Lathe crash:I'm going to be sick

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Randy
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My friend promised to help me unload a Lux Matter lathe today, but tied one on and wouldn't answer his phone. It began to rain, so I decided to do it myself. Bad mistake. It was nearly off the trailer when one of the skates slipped.

If anyone knows of a supplier in the US for these parts, I would be obliged.

The cross slide was destroyed as was the clamping bolt for the tailstock and some levers. None of the castings were broken as far as I can tell and the bed, as much as I could after struggling to get it back on it's feet, was not damaged.

I haven't power it up or rotated the spindle for run out. I really just had to walk away after securing everything back into my garage......
 

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If you have insurance, now is a time to use it.
They had a big earthquake in the south island a few months back.
A lathe fell from a rack, about 4 ft fall. It was junk.The bed had no visable damage (cracking),but was permanently twisted. It could never be used for precision work again.
As it is no longer fit for purpose, it is not allowed to be sold as a working lathe due to the consumer guarantee act. So was sold as scrap.
 
I wanna cry with you bud. :frown:
That's a great lathe.
I hope you get the parts .
 
conetip said:
If you have insurance, now is a time to use it.
They had a big earthquake in the south island a few months back.
A lathe fell from a rack, about 4 ft fall. It was junk.The bed had no visable damage (cracking),but was permanently twisted. It could never be used for precision work again.
As it is no longer fit for purpose, it is not allowed to be sold as a working lathe due to the consumer guarantee act. So was sold as scrap.
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What insurance would cover this? It was my fault... Home owners?
 
Here in NZ it is covered under your home owners insurance.
We can contact our insurance agent and they come and assess the situation.Even if it appears to be your fault, but clearly in your case it is an accident.I mean who in their right mind deliberately destroys their new toys.But contact them and see what the outcome is.
 
:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
I don't know how I would handle that situation. I can't even imagine the feeling that went thru you as you watched it unfold before your eyes....
Hopefully not all is lost and you can restore it back without too much $$$$
Dave
 
howiesatwork said:
Damn... Sorry to see that picture.
Would it be like this one?
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Yah, that is the one. It is still produced at around 10k per, so I know parts are available. The saddle is the biggie. I imagine it will need to be fitted. I don't know if enco still has parts. I'll be making quite a few phone calls tomorrow. The apron appeared undamaged and the saddle still slid smoothly, but the saddle dial was forced into the saddle and split the casting.
 
Good that it didn't end up with you under it.
I'm building a frankenlathe from a SB 9x48 bed... fun.
Good luck getting yours all put right.
 
ouch!
thankfully you dont have to change your screename to
squishedpescadoman

not much consolation i know,
but it could have been much more disastrous
hope you can fix her back up to par

i cracked three ribs two years ago moving a lathe
took a year to get over that
 
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Man just looking at that picture makes me grind My teeth. Very sorry for Your misfortune.Sucks to see what should be a happy day turn into such a disaster. hopefully the main parts are ok and you can salvage It.

Greg
 
atleast you werent hurt...could have been really bad.

The lathe appears to be very, very similar to my acer, the manual also looks fairly similar. The folks at acer may be able to help if you cant find an american source for parts. If it were me i would pdf the manual, highlight the parts needed and email it to them. This will greatly improve upon any would be language barrier problems. Good luck.
 
It almost brings me to tears thinking about how you must of felt when it hit the ground. I am really glad you were not hurt. Hopefully it can be fixed without a lot of expense.
 
really glad your ok brother........remember guys we take our time with everything else to make sure that we don't goof the cue work and all that stuff.

patience.....always use help.....if you have to wait for help....then wait for it.



-Grey Ghost-
 
Hey Randy,
That is sick my friend.
I hope you get the parts. You might to send a pm to nucues (Steve Klapp), he knows a few places in the midwest where you might be able to get some parts. Good luck!
 
Hi,

I just moved my entire shop and it was a balancing act to get our big lathe on the tailgate and safely down to the ground.

We were in visioning the lathe falling off the truck and flipping over.

Your pic was on my mind the whole time we were taking it off the truck.

I was a profession rigger in my past life and because lathes are so top heavy they are risky.

Sorry for your trouble.

Rick G
 
the damage might work to your favor.when you get the situation evaluated
maybe a conversion to CNC and build manual control back into it at the same time.you said you crashed the compound.it is the big problem in conversion to a CNC .you have to tool up to suit the original manual setup.now you have the opportunity to tool for manual and cnc.

bill
 
Glad you were not hurt.
Can't even imagine how you felt when this happened.
Really hope you can get back up to speed without too much exspense.
 
Check out the Turn Pro lathe on Enco's sight it looks like the same Machine as the Lux I was able to find online. You should be able to download a pdf parts breakdown and possibly a Manual. Good luck with the repair. Jim
 
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