Tonight I performed a little magic in my shop.
It all started with the November sales flyer from Woodcraft. It was right on the cover, Nova DVR XP on sale for $1749! So I've been going back and forth with myself, spend the money, don't spend the money.....
Friday morning I called my local Woodcraft just to see if they had them in stock, when they said yes I made my decision. I asked them to put my name on one and I'd pick it up Saturday morning. They said the would, but they also said they'd honor the sale price if I wanted to pick it up today. So I snuck out of work a little early and headed to Woodcraft.
They got me loaded up and then asked if I'd have some help to set it up. They looked at me a little funny when I told them I'd have the old lathe dismantled and the new lathe set up tonight, and I'd get it done myself.
I got home and started taking apart the old Delta. At 600 lbs, there's no way I was going to be able to move it in one piece.
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After cleaning up the mess I made, I brought in the Nova and the stand and got to work. Using a little comealong and one of the metal struts on the roof, I was able to lift it a little at a time until I could get the headstock sitting on a table and one of the leg stands under the tailstock. Then I raised it a little more until I could get the other leg stand under the headstock. Luckily the strut and the strap both held!
Got all the parts cleaned up, waxed the ways, got all the parts installed then plugged it in and turned it on.
It took about 5 hours from start to finish and I'll make the first curlies on it in the morning.2012-10-26_22-05-033.jpg2012-10-26_23-17-011.jpg
This should be a fun weekend!
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