LD1
Epic Contributor
Not actually my equipment, but a good friends. He just moved and needed to clear out his shop. I'll probably have these for a few years, if not forever.:thumbsup:
I have never even seriously looked into buying a mill or lathe, because I have always had access through work. Anything I need done, I can get done, if ya know what I mean. But he asked if I could keep these for awhile, and I obliged.
Nothing fancy. Lathe bed is a bit wore out near the chuck. If you tighten down the slides snug like they are supposed to be, it will bind up about 18" away from headstock. If you loosen it so it will travel the entire bed, up near the chuck it is a little sloppy. But nothing I cant work around. Its a clausing 1500 variable seed 7.5HP. Noisy old gal is its all straight cut gears.
Mill is an old bridgeport 2HP variable speed, 8" riser block, with an old obsolete CNC conversion. Dont need CNC though. Ball screws on both X and Y are nice and smooth and backlash with ball screws is nil.
I moved these for him a few years ago with the backhoe. Took a chance this time and decided rather than dragging the backhoe 10 miles to his old shop, to take the MX5100. Have no idea what either of these weigh.
The lathe was no problem. Chaining high enough to get it onto the trailer, I was at the upper end of lift height. And it started struggling but no issues with curl power to get the last bit I needed.
The mill was a different story. couldnt lift or curl it. Which I thought would be the case. But I had a plan B and plan C. Plan B was to take the HD bucket off. That sheds ~500# as well as brings the lift point in closer. Plan C was remove the head if needed. Fortunately, Plan B worked and we didnt have to remove the head.
Unloading in the shop was easy with the ganty crane. Then once on the floor it was just a matter of sliding the lathe into position, and just leave the mill on the pallet and use the pallet jack.:thumbsup:
Money shot
I have never even seriously looked into buying a mill or lathe, because I have always had access through work. Anything I need done, I can get done, if ya know what I mean. But he asked if I could keep these for awhile, and I obliged.
Nothing fancy. Lathe bed is a bit wore out near the chuck. If you tighten down the slides snug like they are supposed to be, it will bind up about 18" away from headstock. If you loosen it so it will travel the entire bed, up near the chuck it is a little sloppy. But nothing I cant work around. Its a clausing 1500 variable seed 7.5HP. Noisy old gal is its all straight cut gears.
Mill is an old bridgeport 2HP variable speed, 8" riser block, with an old obsolete CNC conversion. Dont need CNC though. Ball screws on both X and Y are nice and smooth and backlash with ball screws is nil.
I moved these for him a few years ago with the backhoe. Took a chance this time and decided rather than dragging the backhoe 10 miles to his old shop, to take the MX5100. Have no idea what either of these weigh.
The lathe was no problem. Chaining high enough to get it onto the trailer, I was at the upper end of lift height. And it started struggling but no issues with curl power to get the last bit I needed.
The mill was a different story. couldnt lift or curl it. Which I thought would be the case. But I had a plan B and plan C. Plan B was to take the HD bucket off. That sheds ~500# as well as brings the lift point in closer. Plan C was remove the head if needed. Fortunately, Plan B worked and we didnt have to remove the head.
Unloading in the shop was easy with the ganty crane. Then once on the floor it was just a matter of sliding the lathe into position, and just leave the mill on the pallet and use the pallet jack.:thumbsup:
Money shot
