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Well, I thought I'd go ahead and start a setup thread with a few pics for those of you who like 'em.
This is the 3-phase motor and it's bruised fan cover. Can't tell if the fan itself or the motor is damaged. Will tear into it tomorrow to see how bad it is.
Here's a shot with the top off the crate. Lathe was undamaged thankfully.
A frontal shot with the sides of the crate removed. Assembled stand in the background.
Here she is on her stand. After wrestling with El Hefe this was almost a non-event. I used a long 10000lb. rated strap and started at the hoist's hook, then down through the bed hole closest to the headstock, then down and around the base/foot under the headstock (taking care to stay away from anything bendable/breakable) then back up through the same hole in the bed, up through the hoist hook then down to the bed hole closest to the apron/saddle, then back to the hook. used one small strap around the tool post just to keep her level (very little effort/load on this strap) and lifted her up. Pretty simple actually. Sorry, I should have taken a pic when she was rigged but I forgot.
And here she is sitting pretty and ready to get cleaned. Man they really slathered this goop on here. I'll be all weekend just getting this stuff out of every nook and cranny.
All for now. I'm going to go have a snort of scotch now to celebrate.
This is the 3-phase motor and it's bruised fan cover. Can't tell if the fan itself or the motor is damaged. Will tear into it tomorrow to see how bad it is.
Here's a shot with the top off the crate. Lathe was undamaged thankfully.
A frontal shot with the sides of the crate removed. Assembled stand in the background.
Here she is on her stand. After wrestling with El Hefe this was almost a non-event. I used a long 10000lb. rated strap and started at the hoist's hook, then down through the bed hole closest to the headstock, then down and around the base/foot under the headstock (taking care to stay away from anything bendable/breakable) then back up through the same hole in the bed, up through the hoist hook then down to the bed hole closest to the apron/saddle, then back to the hook. used one small strap around the tool post just to keep her level (very little effort/load on this strap) and lifted her up. Pretty simple actually. Sorry, I should have taken a pic when she was rigged but I forgot.
And here she is sitting pretty and ready to get cleaned. Man they really slathered this goop on here. I'll be all weekend just getting this stuff out of every nook and cranny.
All for now. I'm going to go have a snort of scotch now to celebrate.