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Public Service Announcement:
In the last couple weeks, I've seen pictures here of folks lifting their lathes using a nylon lift strap. The strap was wrapped around the bed and was mashing the leadscrew and/or drive-rod. Be apprised, when doing this, the strap should not come into contact with the leadscrew or drive-rod. As the strap tightens, it can bend those component and when they are bent, they will cause the carriage to move. This in-turn will show-up in your cuts.
For medium duty lathes up to about 1440, instead of wrapping the strap around the frame, put the strap thru the frame and loop it to a suitably strong block of wood or iron bar from the bottom. If you do wrap the strap around the frame, put blocks of wood between the leadscrew and drive-rod that stick-out far enough to keep pressure off those components.
Heavy duty or lathes larger than 1440 usually have dedicated lift points.
Ray
In the last couple weeks, I've seen pictures here of folks lifting their lathes using a nylon lift strap. The strap was wrapped around the bed and was mashing the leadscrew and/or drive-rod. Be apprised, when doing this, the strap should not come into contact with the leadscrew or drive-rod. As the strap tightens, it can bend those component and when they are bent, they will cause the carriage to move. This in-turn will show-up in your cuts.
For medium duty lathes up to about 1440, instead of wrapping the strap around the frame, put the strap thru the frame and loop it to a suitably strong block of wood or iron bar from the bottom. If you do wrap the strap around the frame, put blocks of wood between the leadscrew and drive-rod that stick-out far enough to keep pressure off those components.
Heavy duty or lathes larger than 1440 usually have dedicated lift points.
Ray