I've been contemplating this for a long time now. I needed a new chuck for the Logan lathe. The old one has started to give me trouble. Probably needs a good cleaning.
So last week, Saturday to be exact I ordered a 6" South Bend chuck from Grizzly. It arrived today. Unfortunatley the backplate is on back order and won't get here till mid-may, bummer.
Anyway, UPS delievered it today and of course they had to drop it off at the front door. This area of the house is not yet complete. The other thing is I had heart surgery 3 weeks ago and can't lift anything heavier than 10Lb's, the chuck and packaging weight 28lb's. So I got it slide onto my hand truck and brought it into the garage. Now, how do I get it down the stairs, easy, just let it drop from one step to the next. It's packaged pretty well. Finally made it to the bottom. Now what, well, slide it on the floor. So the follwoing pics show how I finally got it up to waist level on my tool cart.
Here's the package on the basement floor.
This is why I figured I could "bounce" it down the stairs.
All unpackaged, ready to cut the side of the box and let my prize out.
Now for it's journey up to the tool cart. How the heck could I do that? Easy, use a ramp. First level.
Second level.
And to the final resting spot for now.
Now I'll have to wait for the backing plate. That I'll be able to carry, I hope, because my weight limit for liffting will be upped to 20lb's by the time the backplate get's here.
The interesting part will be getting the chuck and backplate on and off the lathe. Stay tuned, I've got that all figured out.
Bernd