Lakc
Well-Known Member
I suppose dropping my lathe counts as a boo boo. Mistake 1 was the questionable parentage of the hooks in the basement ceiling, but I figured it would go along with the questionable Chinese heritage of the lathe. It weighs approx 375# fully dressed as a 3n1 machine, but I had removed the mill column, table, tailstock, chuck, etc. and I would guess it was less then 200 #. Mistake #2 was, as always, being in a hurry. It lifted off the table just fine, I pushed, poked, and prodded it from afar and it seemed stable enough. The second I moved the table out from underneath it one hook pulled out of the ceiling. Dinged the motor mount and a few pulleys, but near as I can tell, thats it so far. If it had landed on the leadscrew or geartrain it probably would have been a write off.
Things that went right, were keeping the hell out from underneath anything I am lifting like that, :-\
Things that went right, were keeping the hell out from underneath anything I am lifting like that, :-\