Re: Moving Rockwell 11x24 lathe to basement

Congratulations - another safe machine move! - GWE

Charles A. Sherwood wrote:
> > I am about to move my rockwell 11x24 lathe into the basement.
>
>
> The machine was moved successfully last weekend.
>
> The cabinet went down first and was placed in its intended 
> location. 
>
> The bed and headstock went down as one piece on a refrigerator
> dolly. Everything else (saddle, tailstock, QC) was removed.
> It was not possible for one person to pick up the headstock end
> of the bed so we loaded it onto the dolly with a winch. We 
> used a chain hoist to lift it off the dolly and set it on the
> cabinet. There is no way two normal guys could lift the bed
> and headstock high enough to set it on the cabinet.
> Lucky for us, the lathe sets right under an I beam.
>
> It took about 3 hours to take it apart, move, and reassemble.
> Divide and conquer; Then reassemble!
>
> chuck