GE,

Dat's cuz you got a REAL lathe!! What kind/size, btw??

Most of what I've been looking at has been the 1500# and under
genre--Clausing variable speeds, etc.

Yeah, I don't 'spect miracles w/ this thing.
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Mr. P.V.'d
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Awl--

I dunno... mebbe mine is just average size...

HF model 07620, 2-ton. non-folding, 8 ton long-ish ram. Central
Pneumatics, which I think IS HF!
$189, + $9 s&h, + optional 2 yr warrantee, $34--I took it: chinese
pistons, donchaknow...
Annoying tho, that my first inquiries/complaints to HF are receiving that
Web Wall of Silence. PITFA. Was starting to actually *like* HF. Ah, same
old effing story...

Non-foldable, but readily dis-assemble-able into three flat parts, which
for me seemed at the time more important--altho I may eventually regret
not having the foldability.
Front legs telescope out substantially, back legs telescope sideways.

The critical dims, imo, are the boom length *as measured from the piston
pivot*, and the max. boom height.
For this unit, max boom length is 62", and max boom ht, measured to the
chain pivot/attachment *bolt* is about 110".

The whole unit weighs about 240#.

Welds: B+;
Wheels: Heavy cast iron on shoulder screw, ball bearing swivel on all 4.
2 wheels noticeably out of round. Woulda preferred hard rubber.

Ram quality: Well, the piston seems smooth!! No leaks, did not seem to
have to add fluid.

Overall quality: B to B-.

HF listed boom length from *boom pivot*, not piston pivot, which is
misleading in terms of real practical reach. Also listed boom ht as 117".
Coulda been worse.

Some units elsewhere are considerably lighter. Hard to really compare,
tho, as the one's in stores are often not on display. The one in Strauss
by me is on a hobbled display, looked real crappy, but I suspect is
basically the same, w/ poss. lower boom height.

Someone mentioned these can't be used for loading lathes on trucks. I
think mine can, as the fellow I'm buying a lathe from loaded/unloaded his
lathe in precisely this way. 110" boom ht should help.
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Mr. P.V.'d
formerly Droll Troll