New garage toy... big toy!

[747mopar]

When I built my own garage I knew I wanted a mill and a lathe (preferably a LeBlond or Monarch) well..... I got a big one... 13ft long to be exact.

Driveshaft and rear ends will be a breeze with this bad boy but now where in the hell will it fit?

 

[POMONAMISSEL]

thats a great piece man . i've been collecting machinery to put the jobs in my hands . still senting them up . space is a juggling match in my shop although . just to much stuff , lol ;)

 

[Ironbuilt]

That is sweet!! You are a lucky man!!

 

[moparnation74]

Wow! Congrats that is Sweet!

 

[rakort]

go big or go home!

 

[Bb70charger500]

Wow that's got to way a ton!

 

[Riverdawg]

That looks a lot like the one my brother has and yeah it weighs a few tons. Moved it with a forklift and heavy duty trailer. Nice machine for sure.

 

[khryslerkid]

Gee Wally that is a big one!

Three phase?

 

[gdrill]

Hope you poured at least a 6" floor for that to sit on!

 

[747mopar]

That looks a lot like the one my brother has and yeah it weighs a few tons. Moved it with a forklift and heavy duty trailer. Nice machine for sure.

We moved it off of the trailer with a ratchet strap and a spud bar, leverage can move anything...

 

[747mopar]

Gee Wally that is a big one!

Three phase?

Yeap, my dad is putting together a phase converter for the garage right now. I wired all of my 220 outlets with 4 prong plugs, single phase equipment uses 3 and the 3rd prong is the generated 3rd phase.

 

[747mopar]

Hope you poured at least a 6" floor for that to sit on!

4" would be plenty for this but mine is 6". Our other garage has a massive horizontal mill that dwarfs this and it's only 4". The iron worker cracked the floor though but it has a small base for it's size.

 

[rakort]

Wow that's got to way a ton!

several!

 

[cryplydog]

Nice pc.

 

[eldubb440]

that's like way cool!....... I had 2 years machine shop in high school...... I loved it!

 

[bm02tj]

See if you can find a VFD it will give you a clean 3ph from the 1ph
and smooth start up

 

[747mopar]

See if you can find a VFD it will give you a clean 3ph from the 1ph
and smooth start up

Already on it. I work in Maint and have installed a ton of them so that will be no problem at all.

 

[conv67bdere]

Sweet . . . now my lathe looks like a "toy" compared to yours

 

[747mopar]

Sweet . . . now my lathe looks like a "toy" compared to yours

Lol, go big or go home! Sounds good until you need to find a home for it.. Oh wait now I don't need a bed frame for my mattress for when I'm in the dog box.
Saved some space right there.

 

[69 GTX]

Love the really old stuff like that. The new ones we got at work to replace our old ones are junk. I'd take one of those any day Love the Le Blonds