Quote Originally Posted by KustomsbyKent View Post
Looks great, Frank! Where will the lathe go? I would imagine in the short term it will stay in that spot? Will you build a shelter around it?
For right now it is secured on the step deck that I had cut the front deck off of to convert it to a goose neck trailer but the conversion plans got put on hold
We just rolled it out of the way I resprayed every machined surface with the cavity coater wax twice then tarped over it I am hoping to get the trusses and roof put on the shop I am building over the coarse of the summer.
I have a pair of 5 ton trolleys for the gantry crane and a couple of manual 4 ton chain hoists to hang from them.
An neighbor stopped by and asked if he could rent the gantry crane to pull an engine out of 1 of his tractors I told him it might be easier if he brought the tractor over and used it here because it would be hard to transport across the county but he would be welcome to use it at any rate.
Jane told me I should move it out near the road and hang a giant swing seat from it LOL. She thought I ws crazy for making it so big and robust until she saw the lathe I had bought. This gives me 5 lathes now