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Hello,

A good friend of mine works in the UK Space Industry R+D in the New Forrest area. He has need for a part time CNC Machine Tool operator to supervise machining of parts for rocket pumps and associated components.

As this would be only as and when required it would be perfectly suited for a local retired engineer. For those without CNC experience training will be given however what is crucial is significant machinist experience even if on manual tools.

Please let me know if you would be interested in learning more about this opportunity.

Matt

It all went well. I used a Leyland DAF HGV with 1000Kg tail lift and a simple palletiser. As I said before i could use the gantry crane where i bought the lathe from to lift it onto a pallet. Ratchet strapping the lathe to the pallet worked really well and increased stabilty.

Loading the lathe on the truck was a breeze with just two of us. Took some thinking of how to get the (suprisingly heavy) palletiser on the truck ahead of the lathe mind, as they wouldnt both fit on the tail lift together!

Getting the lathe out my end was the only nervous part of the operation. It took a bit of a push to get the palletiser + lathe over a small lip and onto the tail lift - the obvious danger being the momentum would take it over the edge! I used a couple of ropes around the lathe secured to the truck as fail safes.

The lathe is now in position in my garage... on a pallet! The M300 instruction manual says that the lips of the collant tray are also lifting points (with strops) so i will borrow some bottle jacks from work to act on the four corners to release the pallet and lower the lathe but am in no rush at the moment. Needs a good clean first!

Thanks again

Matt

I went up today to have a look and make a plan. They have a gantry crane so we easily put it on a pallet. The plan now is to palletise it on to a tail lift van and then use the palletier my end to manoever it into position.

Im not looking forward to the tail lift operation and i still need to figure out how to get it off the pallet!

Cheers

Matt

I have aquired a Harrison M300 lathe at a good price for me. The seller can get it into a van but then im on my own getting it out my end, down a small incline, and into my garage! Having looked it up on the net i can see they weigh approx 650 kg!

Any advice? Im thinking of hiring an engine hoist or scissor palletiser?

Many thanks

Matt