Drove from ID to Sacramento, picked it up, unloaded it safely with the cherry picker. Lifted it a last time to sit it on 4 HF “car mover” Dolly’s so I could push it into the shop. One of the damned dollies folded/collapsed and the lathe toppled onto its face...
Broke all the handwheels, the belt tension lever, all the screws holding the QC gear box to the bed. Both quick change levers are in at least 4 pieces. Gear train cover is broken. I’m beside myself. Not sure if it’s worth chasing down replacement parts given their individual costs.
I do have another 13, but it’s the older single tumbler and small bore headstock type. The newer, now crashed/broken lathe, was to be my originals upgrade/replacement as it had a double tumbler with a 2-1/4” threaded spindle. It came with a taper attachment (luckily I had removed it) several chucks that will not fit my older lathe.
Is it possible to swap headstocks? The designs seem significantly different from one another. I’m absolutely pissed at myself, harbor freight, and pretty much anyone within earshot when it happened this afternoon!
Broke all the handwheels, the belt tension lever, all the screws holding the QC gear box to the bed. Both quick change levers are in at least 4 pieces. Gear train cover is broken. I’m beside myself. Not sure if it’s worth chasing down replacement parts given their individual costs.
I do have another 13, but it’s the older single tumbler and small bore headstock type. The newer, now crashed/broken lathe, was to be my originals upgrade/replacement as it had a double tumbler with a 2-1/4” threaded spindle. It came with a taper attachment (luckily I had removed it) several chucks that will not fit my older lathe.
Is it possible to swap headstocks? The designs seem significantly different from one another. I’m absolutely pissed at myself, harbor freight, and pretty much anyone within earshot when it happened this afternoon!