Ever since I met Mike Roux.(Bluwolf) and got to use his PM1236 lathe I have considered, (ok lusted after) buying one. I finally tripped the trigger the first of this month and it was delivered today. I got the call that it would be delivered between noon and 6pm. Of course my daughter calls and needs me to pick up her daughter from day care because she is running late. No sooner do I leave than they show up to deliver the lathe. My wife had to sign for it and finally got to see the price tag. :biggrin:
MY 5 year old granddaughter standing next to it.
I used a floor jack to transfer the lathe crate off the shipping pallet and onto 3 furniture dollies and levered it into the garage. The one under the headstock area was twice the size of the small ones on the tailstock end.
The blue pieces are the base collumns for it.
sitting in place in my garage. It will take a couple of days for me to get it assembled and up on the bases. I still need to run electric for it. I will put a 220 twist receptacle in the ceiling and run a locking pigtail from the machine to it. I have to get my work done before I can get started on this and I need to get a lift to put it up on the bases when they are assembled.
Shipping weight is around 1200 lbs and it will use 8 of those adj feet to hold it up and level it. the orange and black pieces on the top of the head stock, 4 per base.
MY 5 year old granddaughter standing next to it.
I used a floor jack to transfer the lathe crate off the shipping pallet and onto 3 furniture dollies and levered it into the garage. The one under the headstock area was twice the size of the small ones on the tailstock end.
The blue pieces are the base collumns for it.
sitting in place in my garage. It will take a couple of days for me to get it assembled and up on the bases. I still need to run electric for it. I will put a 220 twist receptacle in the ceiling and run a locking pigtail from the machine to it. I have to get my work done before I can get started on this and I need to get a lift to put it up on the bases when they are assembled.
Shipping weight is around 1200 lbs and it will use 8 of those adj feet to hold it up and level it. the orange and black pieces on the top of the head stock, 4 per base.
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