If your DVR comes in the factory box, as mine did, cut the sides off
the box, slide the tail stock off and tool rest off. Then I was able
to carry the head end while the wife held up the bed end and down the
stairs we went.
The wife speaking he says it wasn't so bad, it's small enough to
get good hand holds on, and you can always set it down to rest. I
think it's a two person job tho.

On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 21:17:18 -0400, Roy Smith wrote:

I've got a shop in the basement, which means everything goes in or out
down a flight of stairs (and not a very wide one, at that). I've got my
eyes on a Nova 3000 DVR lathe, but at a shipping weight of 181 lbs, if
it can't come apart into smaller pieces, it's a no go.

I'm assuming the headstock, banjo, and tailstock all come off the bed
relatively easily. I'm also guessing the heaviest single piece would be
the headstock, at maybe 75 lbs. Are these reasonable assumptions?