Tim Solley
06-12-2006, 10:51 AM
But thank Lordy I was able to fix it.
After I bought my new (to me) lathe a couple weeks ago from Curtis Seebeck, I just had it sitting in the front of my shop. I had used it there a few times. Well this weekend I decided it was time to rearrange my shop and make a permanent home for my new toy. Since it weighs several hundred pounds, I thought the easiest thing to do would be to put one end on a mechanics creeper and use a hand truck on the other end to wheel it across the shop. All was fine until I tried to maneuver it up a little step in the back of the shop. Things got a little tipsy, the lathe was top-heavy, it started to go over, I tried to grab it, it was too heavy, and I had to just let it go. It crashed into my drill press, it went down like a domino, and took out the water softener.
Well I managed to get the drill press and lathe back upright again and assessed the damage. The drill press was fine. The water softener survived. On the lathe I broke the handle on the tailstock and bent the motor housing all to hell. The motor wouldn't run. I had to take it apart and beat it all back into shape with a hammer. I was able to use CA glue to put the handle back together. I finally got everything back together and managed to make two new slimline pens (my second and third ever).
So in case you don't know this already....lathes are top heavy :eek:! Oh, and I'm not proud of it, but I think I may have screamed like a little girl when it happened :o.
Tim
After I bought my new (to me) lathe a couple weeks ago from Curtis Seebeck, I just had it sitting in the front of my shop. I had used it there a few times. Well this weekend I decided it was time to rearrange my shop and make a permanent home for my new toy. Since it weighs several hundred pounds, I thought the easiest thing to do would be to put one end on a mechanics creeper and use a hand truck on the other end to wheel it across the shop. All was fine until I tried to maneuver it up a little step in the back of the shop. Things got a little tipsy, the lathe was top-heavy, it started to go over, I tried to grab it, it was too heavy, and I had to just let it go. It crashed into my drill press, it went down like a domino, and took out the water softener.
Well I managed to get the drill press and lathe back upright again and assessed the damage. The drill press was fine. The water softener survived. On the lathe I broke the handle on the tailstock and bent the motor housing all to hell. The motor wouldn't run. I had to take it apart and beat it all back into shape with a hammer. I was able to use CA glue to put the handle back together. I finally got everything back together and managed to make two new slimline pens (my second and third ever).
So in case you don't know this already....lathes are top heavy :eek:! Oh, and I'm not proud of it, but I think I may have screamed like a little girl when it happened :o.
Tim