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Today was a rough one
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Wow!! Do you have more pictures of it going down the stairs? I'm guessing you were busy driving the Ford Ranger, but if not, that would be cool to see. I had a friend help me lower a 400lb 3-in-1 lathe/drill/mill into my basement and that was a chore - that Grizzly weighs what? 1200-1500 lbs?
Good work!
Gary
Good work!
Gary
ElCorazonFrio
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Good work? He left the chuck and tailstock on the lathe for the move. He strapped across the bed.
He might as well have simply backed up fast and hit the brakes hard.
I hope you're selling it along with the house, because that's not coming upstairs without some major disassembly.
No paper clip? No butter knife? McGiver you ain't.
TW
It actually went pretty easy. I used a spud bar to slide it down the stairs while my father slowly backed the truck up with the chain attached to the appliance dolly.
It was a little hairy and exhausting but overall it went smooth.
What does it matter if the tail stock is still on it? the Excess strap is around the head to keep it out of the way. the lathe bed itself if strapped to the dolly not much of a chance you can hurt the bed of the lathe in this manor. Eject your negativity to another thread please lol
ElCorazonFrio
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The chuck and tailstock represent a lot of weight that is easily removed. This weight is high on the machine, which raises the center of gravity. They are also two precision parts of the lathe which, buy removing, can be protected.
Strapping to the ways is always a bad idea. I design, build, service, repair CNC machines, I wouldn't strap to rail unless there was no other possibility.
This isn't negativity, crybaby, it is a comment that goes to warn others to not follow your example.
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For someone who has only recently joined here, you seem to be a very harsh worded guy....Not just in this thread, but in others you have been a bit heavy handed....that's not the way things roll here. Be civil, and all goes well.....
There are better ways to say what you were trying to say,
Dave
Yes, we must all be politically correct and not offend anyone. I didn't see anything "harsh" in his statement above. Are you that easily offended! Geesh!
Oh and good luck to the OP.
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I leveled it after I got it in place then marked the wheel location on the floor so when i clean I can move it back to where it was without much complication.
ElCorazonFrio
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Are there better ways to say it? It has been quoted four times now, so there is almost no chance that someone will see my post and it might make the next person consider that there is a better way of moving a piece of precision equipment.
Yes, I am heavy handed, I don't care if people like me, but when I see someone defending something I know is wrong, I will talk about it. People actually use this forum to get ideas on how to do things. This thread shows a perfect example of exactly how not to do things.
Besides the previously mentioned bad practices, what he did was dangerous. The danger could have been reduced by removing a few parts of the machine. Fortunately he didn't actually give step-by-step instructions because if he did I'd be calling him a lot worse names than I used.
Good day to you.
The parts you listed to remove from the lathe (chuck and Tailstock) are miniscule in weight compared to the whole machine. And yes no shit it was a little dangerous
the point is unless your going to go into detail on how you would suggest doing it (in your own thread) no one cares that you dont like how I did it. This came down to me wanting this in my shop and me doing it. the lathe made it unharmed along with myself, that is a win no matter what you say.ElCorazonFrio
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The parts you listed to remove from the lathe (chuck and Tailstock) are miniscule in weight compared to the whole machine. And yes no shit it was a little dangerous
Those are the parts I suggested removing so they weren't damaged. I would have disassembled further.
But, then, I know how to set up machinery.
As for nobody caring, I expect that someone will see this and not repeat the risky crap you did.
Which is my whole point...you can be proud of yourself for rednecking that down those stairs (which, luckily, were strong enough), but without prefacing that it was stupidly unnecessary to take those risks and you didn't know WTF you were doing, someone might repeat it...and it might not turn out well.
Nice lathe .All's well that ends well. Good luck to ya