Hi All,
First lathe (Jet 1236PS) hopefully ready to be moved next week and need some assistance with how best to do it.
1) How should the sling be positioned as it relates to the leadscrew/feedrod/motor control? In the photo I've outlined two options because I'm not sure what the operator manual meant by: "Place block of wood between leadscrew and feedrod (Figure 3). The block of wood should be 3" x 2" x 18" and should protrude between the rods."
The way I read that is a piece of wood which fits in between the leadscrew and the feedrod and runs in between them for a fair length of the overall length of the bed. And the 3" width contacts the side of the lathe casting and makes contact with the sling (along with the edge of the V-way and the bottom-side of the casting. This is option "C" on the hand drawn diagram.
My concern is that there will be too much pressure on the leadscrew and feedrod when the lathe and stand is lifted with the engine crane. Granted, the lathe pictured has a motor control lever on the headstock instead of in the form of another rod underneath the feedrod.
Two other options I've seen online are:
(A) Run the sling in between the leadscrew/feedrod/motor control and the casting.
(B) Use a block of wood underneath the bed, fasten a piece of wood to it at a right angle which runs along the side of the casting between it and the screw/rod/control. Then in between the screw/rod/control are other smaller blocks of wood which then fastens to another block. So going from the casting towards the sling it would go: casting, wood, smaller wood in between fragile screw/rod/control, wood, sling.
Question 2: Any input on the plan to get it out of there?
1. Use engine crane to lift lathe and stand approx 11+ inches above ground. Place 3x3" steel tubing (thickness recommendations?) which has holes drilled at the same location as the stand brackets.
2. Set lathe and stand down on top of the two 3x3 tubes and fasten them down with hardware. This essentially turns the four legs of the stand into two skis.
3. Slowly and carefully while using the engine crane for additional support, gradually roll the entire setup towards the doorframe from the shop into the garage.
4. There is an 8" rise from the shop floor to the doorframe. Then there is a 3" drop from the top of the doorframe to the garage floor. Roll the entire setup onto 3" steel pipe.
5. Load onto trailer with comalong with steel pipe.
6. Strap down to great excess. Use 2x4s wedged between corners of floor/wall of steel framed trailer and the sides of the lathe to prevent tipping if something hits the fan on the road while going as slow as possible.
I'm in an area where there is infrequent (to say the least) used machine equipment which either has the specs I'm looking for or in decent enough condition to justify the cost they're always sold for.
I had thought of using 4x4 lumber instead of 3x3 tubing, but I would be worried about the lumber bending if the steel pipe was in the wrong position and damaging the stand, and hence the lathe. Plus, the shop floor it's going to be moved to isn't 100% flat, so i figured it will be easier to level if the "skids" the stand is on is rigid. And...having the extra weight to the base should increase the rigidity, especially after fastening another sheet of steel on top of the tubing under the shelf of the stand for a second shelf to store more tooling.
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
First lathe (Jet 1236PS) hopefully ready to be moved next week and need some assistance with how best to do it.
1) How should the sling be positioned as it relates to the leadscrew/feedrod/motor control? In the photo I've outlined two options because I'm not sure what the operator manual meant by: "Place block of wood between leadscrew and feedrod (Figure 3). The block of wood should be 3" x 2" x 18" and should protrude between the rods."
The way I read that is a piece of wood which fits in between the leadscrew and the feedrod and runs in between them for a fair length of the overall length of the bed. And the 3" width contacts the side of the lathe casting and makes contact with the sling (along with the edge of the V-way and the bottom-side of the casting. This is option "C" on the hand drawn diagram.
My concern is that there will be too much pressure on the leadscrew and feedrod when the lathe and stand is lifted with the engine crane. Granted, the lathe pictured has a motor control lever on the headstock instead of in the form of another rod underneath the feedrod.
Two other options I've seen online are:
(A) Run the sling in between the leadscrew/feedrod/motor control and the casting.
(B) Use a block of wood underneath the bed, fasten a piece of wood to it at a right angle which runs along the side of the casting between it and the screw/rod/control. Then in between the screw/rod/control are other smaller blocks of wood which then fastens to another block. So going from the casting towards the sling it would go: casting, wood, smaller wood in between fragile screw/rod/control, wood, sling.
Question 2: Any input on the plan to get it out of there?
1. Use engine crane to lift lathe and stand approx 11+ inches above ground. Place 3x3" steel tubing (thickness recommendations?) which has holes drilled at the same location as the stand brackets.
2. Set lathe and stand down on top of the two 3x3 tubes and fasten them down with hardware. This essentially turns the four legs of the stand into two skis.
3. Slowly and carefully while using the engine crane for additional support, gradually roll the entire setup towards the doorframe from the shop into the garage.
4. There is an 8" rise from the shop floor to the doorframe. Then there is a 3" drop from the top of the doorframe to the garage floor. Roll the entire setup onto 3" steel pipe.
5. Load onto trailer with comalong with steel pipe.
6. Strap down to great excess. Use 2x4s wedged between corners of floor/wall of steel framed trailer and the sides of the lathe to prevent tipping if something hits the fan on the road while going as slow as possible.
I'm in an area where there is infrequent (to say the least) used machine equipment which either has the specs I'm looking for or in decent enough condition to justify the cost they're always sold for.
I had thought of using 4x4 lumber instead of 3x3 tubing, but I would be worried about the lumber bending if the steel pipe was in the wrong position and damaging the stand, and hence the lathe. Plus, the shop floor it's going to be moved to isn't 100% flat, so i figured it will be easier to level if the "skids" the stand is on is rigid. And...having the extra weight to the base should increase the rigidity, especially after fastening another sheet of steel on top of the tubing under the shelf of the stand for a second shelf to store more tooling.
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
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