel that went under the truck. Even after all that, it still wasn't perfect.
The back of the lathe is positioned a couple feet from a wall and the spindle end is also a couple feet from a wall. Soooo,
I couldn't hang it on my hoist like they show in the manual. Also, the hoist legs had to go between the pedestals which means I wasn't able to install the foot brake. With the hoist legs straddling the pedestal, I couldn't center the lathe over the pan. I had to set it down about 6" off center on some wood blocks, then re position the hoist and get it from another angle.
What a night!
I finally got it installed,wired in and leveled and did my 1st cut last night.
The drive belt cover makes a lot of noise but everything else is really nice.
OH, for the guys that are on the fence about getting the DRO?
DO IT!
My lord, that it so cool!
see ya later.
Jim
1st off I did it all my myself. I had to go about 15 miles with it in the back of a '98 Ford Ranger with old tires. It squatted a lot but it did the job.
Then when I got to my shop, the slab stops at the doorway and with the lathe in my truck, it's way too far to reach with my hoist.
I had to back up and hit the brakes to get the lathe to slide back in the bed. I did that until the lathe stuck out past the tailgate a few inches.
I made some tracks for the hoist wheels out of some 6" channel that went under the truck. Even after all that, it still wasn't perfect.
The back of the lathe is positioned a couple feet from a wall and the spindle end is also a couple feet from a wall. Soooo,
I couldn't hang it on my hoist like they show in the manual. Also, the hoist legs had to go between the pedestals which means I wasn't able to install the foot brake. With the hoist legs straddling the pedestal, I couldn't center the lathe over the pan. I had to set it down about 6" off center on some wood blocks, then re position the hoist and get it from another angle.
What a night!
I finally got it installed,wired in and leveled and did my 1st cut last night.
The drive belt cover makes a lot of noise but everything else is really nice.
OH, for the guys that are on the fence about getting the DRO?
DO IT!
My lord, that it so cool!
see ya later.
Jim