I have had a Sealey 2 tonne folding engine crane for years. Never gets much use.
Poor thing will really earn it's keep next week. I bought a Hardinge clone turret lathe - no idea why!
Anyway bloke says he has no lifting gear. Lathe probably weighs about 600kg. Need to lift it into the back of a Sprinter van. I have 4 very large oak blocks to put the crane up on first.
Problem is I have a loose bolt. Directly under the vertical post and ram. I see on the newer version below the bolts go straight through the box section with nuts underneath. On mine they are blind. I assume the nut was welded inside the box. No way to get at it. It just spins so you cant tighten it.
I assume even under a heavy load all the weight there will be pushed downwards and sideways? No upward force in other words?
Other solutions I could cut it off with a grinder - then drill straight through and put in a longer bolt with a nut underneath. Or run a weld between the baseplate and the box.
Or just leave it as it will not make any difference?
Poor thing will really earn it's keep next week. I bought a Hardinge clone turret lathe - no idea why!
Anyway bloke says he has no lifting gear. Lathe probably weighs about 600kg. Need to lift it into the back of a Sprinter van. I have 4 very large oak blocks to put the crane up on first.
Problem is I have a loose bolt. Directly under the vertical post and ram. I see on the newer version below the bolts go straight through the box section with nuts underneath. On mine they are blind. I assume the nut was welded inside the box. No way to get at it. It just spins so you cant tighten it.
I assume even under a heavy load all the weight there will be pushed downwards and sideways? No upward force in other words?
Other solutions I could cut it off with a grinder - then drill straight through and put in a longer bolt with a nut underneath. Or run a weld between the baseplate and the box.
Or just leave it as it will not make any difference?