[mike sr1]

I was fortunte, I had a "footless" engine hoist. I made a floor mounted one for loading the welder on and off the truck, worked very well for the "Tormach to stand" operation.

[Don Clement]

I was fortunte, I had a "footless" engine hoist. I made a floor mounted one for loading the welder on and off the truck, worked very well for the "Tormach to stand" operation.

I needed to raise a 1000Kg (2200lb) lathe up 2ft and over 6ft onto a 12” thick concrete foundation after the commercial rigger left the lathe in a precarious position on the edge of my driveway and didn’t fulfill his promise to put the lathe up on the foundation. An engine hoist was out of the question because of the rough terrain. One solution was to rent an off-road type forklift but I decided against it because of the $$. Here is what I did: I got an I beam, 1 ton trolly from Harbor Fright, and borrowed a 1.5 ton chain hoist from a neighbor and built an A frame over the lathe to hold the I beam. The lathe a Graziano SAG12 had holes in the base where 1” diameter piping can be used to lift the lathe using a chain hoist. I then used slings to lift the lathe up 2ft and then just pushed it by hand with the trolly into place.

Don

Lathe lifted ready to be pushed in on the trolly


The 2Ft rise


The I beam and 1Ton trolly note the C clamp for extra protection


Graziano delivery card showing how to lift the lathe


Shows squash plate mounting the I beam to the wood cross beam


A frame with neighbor who loaned the 1.5 ton hoist.


Front view showing A frame supporting the I beam