Moving heavy machinery

klavelle72 · Post by **klavelle72** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:44 pm

Though I have some tonnage of machinery, I don't have a forklift. Even if I did, the boom would hit the doorway of the shop and the ceiling, rendering it useless. I use a pallet jack, prybars, and rollers mostly. Sometimes I help things along with a chain hoist from the ceiling. Here are pics of my most recent machinery move from a muddy backyard.

crzypete · Post by **crzypete** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 8:52 am

Nice archeological dig, That is truly what we call egyptioning

whats the story behind the lathe??

Pete

klavelle72 · Post by **klavelle72** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:14 am

Well, I was picking up my daughter from her after school church program, and when I pulled into the parking spot, there it was in front of me in the back yard of the nearest house. The owner was glad to be rid of it. He said it had been there since before he bought the house, and that the previous owner said it took 10 men to put it there. When they first put it back there, it was in a building, but the building fell into disrepair and was torn down, leaving the lathe to set out in the rain. I'm currently derusting it. The feet were the worst. The rust on them was more like hardened "scale" and half an inch thick in places.

Eric

dadude · Post by **dadude** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:32 am

eric,

thanks for the picture story, what is the capacity between centers? i rescued a 9" american 4S sticker or molder from under a fallen building years back, section of the roof had fallen precisely over the machine protecting it from the weather, machine was in as new condition, still had last piece of stock in place (push feed) and bed was polished beneath! crate of knives and scale sitting beside it, all it needed was belt replacement. failed to mention only way to fetch the beast was with a crane, a bit of rigging and a heathly pile of dough for the crane guy, good thing machine was free, eventually traded for a diehl straightline rip, regretfully that is.

brad

klavelle72 · Post by **klavelle72** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:40 pm

The distance between centers is about 9 feet. That American molder sounds like a great save. I got my Colladay molder from the loft of a barn near Philadelphia which served as a cabinet shop until it closed in the 1960's. The machine was still belted to the lineshaft which was still belted to the motor, which was still wired to run. It was like a time capsule.

Eric