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Old 17-09-18, 04:12
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hi Paul

If you mean move a lathe from a factory/vendor to your home/shed then use a professional with a hiab truck crane . Lathes are top heavy items and they have a nasty habit of falling over very easily. You sometimes see a lathe with broken handles and its easy to see why.... its fallen over at some time.

If you mean move the lathe from your driveway into your shed , then it depends on the type of ground you have . If you are moving over a concrete surface , its relatively easy job using lengths of pipe underneath the lathe and a chain block to pull it along. If its an older vintage Colchester it may have the cast legs at each end, if that's the situation then its not an easy job in any case.
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