Chuck a big eyebolt in the chuck. Thread lifting sling through the eyebolt and under the bed. Now you have a stable hoist point directly above the center of gravity, that won't possibly slip, that is not putting force on the precision spindle bearings. Move carriage to precisely balance.
When I bought my Heavy-10 five years ago, the guy I bought it from put it on my trailer with a front-end loader. When I got home, I ended up calling one of the local wrecker companies to send out one of their telescoping hoists. They picked it straight up, I drove the trailer out from under it, and they lowered their boom and set it down in the middle of my garage. Best $100 I ever spent.
Nice, I have this lathes little brother. Mine doesn't have a VFD, it just has a phase-a-matic static converter. From my understanding it only runs them at 2/3 power, but it's been more than enough for what I use it for.
H&W machine repair carry a solid state phase converter for various hp motors, they around 85 bucks…..I picked up 16” southbend metal lathe that I was gonna use there 3hp-1750 rpm solid state converter cuz that what my southbend motor is
Oh man what a pain. You know it escapes me why lathe manufacturers don't have lifting points as part of their design. I mean, a lot of car engines do have brackets for lifting.
I need some advice. I bought my grandfather's old wrecker business and I've found a 3"x5' stainless steel rod. No paper work or anything. What can I do with it? Or should I sell it?
@@lorigallion2091 that’s what I always thought when I had started out, but it’s not too bad. Metal lathes seem much safer than wood lathes to me. Wood lathes still make me nervous.
Beautiful machine and glad you got her down and in the cheapest way possible you made me proud.
Haha I knew it would.
You did a good job😅🎉
Great work Chris. One man power wins hands down. Cheers Tony
Chuck a big eyebolt in the chuck. Thread lifting sling through the eyebolt and under the bed. Now you have a stable hoist point directly above the center of gravity, that won't possibly slip, that is not putting force on the precision spindle bearings. Move carriage to precisely balance.
Bravo Chris. Very inspring!
When I bought my Heavy-10 five years ago, the guy I bought it from put it on my trailer with a front-end loader. When I got home, I ended up calling one of the local wrecker companies to send out one of their telescoping hoists. They picked it straight up, I drove the trailer out from under it, and they lowered their boom and set it down in the middle of my garage. Best $100 I ever spent.
Nice lathe!
Chris think I used one of those in JR High & High School back in the 70’s. Nice machine
We had a couple in college. I liked them more than the new Chinese machines they had, that’s for sure.
Nice job chris good tips. Can wait to see what your gonna do to this palm nailer
Thanks Shawn
Nice, I have this lathes little brother. Mine doesn't have a VFD, it just has a phase-a-matic static converter. From my understanding it only runs them at 2/3 power, but it's been more than enough for what I use it for.
I’d like the ability to adjust the speed with the vfd. That’s my main reason for going that route.
Good job Chris!
you have a beautiful tools have a good days.😇
Thank you 🙏
Thanks for the vid. Good stuff.
Thank you
H&W machine repair carry a solid state phase converter for various hp motors, they around 85 bucks…..I picked up 16” southbend metal lathe that I was gonna use there 3hp-1750 rpm solid state converter cuz that what my southbend motor is
Good to know. Thank you
If I only had a camera for some of the stuff I have moved by myself! Great job!
Haha yea I figure one way or another this would be some useful footage.
Oh man what a pain. You know it escapes me why lathe manufacturers don't have lifting points as part of their design. I mean, a lot of car engines do have brackets for lifting.
It seems like some of the more modern ones have it. It would have been nice on some of these older machines.
I need some advice.
I bought my grandfather's old wrecker business and I've found a 3"x5' stainless steel rod. No paper work or anything. What can I do with it? Or should I sell it?
Man I bought a huge 10ft woodland glass lathe and it's been a nightmare. I hired a wrecker to come move it tomorow it's 4k pounds. Nightmare lol.
Adapt and overcome!
That’s right!
Waiting for my first real heavy tool. And terrified! Lol
Don’t be scared. Just put a little more thought into it than I did haha
I just picked up a lathe as well (much smaller). Are you going to be doing some “lathe for beginners videos?”
Awesome. Yea I think I might. I’ll at least be doing videos on my projects, and they should start out pretty basic.
@@ChrisPowellFSD Awesome. I’ve never used one and when I think about using it, I picture a tool embedded in my forehead 😂
@@lorigallion2091 that’s what I always thought when I had started out, but it’s not too bad. Metal lathes seem much safer than wood lathes to me. Wood lathes still make me nervous.
I see the VW deck lid on the wall too... Is that a '67?
That was scary! Any idea how much this lathe weighs?
I figure about 2000 pounds
The easy part is buying it, Hard part is getting tooling and powering.. That's why i had to get a 220 simgle phase setup in my garage shop
Thank you
I’m about to try to get my saw stop off a trailer by myself… Unless my neighbor gets back in touch with me in the next 10 minutes