John Strange
Aluminum
- Joined
- Aug 1, 2017
I’m certain at some point many of you have wrestled with having to make a choice on where to house your lathe. My 13” is sitting in my garage awaiting the necessary yet slow to obtain provisions needed to set it up.
With winter coming sooner than later it seems foolish to leave it in an unheated, non insulated, damp, drafty garage for the rust gremlins to have their way with.
One of my initial hopes was to build a dedicated shed shop for it in my yard, but one of my other hopes was to win the lottery three weeks in a row. The reality is.. neither are likely to happen anytime soon.
This leaves me with my only option, the dreaded B word in lathedom… Basement!
Is it possible to carefully move my 13” into my basement (across a landing and about steps 4 steps down) in mostly assembled parts?
This is to say, with the initial help of a 2 ton engine hoist, some decent furniture dollies, a winch (Chain, Rope, Straps, Prayers), is it doable to lift off the bed with the head stock intact as one part, the bell casting with motor and counter shaft still installed as another part, then carefully the QC and lead screw, tail stock, entire apron with carriage, and finally chip pan, and rear legs each as smaller parts?
I’d like to do some cleaning of things like the inside of the QC and the apron, but I’m not ready for the full fledged tear down and rebuild yet. My goal would be get it in my basement, do some cleaning, then reassemble and use it over the winter, THEN delve into the full tear down re-wick, strip, paint and polish next spring/summer.
I know the bed with head stock attached, and the bell casting with motor and pulleys intact are no walk in the park weight wise, but are they impossible to maneuver into a basement? Will this be the way I die?
Thoughts please?
Thank you
With winter coming sooner than later it seems foolish to leave it in an unheated, non insulated, damp, drafty garage for the rust gremlins to have their way with.
One of my initial hopes was to build a dedicated shed shop for it in my yard, but one of my other hopes was to win the lottery three weeks in a row. The reality is.. neither are likely to happen anytime soon.
This leaves me with my only option, the dreaded B word in lathedom… Basement!
Is it possible to carefully move my 13” into my basement (across a landing and about steps 4 steps down) in mostly assembled parts?
This is to say, with the initial help of a 2 ton engine hoist, some decent furniture dollies, a winch (Chain, Rope, Straps, Prayers), is it doable to lift off the bed with the head stock intact as one part, the bell casting with motor and counter shaft still installed as another part, then carefully the QC and lead screw, tail stock, entire apron with carriage, and finally chip pan, and rear legs each as smaller parts?
I’d like to do some cleaning of things like the inside of the QC and the apron, but I’m not ready for the full fledged tear down and rebuild yet. My goal would be get it in my basement, do some cleaning, then reassemble and use it over the winter, THEN delve into the full tear down re-wick, strip, paint and polish next spring/summer.
I know the bed with head stock attached, and the bell casting with motor and pulleys intact are no walk in the park weight wise, but are they impossible to maneuver into a basement? Will this be the way I die?
Thoughts please?
Thank you