I take it from these comments that this lathe could be of use to someone. All that is lacking is the combination of both want and capability to move the thing. Maybe you could put together a cooperative effort.
-Denis On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 10:30 PM, Jerry Biehler <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a semi-portable gantry crane and chainfall hoist I built to move my > lathe when I got it. > > If you try to move it the proper way to lift a lathe like that is straps > through the crossmembers between the ways. Use the carriage and tailstock > to balance it out. Never, ever, lift a large with a rod through the > spindle. > > -Jerry > > > On Monday, May 18, 2015, Gunter Hausfrau <[email protected]> wrote: > >> the part that I get stuck on is hoist through the trap door. I've got a >> place for it. Hauling it is just a matter of my truck, or renting one, >> either way. >> >> want. >> >> >> >> On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 6:30 PM, Denis Heidtmann < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I have been told that an old lathe is available for any reliable person >>> who would be able to move it from its current basement hallway through >>> double-doors into a machine shop, thence hoist it through a trap door to >>> the street and haul it away. If there is any interest please respond and >>> we can go further into the details. >>> >>> -Denis >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber >>> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list > [email protected] > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber >
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