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Somewhere deep in my memory, I am seeing images of Egyptians moving large stones or something on logs,,,,bla, bla, bla.
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urbanrifleman
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We used the cherry picker to pick the lathe back up and then moved the other lathe with the cherry picker, which worked fine.
dgeesaman
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I’ve always said physics doesn’t give f*** about any of us.
But here’s to the good fortune of near misses. Accidents are so much worse.
Next time you need to move one, You can use 2 of these 36 inch straps, You thread them behind the leadscrews and then bring them around the lathe bed to meet at the top. Then hook all 4 eyes together with a shackle, then use a short chain to connect to the hook on your cherry picker.
Once you start lifting it, You have 2 built in leveling devices, No need to buy one. You roll the carriage in the direction you need to go to balance the load, And secondly you can move the tailstock along the bed also to level the load.
Usually a couple inches to maybe 10 inches in front of the chuck is where you are going to place the straps to get things perfectly level and have enough travel with the carriage to get it level.
You can lift the lathe just off the floor barely enough to let it move and pull it into the place you are wanting to go with the cherry picker.
LVLAaron
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I've seen guys move big stuff like that, by placing a 2x6 on the top and or bottom of the bed, to keep the straps off of any leadscrews/etc
urbanrifleman
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I use a nylon strap and loop it underneath the eye holes in the casting so we're lifting straight up from the center of the casting. You can also use the engine lifting device to change the center of gravity. But usually I find that if you pick up right up underneath the chuck area the entire machine becomes pretty well balanced so that one or two people can keep it floating.
The problem with the Acer is that the stupid foot break goes almost all the way to the floor and I haven't added the feet to it yet so where you can get the legs from underneath the cherry under the lathe.
I just thread behind them with these straps which I discovered several years ago it makes moving a lathe easy. I have moved around 20 of them using "This one Simple Trick"
Haha, Stole that one from you!
Jacked/moved a fair amount of heavy things in my trade. When I needed to move the Lagun mill these are worth their weight in gold. Pipe rollers are good too, but these help to get around corners and such a little easier. Get it up off the ground slowly/carefully with a bar and different thickness wood handy blocks, set it on 3 of these roller skates and ALWAYS be mindful of the center of gravity. Keep it as low as you can. A lathe would be a bit trickier with their sometimes goofy bases. With my old Clausing I lagged 2x4's lengthwise and used pipe rollers. You can steer either setup easily by tapping the roller in the direction you want to go.
Glad you are OK and only have a machine to heal!
Glad you are OK and only have a machine to heal!
Larry Koch
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Jackie isn't that a little large for Neck Turning 220 Russian Brass?
chuckshooter
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Skedaddle Shooter
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OSHA would love that, the blocks and buckets under the ladder legs are classic! The only thing better would be is if the rigger was standing on one of the ladders
urbanrifleman
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I think I like the concept of adding some 4x4s to the bottom of the lathe that are somewhat substantially longer than the width and ratchet strap them. That way no matter what you do it can't tip over.
I've moved several lathes by myself, I haven't tipped one over.....yet.
My 16x50 I lifted it at each end and put 10 4x2's on edge length ways under the headstock to tailstock and lifted it with a forklift.
Recently I built a set of wheels to move a lathe and I was able to push it around myself, the lathe is sitting on plywood and the plywood is secured to the steel. The lathe has a heavy base and weighs around 1400kg, I wouldn't call this one top heavy.
My 16x50 I lifted it at each end and put 10 4x2's on edge length ways under the headstock to tailstock and lifted it with a forklift.
Recently I built a set of wheels to move a lathe and I was able to push it around myself, the lathe is sitting on plywood and the plywood is secured to the steel. The lathe has a heavy base and weighs around 1400kg, I wouldn't call this one top heavy.
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