Renovating a Hardinge HLV-H

**BillTodd** · 19-03-2009

Originally Posted by Robin Hewitt

I am amazed at the speed this is all happenning at, do you have nothing else to do?

Things are a little quiet on the jobs front (only a couple of PA amps to fix :(), so I might as well use my time to increase the value of my assets.

Plus, it's stuck right in the middle of my workshop which is stopping work on the drill/mill cnc conversion.

And, I have a motorcycle parked in the conservatory which is generating a certain amount of "haven't you done that yet" pressure.

**Robin Hewitt** · 19-03-2009

Originally Posted by BillTodd

Plus, it's stuck right in the middle of my workshop which is stopping work on the drill/mill cnc conversion.

I had much the same problem with an injection moulder, I could move it with a pallet truck but I couldn't shift it sideways to tuck it up against the wall and under some shelving.

Ended up putting it on castors, Draper do fixed wheel castors rated 250kg apiece and you can get them at around £7.50 each if you shop around.

May not be best suited to a lathe, it could end up chasing you around the workshop if you went off centre, but as a temporary measure while fixing it up perhaps?

OTOH if it did chase you I'd want to see the video :D