r1_pete
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| posted on 23/7/15 at 07:15 AM |
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Wtd Bits of Scaffolding pole, buy rent borrow....
Following on from my post about lathes, I'm going to go for an 11" Harrison.
Has anyone in the South Yorkshire area got a few bits of scaffolding pole I can buy, rent or borrow, to roll it into position Egyptian style? I
don't want to commit unless I can move it into position, the seller I'm talking with can drop it onto the flat bit of my driveway, but it
needs to go 25 or metres further to the back of my garage.
Why is it there is no one local building or extending when you need it.......
Cheers.
Pete.
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Neilwilson
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| posted on 23/7/15 at 07:49 AM |
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Maybe not ideal but Aldi had some machine lift skates in last week for £7.99. Rated to 250kg each. Not sure of lathe weight, but I'd imagine
around 750kg.
I just used 3 skates to shift a 450kg hot tub 25m with no problems. Handy bits of kit.
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Rosco86
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| posted on 23/7/15 at 08:18 AM |
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most plant hire places do skates i believe, worth a try
My Build Thread
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Wadders
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| posted on 23/7/15 at 08:32 AM |
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Nip into your local fab shop and get 3 x 3ft lengths of 20mm round bar, works a treat for moving Harrisons
its easier to lift one end 20mm with a pry bar than 50mm to get scaffolding tube under. 
In fact for what you are moving and as a one off, you would get away with cutting up a broom handle or similar, once moved a skip using kids cricket
wickets so it will work.
[Edited on 23/7/15 by Wadders]
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femster87
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| posted on 23/7/15 at 08:54 AM |
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if you are going to hire something, why not get a 2tonne pallet lift
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Wadders
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| posted on 23/7/15 at 09:00 AM |
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]Originally posted by femster87
if you are going to hire something, why not get a 2tonne pallet lift
Lathes and pallet trucks are not a good mix, unless the lathe is strapped on a pallet in the first place, dead easy to turn and tip the thing straight
off, no chance of tipping over if its only 20mm off the ground.
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rash12
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| posted on 23/7/15 at 12:05 PM |
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pipe
hi how much you after mate
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r1_pete
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| posted on 23/7/15 at 12:37 PM |
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3 or 4 lengths about 2ft 6in each....
Cheers.
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rash12
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| posted on 23/7/15 at 12:48 PM |
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can get something suitable im in scunthorpe that any good ?
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40inches
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| posted on 23/7/15 at 01:05 PM |
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I've got a 6ft length of 2" tube you can have Pete.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 23/7/15 at 02:53 PM |
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The company that moved my lathe used "industrial roller skates" - worked well, but hard on less than tough flooring (e.g. block paving) as
they had very small wheels.
Be very careful moving lathes - they're very top-heavy when not standing still on firm ground.
[Edited on 23/7/15 by David Jenkins]
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