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Harrison L5 rescue
micktoon:
Got back to the lathe today and made some jacking mounts.
After seeing Trev's idea ( Cheers Trev ) about putting wheels on and seeing what was lying around to make something out of. I have decided to do half of the idea :scratch:. When I thought about it once the lathe had the jacking points at each end I could move into the wall and back out again ok, the main object of movement is for the coolant tank and general maintanence, if it needed moved further the jacking points would also allow the lathe to raised to put rollers under it if I needed to moved about the workshop for any reason. The advantages of doing it this way for me are .......... I had nowt to make the wheels with handy lol , so dont need to make them and it means I can also use the original levelling bolts system. If I did want to add wheels this could be done at a later date anyway as the wheel carriage would bolt on using the levelling bolt holes.
This shot shows always pick bits up at the scrapyard that look like they will be handy one day :clap:, all these bits are scrapyard finds, no cutting needed :)
Tacked together and the two holes that were not needed welded up.
Tacked into place on cabinet
All welded up and a bolt used the same as Trev did, to stop jack slipping off.
The jack in place , works a treat :thumbup:
Should look quite original once painted, I think this would have been a good idea from the factory to be honest, it give you a starting point to get things moved especially if you are in a tight spot :thumbup:
Cheers Mick
doubleboost:
Hi
Mick
That will help in a tight corner :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
A little bit of under cut on those welds :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
John
micktoon:
Hi John, aye the welds have a few faults lol, but I woulldnt like to try to get them brackets back off I can tell you :lol: :lol:
Cheers Mick
doubleboost:
I think it would be a burner job :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
John
Jonny:
The L5, 11" and later 140 are easy to move around considering the weight.
Crow bar and lift then push under 4 scaffold tubes. One hand is all thats needed to get it moving. To get right up to walls it can be slid on the base with little effort, worst case with help of crow bar in the slots, just wind up the jacking feet.
Something like that on similar weight M300 would be ideal due to the two part base digging in.
Notice the 1" holes both ends of cabinet, they are alternative lifting holes to push a bar through. Also M16 thread in front of head is balance point for lifting.
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