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Well the new PM-1440GT and PM935TS are both safely hauled home and tucked away. I ordered a while ago last year and Matt was good enough to hold the machines at the factory while I got some space made in the garage. I picked them up last week, deciding to haul them home myself as the lane access is pretty tight for a big truck.
Here is the lathe loaded at the warehouse.
A hailstorm on the way home - the mill didn't seem to mind
Backing the trailer with the mill into an 8'x8' garage door was a little challenging but I had a friend with me to guide me in. When we loaded in the lathe he drove and I swear he wheeled that trailer right in first time; between the jack posts whats more - they were only spaced about 5' apart.
We de-crated in the trailer and then hoisted from a forged eye bolt in my ceiling. Note, not to insult anyone's intelligence.. do not assume you can lift something this heavy from your ceiling just because you saw it in this picture - I have structural reinforcement in my rafter space that you can't see so again this will not work in a standard ceiling and someone could get hurt or worse. Nuff said.
Lathe hoisted and checking for balance point.
Lathe on machine skates (Hudson Haulers) which worked very well on the lathe (three point). Not as well on the mill (four points) as one skate would occasionally get unloaded where it dropped into a low spot in the floor. I think I am going to make a riser stand for the mill so will ensure I can use three points/three skates under that.
Lathe in rough position down on ply pads (temporary). We used a toe jack to get the lathe off the skates. Same way I will get them back on when wanting to move either machine.
Here is the mill suspended from the same point (again, don't try this without appropriate structural reinforcement).
Lathe all clean and shiny.
The PM 3 Jaw chuck is quite stunning (as is the overall lathe). Looks pretty and I was able to chuck up a ground rod and get 0.0012" at the chuck and was also able to demount the chuck, mount it back up and repeat the 0.0012". It took quite a few tries to get everything clean enough to get the repeat reading (first few times I got much higher TIR but was able to get it back once there was no schmutz on the mating surfaces.
Leadscrew also a work of art.
From the headstock end.
Mill cleaned up and in rough position. Will level and bolt it down later as well.
Yummy grinding job on that table (yes I am a tool sl*t). Nice work Matt!
Thanks again to Matt who was first class all the way, and to David (Kiwi Canuck) for blazing the trail and sharing notes on how he got it done.
It will be a while before I am making chips (have to finish some other projects) but I will post again when it happens and appreciate all the advice from members on this forum
Cheers
John
Here is the lathe loaded at the warehouse.
A hailstorm on the way home - the mill didn't seem to mind
Backing the trailer with the mill into an 8'x8' garage door was a little challenging but I had a friend with me to guide me in. When we loaded in the lathe he drove and I swear he wheeled that trailer right in first time; between the jack posts whats more - they were only spaced about 5' apart.
We de-crated in the trailer and then hoisted from a forged eye bolt in my ceiling. Note, not to insult anyone's intelligence.. do not assume you can lift something this heavy from your ceiling just because you saw it in this picture - I have structural reinforcement in my rafter space that you can't see so again this will not work in a standard ceiling and someone could get hurt or worse. Nuff said.
Lathe hoisted and checking for balance point.
Lathe on machine skates (Hudson Haulers) which worked very well on the lathe (three point). Not as well on the mill (four points) as one skate would occasionally get unloaded where it dropped into a low spot in the floor. I think I am going to make a riser stand for the mill so will ensure I can use three points/three skates under that.
Lathe in rough position down on ply pads (temporary). We used a toe jack to get the lathe off the skates. Same way I will get them back on when wanting to move either machine.
Here is the mill suspended from the same point (again, don't try this without appropriate structural reinforcement).
Lathe all clean and shiny.
The PM 3 Jaw chuck is quite stunning (as is the overall lathe). Looks pretty and I was able to chuck up a ground rod and get 0.0012" at the chuck and was also able to demount the chuck, mount it back up and repeat the 0.0012". It took quite a few tries to get everything clean enough to get the repeat reading (first few times I got much higher TIR but was able to get it back once there was no schmutz on the mating surfaces.
Leadscrew also a work of art.
From the headstock end.
Mill cleaned up and in rough position. Will level and bolt it down later as well.
Yummy grinding job on that table (yes I am a tool sl*t). Nice work Matt!
Thanks again to Matt who was first class all the way, and to David (Kiwi Canuck) for blazing the trail and sharing notes on how he got it done.
It will be a while before I am making chips (have to finish some other projects) but I will post again when it happens and appreciate all the advice from members on this forum
Cheers
John
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