Need help with Pratt & Whitney Star-Turn 1800 Lathe

Leon Sidursky · Jun 9, 2019

Im really hoping you guys can help me on this because I don't have a manual and any technical info on this machine is more or less non-existent.

We are moving our P&W lathe to another one of our shops and we need to ship it. Do any of you know the weight of this machine?

Pratt & Whitney Star-Turn 1800 Lathe

Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you

thermite · Jun 9, 2019

Leon Sidursky said:
Im really hoping you guys can help me on this because I don't have a manual and any technical info on this machine is more or less non-existent.

We are moving our P&W lathe to another one of our shops and we need to ship it. Do any of you know the weight of this machine?

Pratt & Whitney Star-Turn 1800 Lathe

Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Googled that, have you?

Ring-up these folks. They rebuilt two in a row about 2 years back, and had to have moved them about:

Out with the New, In with the Old - Peiffer Machine Services

adh2000 · Jun 9, 2019

P&W Star Turn? Really? I scrapped one of those at least 25 years ago. Get with the times! Are you running punched paper tape? I may still have some literature around here somewhere on that thing. I’ll look next couple days.

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Leon Sidursky · Jun 9, 2019

thermite said:
Googled that, have you?

Ring-up these folks. They rebuilt two in a row about 2 years back, and had to have moved them about:

Out with the New, In with the Old - Peiffer Machine Services

Sure did. I've emailed these guys and tried calling but its the weekend so I call tomorrow. Thought maybe someone here would have some info they could share. Thanks.

Leon Sidursky · Jun 9, 2019

adh2000 said:
P&W Star Turn? Really? I scrapped one of those at least 25 years ago. Get with the times! Are you running punched paper tape? I may still have some literature around here somewhere on that thing. I’ll look next couple days.

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We got it free to run a specific job ages ago and it still makes money so we keep it around. I'd greatly appreciate any info you have to share. Thank you.

plastikdreams · Jun 9, 2019

I'm gonna go with 12500 pounds...avoirdupois

Limy Sami · Jun 9, 2019

plastikdreams said:
I'm gonna go with 12500 pounds...avoirdupois

I'm going at least double that.

FWIW, IIRC the Late Mark McGraths big Warner Swaseys & Churchills went around 14 tons (28,000 lbs plus)

Leon Sidursky · Jun 10, 2019

Ok guys, according to Peiffer Machine it weighs approximately 42,000 lbs.

plastikdreams · Jun 10, 2019

Holy shitballs :ack2:

thermite · Jun 10, 2019

Leon Sidursky said:
Ok guys, according to Peiffer Machine it weighs approximately 42,000 lbs.

No wonder most of Ohio is so damned FLAT!

Limy Sami · Jun 10, 2019

Leon Sidursky said:
Ok guys, according to Peiffer Machine it weighs approximately 42,000 lbs.

F'k me rigid!

plastikdreams · Jun 10, 2019

That's more than one of our fire engines, and it's loaded up with 1250 gallons of water along with everything else lol

adh2000 · Jun 10, 2019

I wonder if that number is accurate. Could you post a photo of the machine? Mine wasn’t that heavy but maybe I had a different model. I moved mine with a 25,000 or 30,000 lb capacity lumber yard forklift. I’d guess 18,000 to 20,000 pounds.

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Leon Sidursky · Jun 10, 2019

I reconfirmed with them and they say it’s between 40,000 and 42,000 lbs. I’ll take a pic once we have it in the parking lot. I can’t take pics and post online in the shop. It’s a big machine.

johnoder · Jun 10, 2019

P&W Machine Tool certainly had the wherewithal to handle such - considerably earlier they were selling SIXTY ton machines such as here

plastikdreams · Jun 10, 2019

Leon Sidursky said:
It’s a big machine.

Evidently lol

Leon Sidursky · Jun 11, 2019

We have a rigging company coming in today. Our in house rigger doesn’t have the machinery to move it. He was trying to move it out of its spot yesterday to get it ready for today and the 30,000lb Hoist wouldn’t budge it.

This is the first time we have moved it 25 years.

Leon Sidursky · Jun 11, 2019

johnoder said:
P&W Machine Tool certainly had the wherewithal to handle such - considerably earlier they were selling SIXTY ton machines such as here

Now that’s a big machine lol

Limy Sami · Jun 11, 2019

Whoops, I was only out by 40%

Leon Sidursky · Jun 11, 2019

Need help with Pratt & Whitney Star-Turn 1800 Lathe

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