They are less than 550 kg as I recall.I may get involved in shifting a chipmaster. Can anyone advise how easy it would be to strip down to reduce the weight to something that could be shifted in an unbraked (650kg?) Trailer?
I'm thinking remove tailstock, chuck, motor? Saddle?
Thanks
I expected it to be a bit more. How easy is it to remove the motor? I'm guessing it will be a large old oneThey are less than 550 kg as I recall.
I lifted mine easily with an engine crane. There is a hole through the bed just in front of the headstock. Put a bar through this and use it as the lifting point.
Consensus is ok on an unbraked 650kg trailer, driven sensibly?
Good pointA lot of it depends on the dimensions of the trailer. As you know, all the weight is at the headstock end. If you load it headstock first, the weight on the drawbar might be a lot and it will unload the front wheels of the tow vehicle. If you load it tailstock first, you might be lifting the rear of the towing vehicle. I guess you need a trailer whose bed is twice as long as the lathe for optimum positioning.
When would you not ?Consensus is ok on an unbraked 650kg trailer, driven sensibly?
Logically (I think...) if you lift it with a bar through the bed and balance by moving the tailstock back and forth, you need that balance point (the bar) just ahead of the wheels' centreline to put weight on the hitch - my mum (avid caravanner) takes a set of bathroom scales to go under the jockey wheel, close enuff! I've done the same, (just a deadlift on the hitch, no scale!) shifting lathe and mill, ended up a stable tow.Assuming (as in ass u me) the lifting hole is at the midpoint of the weight distribution, it is 650mm from the headstock end and 850mm from the tailstock end.
The h/s measurement is with the door in place and closed, so could be reduced by 100mm if the door is removed. At the t/s end, the foot is directly below the drip tray so the 850mm cannot reduce much. I think they only balance when lifted if the tailstock is in place as far back as it will go and the saddle hard up against it.
I guess that means for a single axle trailer, it would need a 1700mm bed to put the whole of the lathe's weight onto the trailer axle. You could reduce that length a bit by moving the lathe forward of the axle and putting some weight on the trailer tongue.
Mine is one of the first ones from the first year of production. These had the variatior coupled directly to the motor, which made a heavy lump. Still no real issues pulling it out.I expected it to be a bit more. How easy is it to remove the motor? I'm guessing it will be a large old one