Enco 12x36 refurbish.

[TorontoBuilder]

Oh no! Well I'll I'd like to hear it..this is my thread post so you can here!

I will see if I have any pics from the day.. and start a new thread and tag you, but later. I'm exhausted at the moment

 

[HoboMachinist77]

I will see if I have any pics from the day.. and start a new thread and tag you, but later. I'm exhausted at the moment

I'll keep an eye out.

 

[G-ManBart]

Got it in it's "spot" but placed it on furniture caster platforms from hft. Will be moving it around to work on it. Maybe weld up a base with wheels?

From painful personal experience, I highly recommend you add a ratchet strap to secure the lathe to the furniture dollies before you move it. I was using a nearly identical method to move a lathe a few years ago, one of the wheels hit a pebble and next thing you know the lathe was on its side with a big dent in my interior overhead door and good chunk out of the concrete floor. Oh, and the headstock casting was cracked beyond repair...sold a few parts to help a few guys out and had to scrap the rest.

When people say it doesn't take much they aren't joking. Just a tiny little thing like a pebble and once that top-heavy weight starts moving, it's not stopping.

 

[HoboMachinist77]

From painful personal experience, I highly recommend you add a ratchet strap to secure the lathe to the furniture dollies before you move it. I was using a nearly identical method to move a lathe a few years ago, one of the wheels hit a pebble and next thing you know the lathe was on its side with a big dent in my interior overhead door and good chunk out of the concrete floor. Oh, and the headstock casting was cracked beyond repair...sold a few parts to help a few guys out and had to scrap the rest.

When people say it doesn't take much they aren't joking. Just a tiny little thing like a pebble and once that top-heavy weight starts moving, it's not stopping.

Got a hoist and straps like you said.

 

[HoboMachinist77]

So it begins. This is just a reference photo of the beginning..now that I finally have a hoist and straps

 

[HoboMachinist77]

It's late so I started with low hanging fruit...the tail stock. Found a interesting key. I'm stopping here it just dawned on my I need a proper roll pin punch set for this teardown..they are everywhere.