New PM 1236 on its way!

Bob,

i got the same story bout a "broke dwn truck". Had I known about this site before I bought the lathe, the entire process could have been so much easier. I found the actual location, then hired a lift specialist and sent him to the loading dock. I paid for " lift gate" but...... It finally got to my shop after 2 months of travel once I took positive action and accepted my losses.

So, there should be some venue that exposes these practices.

Hope everything goes well and your unit performs well. There are many specialists here to help. I was just as mad, but that makes the process harder. I fully sympathize.


Mike
Remlap, al
 
Hey guys,
No, I am Matt. Ray is just a great, very nice, and very helpful guy who uses some equipment from us. He lives a lot closer to where I would like to live, I sure wish I was in blue crab land!

And everyone else, can you let me know the local delivery company that delivered who you had a problem with? That can be hard too, because sometimes in smaller towns the big guys hand it off, but usually the smaller carriers are better. Usually anyway.

We ship hundreds of machines each year, and rarely have a problem, but in the last week or so, I have had these 2 mentioned here, and one more in Texas that had some sort of problem. And it makes me nuts, I have no control over the trucking companies. If I did, life would be a lot easier.

I have a few that are on our list of who I will not use, but this one is tough. Everyone says in other areas how good they are, but I never know about a specific terminal. Which can also change as employees change. I know some days from the same carrier, I get different drivers, and some are great, and some always crabby.

But whatever it is, we will take care of any problems that may come up. Just wish something that should be so simple always went well, but I guess nothing is ever perfect.
 
Hi Mike,
I did not know anything about this, whats your last name (You can PM Me) So I can look up the order? What happened there with the trucking company and who was it? And when was this?
 
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As you can tell I don't know how to post properly on this forum. I inadvertantly added an extra pix that isn't mine. Sorry about that. As you see my PM1236 decided it didn't want to laydown all the way to the shop. But all is well. Only minor damage that can be attributed to my not overseeing how my "helper" put the straps around the lathe. There was minor damage to the cable and coolant covers. All still works. I have been trying to learn how to run it.

Thanks to Matt for his help and concern about the delivery ETC.

Bob
 
Hi Bob,
Thats scary just looking at the pics, hope the engine crane was OK too. Glad everything turned out well for you!
 
qualitymachinetools said:
Hi Bob,
Thats scary just looking at the pics, hope the engine crane was OK too. Glad everything turned out well for you!
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Yes Matt, The crane was fine. In fact I used it to mount the lathe on the base. As you can see I placed it on 4x6's because it's too short for me. I will try this for awhile before I decide on its final placing.

Thanks again for your help.

Bob
 
Will:
Yes Will I was very concerned. I was in the pickup, pulling it so the truck driver could get the liftgate up so I didn't see it go over. But since I am a pilot I learned not to get distracted about problems. I immediately got busy trying to get in upright and into the shop. It was a real job but once we got it in the shop on the concrete it was pretty easy to handle. I also have an 1100# winch that I used to pull it into the shop. Then I lifted it off its pallet and onto two 1000# movers dollies into the room I wanted to put it in. Then I assembled the base, lifted the lathe with the engine hoist and slid the base under it. I had already attached the base to the 4x6's for feet. I think it is too short for me anyway.
Trying to learn what all the dials and levers do and have checked tailstock alignment and ran the break-in procedure that Ray recommended. Right now I'm making a new nut with handle for the top of the QCTP. I don't like using a crescent wrench. I made one for my G0602 and like it very much.
I hope to learn lots more from you guys on this forum

Bob
 
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