That will be his wife jumping around because she will not have to hear Justin complain about finding things to do! LOL
Plus she gets the remote back for the TV :)
Don’t forget the safety glasses in all the excitement 
Looking forward to seeing you work your magic with the new machine. 
After shirtless pics and somebody wants a picture of “lil Justin” dancing around … did I miss where this thread was renamed?
Fifty Shades of Justin: Rebel with a Lathe 
EDIT: wow, and those more recent posts just continue the theme …
Almost everyone had done or will do this- but not everyone will admit it.
Some guys use one of those brightly colored coiled plastic wrist-band keyrings to hold the chuck key; the far end is tied to something where you have to stretch it to use it. Helps remind you to remove it, is more visible, and for me at least solves the perpetual problem of “Where did I put that $%^& thing?” which in total takes more shop hours than the work does.
Also remember to tighten all chuck holes then go round once more. 3 single jaw tightens does mischief with a 4 jaw chuck, and the habit of going round twice ensures you can never miss a jaw. I learned these things a little too late.
Phil
How is it getting from the pallet up onto the bench?
Looking great OL! Congreats! Thanks for taking us along for the ride.
Good observation Scott, by having the bench in place (with shelves and stuff at the end and boxes for tools attached) it will make it very difficult to lift several hundred pounds of lathe into position. Limit’s it to 2 people, and the boxes on the end of the bench will compromise that persons position. (similarly, any hooks or nails on the other end may well gouge someone)
Not trying to be critical, just making an observation based on years and years of carrying heavy items.
Don’t know yet. Haven’t figured it out. Progably will have to rent an engine puller and have a guy drop it off. Don’t want to use people. People can drop things and Murphy is usually on the heavy end.
Unfortunately, there is only one place the bench can be and it’s a bad place, because the area is narrow and it is higher than the “floor”, because the area for cars is slanted at an angle and the only areas that are flat, are on the edges. The only other way would be to have the bench out, load the lathe and then pick it all up and that would be over 500# and still no more than 2 people, because it still has to go against the wall. No good solution has come up yet.
I have a chain hoist bolted on my ceiling to lift stuff between 150-800lbs. It was cheap and has been useful on multiple occasions. If you have it mounted on a bar you can get some side to side shift out of it.
Like this
Nice rig
I have something similar but not as nice.
Is that knot in the wood going to weaken that beam?
Does anybody have any recommendations for parting tools? They would be handy for cutting off pieces, and maybe cutting cooling fins.
Was thinking of something like This to lift the pallet or lift the lathe from the pallet to bench height. I’ve used other types to lift garage door and deck beams weighing 60lbs a running foot into place. They make midget ones for lifting wall cabinets as well. I’ll be using both large and small hoists in the next month and swear by them. Rental companies let them by the 1/2day, 3 day, week. Have some 4’ 4x4’s on hand to set the pallet on at deliver so the jack wheels can slip under the pallet.
Possibly a bit, but it’s not actually mounted at that spot anymore, so a bit of a moot point. What may be hard to see is just how close to the end of the boards it’s mounted. In the spot in the picture it has lifted my lathe, manual mill, and 60 gallon compressor without issue.
Last weekend a friend of mine moved his Grizzly mill/lathe (600+lbs) using a engine hoist. They almost dropped it when one of the chain hooks came loose. No fun at all moving these beasties.
Old-Lumens, you dont look that old yourself :D!
Anyway, Im amazed at how it turned out, people here are really crazy, in a good sense!
I dont know what else to say, just, you know, make lights or something :D?
It's been a very long day, but I will be using a Cherry Picker, (engine hoist), to move the lathe. I have to rent it and a pallet jack. They also have to deliver it here and pick it up, so it will cost more to move the lathe, than to make the bench. Oh, well, life is what it is. I am a loner, in real life and do not know, or wish to know, anyone in town. Even if I did, I would not want to have people try to pick it up. One false move, someone gets hurt and I get a law suit, no thanks. Strange how I am so different in an anonymous forum...
Anyhow, The lathe comes in on Thursday AM and the cherry picker and pallet jack come in Thursday afternoon. I have purchased slings/straps to lift with and I will be doing it all by myself. I will have to pick the lathe up, in the back section of the floor, where it's level and then push the bench under it, lower it, align and bolt it down and then use the pallet jack to move bench and lathe back to the far wall, (where the regular work table is now) and slide the bench/Lathe back into the slot where it is destined to be. The floor, at the back of the garage, has no slant, that's why I have to move it all at that end, where the floor is all flat and then slide it along the wall, to where it will be. The wife says if I kill myself, she's going to beat my arse. Kind of like beating a dead horse.
Should be an interesting day and fun for y'all when I put up the video. Hell, that means I have to wear clothes that day!
That reminds me of another lathe safety tip… don’t lathe in the nude… or solder in the nude… We don’t want see your grubbins splattered against the wall. Hmmm… or do we?