11-01-2015, 09:02 PM
My grandfathers old power king lathe is going into storage, after having picked up a heavier slightly newer PM90 from a school auction earlier this year. My kid found an inspection sticker on the PM90 of 1963.
It didn't come with a face plate but did come with a 4 jaw check that may be original powermatic based on the green color. It has a 1 hp single phase motor with a working reeves drive. I want to rig a paddle style kill switch, currently it just has a 3 prong plug. I'll also need an adapter to use my stronghold chuck.
It is still sitting on a couple of custom dollies that made moving it prety easy.
Any suggestions for an easy wasy to lift it, in order to put a mobile base under it ?
I could unbolt the base from the bed, but the cast iron bed and motor look pretty heavy. The two ends of the base have a welded chip deflector type piece that doesn't allow you to get under the bed without detaching the bed from the base. Between the bed ways are some cast supports that I don't know as I would want to lift from.
I'm still undecided whether to go with a one pice mobile base, or with a base under each end. the two smaller bases would probably use 6 total lock casters, 3 on each end.
It didn't come with a face plate but did come with a 4 jaw check that may be original powermatic based on the green color. It has a 1 hp single phase motor with a working reeves drive. I want to rig a paddle style kill switch, currently it just has a 3 prong plug. I'll also need an adapter to use my stronghold chuck.
It is still sitting on a couple of custom dollies that made moving it prety easy.
Any suggestions for an easy wasy to lift it, in order to put a mobile base under it ?
I could unbolt the base from the bed, but the cast iron bed and motor look pretty heavy. The two ends of the base have a welded chip deflector type piece that doesn't allow you to get under the bed without detaching the bed from the base. Between the bed ways are some cast supports that I don't know as I would want to lift from.
I'm still undecided whether to go with a one pice mobile base, or with a base under each end. the two smaller bases would probably use 6 total lock casters, 3 on each end.
My .02
Karl
Karl