Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] I think somebofy got a STEAL on a Monarch 16 x 30" lathe!

dave engvall wrote:

> Jon Elson wrote:
>
> > I was drooling over the Monarch lathe on eBay last night!
> > It went for $909!
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=578640496
> > Ohhh, that was tempting, but I was just a little worried about moving
> > 9000 Lbs of lathe into my basement!
> >
> > Jon
>
> Hi Jon,
> There are good reasons for building a shop building nominally at ground level with a big door so one can move in decent sized
> pieces of machinery without pain. I should talk.... had to hire a concrete cutter... to make a door in my shop 6'-6 x 8' so I
> could get machinery in. :-)
>
> Sometime a hole in the roof is even better. Local crane and all becomes accessible.

I have a ground level door in the basement - one of the specs I gave the
realtor when we were looking to move. But, it requires backing a truck
down a mild grade in the back yard. It was no problem backing a 20 foot
liftgate truck down there and unloading my round ram Bridgeport and
the 10" Atlas I had at the time. The lathe was just carried, and the
mill was rocked and pushed on a piece of 3/4" plywood. I took the
threshold out of the doorway and matched the grade with shims under
the plywood. It was no biggie. But, that just won't work with a
9000 Lb lathe! I'd have to make a set of truly massive dollies, and
I don't think a lift gate would handle 9000 Lbs, but maybe they would.
Since a guy at our shop lost his leg to a 7000 Lb or so lathe, I've
gotten a bit more cautious about moving top-heavy machinery.

Jon