"new lathe is in the basement--all 2 tons of it
 

The lathe is in the basement and wired up.

No pics of loading, I forgot my camera :bash2:

Here's the lathe at home on my former neighbors dual axle trailer
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Put the rollers ( borrowed from work ) under the 4x4s ( lag bolted to the frame) and rolled it back to the ramps. Took the front rollers off and used my 3 ton floor jack to keep the 4x4s about a 1/4" off the ramps.

Neighbor John on the left and neighbor Vic on the right
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Used the come a long to slowly lower the lathe down the ramp. When the back rollers reached the ramp, 1-1/2" pipe (four pieces) were used until the front reached the ground. Then the rollers went on the front and the pipes were used in the back.

Finally got it in place ( see it on the left side where I removed a wall to get it in? )

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First cut, facing an exhaust spigot for a kawasaki triple motorcycle after welding to make sure it's flat. The lathe works great :biggrin2:
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Very nice, I want one. :biggrin2:

Happy for you, let the chips fly!

Nice lathe Jeff in Pa :beerchug:

Congrats on your lathe, Jeff!

Nice. What is the first big project for the new toy Jeff?

very nice machine. congrats :beerchug:

if you need another tool post , I have one I'll sell. Im a machine mover, so I pick up tooling all the time.

A chuck key since it didn't come with one :biggrin2:

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Thanks everyone.

sweet old iron. Sheldon? Sebastian?

Congrats on the lathe Jeff.