Champion Lathe, $10,000, Moose Jaw, SK

[JustaDB]

Champion Lathe | Power Tools | Moose Jaw | Kijiji

220/3phase 7.5hp, 10" 3 jaw chuck. Some tooling included. Buyer must arrange pickup.

www.kijiji.ca

 

[boilerhouse]

 

[trevj]

Colchester Triumph 2000 clone? Or is that a "Colchester" name?

Seems about the right size, and has the right stick shift on it!

Unless it's yet another name that Colchester sold machines to, like Clausing!

Not much to go on besides that it says 7.5HP, and the chuck looks like it should be a D1-6 or thereabouts.

Guy would want to see it and what comes with, for that money!

 

[Tomc938]

I wouldn't be changing out that chuck too often! I keep pinching my fingers between the chuck and the bed with my 5" chuck. That chuck would just snip them off.

 

[trevj]

I wouldn't be changing out that chuck too often! I keep pinching my fingers between the chuck and the bed with my 5" chuck. That chuck would just snip them off.

You need a shaped bit of wood and board, that you can slide on the bed to support the chuck. Helps prevent drop damage to the bed too!

Or buy a Sky Hook, or build a clone of one...

SKY HOOK 9727 1/4 Ton Load Capacity, 100

Safety-first Skyhook Premium Cable Skyhooks for Unmatched Lifting Performance. Skyhook premium cable skyhooks meet all OSHA and ASME safety standards to prevent any lifting injuries. The hooks help you accomplish heavy and awkward lifting jobs single-handedly that otherwise require the efforts...

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[terry_g]

I used to run a lathe that had a 12" 3 jaw and a 16" 4 jaw. they both had a threaded hole for a lifting eye.
I used the overhead crane to switch them.

 

[Janger]

how about sticking a 18" length of bar stock through the chuck and tightening it down. Now you have a handle sticking out both ends of the chuck. Maybe still not helpful on a 12" chuck. What would a brute like that weigh?

 

[Janger]

an accusize 12" chuck is 50 kilograms. A crane would make that a lot easier!

 

[trevj]

Not hard to weld up a Lifting fixture that has a straight piece of pipe or rod going into the chuck, and a Curved arm over the top of the chuck to keep the lift more or less at the CofG of the unit as it is lifted.
Build one for each heavy chuck and never be short again!

A smart fella might even mark out how deep you need to set the center rod, so the chuck hangs level!