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RodW:
--- Quote from: AussieJimG on May 12, 2013, 06:42:23 PM ---Hi Rod, and welcome. The next most important piece of workshop equipment is a shredder for the receipts.
Jim
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I love your advice Jim. Fortunately my workshop earns a bit of cash so the receipts can be tucked away out of sight. I quietly snuck a coolant pump system into the shop today. I was going to buy a linisher attachment for my grinder but then I saw the pump on special so I figured I'd never get one for $230 again. I will add it to the list of unfinished projects!
RodW:
Hmm,
Fitting the new coolant system went well
The inlet shown from the back with a secondary outlet for my mill.
Putting the lathe back did not go so well.
Two of us could not lift it even with a floor jack. We thought of standing it on its headstock end where all the weight is and turning it round until we could stand it up but I decided to stop and reassess and talk to my insurer. Turns out that counting the $250 excess and the loss of premium discounts of about $500, it would cost me $750 to go through them. I don't think the lathe has been damaged other than the chuck guard as I had one of my nice new drawers open and it caught it on the way down. I don't think the costs would get to $750.
I think the roof might need to come off the shed and pick it up with an engine crane but I suspect the wall needs to come off to get the crane legs in position. I might be able to get one leg of the crane in the door.
So guys, help me out here. Where to from here?
Stilldrillin:
Oh, BUGGA!! :bugeye:
Hmmm...... Take off/ unscrew all you can, to lighten the load. Can you get a trolley jack underneath, somewhere?
Lift. Then pack.... Lift. Then pack.
Good luck!!
(I dropped an MGB GT down the garage pit, once)...... :palm:
David D
RodW:
--- Quote from: Stilldrillin on May 14, 2013, 08:00:54 AM ---Oh, BUGGA!! :bugeye:
Hmmm...... Take off/ unscrew all you can, to lighten the load. Can you get a trolley jack underneath, somewhere?
Lift. Then pack.... Lift. Then pack.
Good luck!!
(I dropped an MGB GT down the garage pit, once)...... :palm:
David D
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Thanks David, It is amazing how heavy 280 kg is!
I have got a plan now. I've already taken your advice and removed all of the loose stuff, chuck, splash guard, bent chuck guard, tailstock and compound and chocked it up so no handles are on the ground. I found I have a 2.2 metre length of 4"x4" timber here which is wide enough to span the shed frame and hopefully, we will be able to use an endless chain and an engine load leveller to lift it. With it lying on its side, I can't sling it round the chuck as you normally would to level the lift so the engine leveller should do the trick.
It was the right decision to stop and think for a while.
Anyway, wish us luck tomorrow night.
PekkaNF:
crapety crap! Lucily no-one was hurt. Milling machines are often top-heavy and have small footing - even worse than lathe.
If you don't have a engine hoist and can't resort to put a come along & sling on the rafters, you need to madmodder something else.
It's very importat to device proper lifting poits. On the other hand you don't want to drop it again - nor you want to break bearings or distort anything. I would check if a sling could be routted near lathe bed feets. I have seen one lathe that was lifted from the spindle....she spindle was bent and showed aproximately 0,5 mm of excentricity ont e chuck!
Best luck for your ordeal.
Pekka
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