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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 191046, member: 54"]Thanks, am working on it-moving it will be 'spensive and am having a little trouble getting quotes but that's due to people out for the holiday I think. A friend who has some heavy-stuff moving experience said a Big rollback wrecker could do it, avoiding need for cranes etc, but I'd still need to have riggers in charge to watch out for all the nice chromed handwheels sticking out. Am going back to run some tests on the lathe if owner lets me, if not he'll keep it. One very easy but critical test is putting a precision level on the moveable carriage part and cranking it from one end of the bed to the other. If the bubble moves at all it means there's a twist in the bed that will show up in the accuracy of the finished workpieces. Failing that test would kill the deal, but I'd take more photos and hang the best one on the wall, and save $$$.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 191046, member: 54"]Thanks, am working on it-moving it will be 'spensive and am having a little trouble getting quotes but that's due to people out for the holiday I think. A friend who has some heavy-stuff moving experience said a Big rollback wrecker could do it, avoiding need for cranes etc, but I'd still need to have riggers in charge to watch out for all the nice chromed handwheels sticking out. Am going back to run some tests on the lathe if owner lets me, if not he'll keep it. One very easy but critical test is putting a precision level on the moveable carriage part and cranking it from one end of the bed to the other. If the bubble moves at all it means there's a twist in the bed that will show up in the accuracy of the finished workpieces. Failing that test would kill the deal, but I'd take more photos and hang the best one on the wall, and save $$$.[/QUOTE]
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