caster system for large lathes

[robinson46176]

This thread gets more confusing as it goes.... so is anyone following the price of tea in china?Ed

Hey Ed, how is your garage door working today? Are you running Shopsmith wheels on your car?
Do I hear Twilight Zone music playing in the background when I click on this thread?


I think everybody needs to go back to square one and read ALL of this thread and go look at the pictures of the NON Shopsmith caster set that DOES lift to set the heavy lathe down DIRECTLY on the floor where it CAN sit solidly.
I don't think I have ever seen a thread apparently confuse so much.
I thought it was pretty straight forward...


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[terrydowning]

Now WHY wood ya use the SS castors on a powermatic?

I wouldn't that's the point. OP and others is/are comparing apples to oranges.

The cost delta is actually relatively simple to understand.
1. A lot less demand for casters that can handle a powermatic at 600 plus pounds. Most of the installations are bolted down fixed machines.

2. I'm willing to bet the cost of product liability insurance on non permanent casters rated that high is pretty expensive as the potential for catastrophic damage increases with the weight.

Thus the higher price than the SS casters.

[fiatben]

Yes -- http://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/? ... &months=60

I just gotta luv a smartass answer!!! well done!!!!

[reible]

So if you ever wondered why you need a heavy duty workbench maybe this will show you. Out of the manual, and only need if you don't have a forklift to use.

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So if you ever wondered why you need a heavy duty workbench maybe this will show you. Out of the manual, and only need if you don't have a forklift to use.

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So! How does one get it up onto the work bench??

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I am the last to point a finger at anyone going 'off topic', but this thread is an example of a innocuous informational post going astray.

FGS the initial post was a simple post showing similarities(loosely speaking) between a heavy duty lathe caster and the SS one, and referred to the difference in $$. That is all that was intended!!!!

The intent was to merely share that information.

It amazes me how placing(improperly) emphasis where it was not intended can distort others perception.



Ain't human nature wunnerful!:D

[robinson46176]

I am the last to point a finger at anyone going 'off topic', but this thread is an example of a innocuous informational post going astray.

FGS the initial post was a simple post showing similarities(loosely speaking) between a heavy duty lathe caster and the SS one, and referred to the difference in $$. That is all that was intended!!!!

The intent was to merely share that information.

It amazes me how placing(improperly) emphasis where it was not intended can distort others perception.



Ain't human nature wunnerful!:D

While we are flopping around like a freshly caught fish on the grassy bank... How come your post are all coming through about 3" longer (left to right) than everybody else? Do you have something sat up differently or are you just bragging.


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[robinson46176]

So if you ever wondered why you need a heavy duty workbench maybe this will show you. Out of the manual, and only need if you don't have a forklift to use. Ed

I have an "ancient" machine in my blacksmith shop that has a frame very much like that one. I would say that it is about +200# even though it is lower than that lathe base. It was made to thread iron rods of any length and up to maybe 1" dia. It has a movable vise / clamp (heavy cast iron) that runs on the rails and can be ratcheted along with a lever to feed the rod into the die mounted in the headstock. The headstock is driven by a crank and through a set of heavy bevel gears. When I bought it someone had poorly cobbled an old truck transmission onto it with heavy steel channel iron and had a big very old electric motor driving it. It could only be moved with a crane.


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