FEMCO Durga 25-E

[chich2]

Hello,
This is a thread for a Femco Durga 25-E Lathe I have purchased from Machinery Exchange in Chatswood, California USA. I live in Australia so this is the first time I have imported a large item like this so far across the world. I have agreed freight, customs, and import through a freight broker here in Australia and have paid for the lathe and packageing in USD. Should take at least a month to get the lathe so here are some photo's I have and also a short video from the seller.

Hope you enjoy,
Chich

YouTube- Femco Durga CNC Lathe Machine

YouTube- Femco Durga CNC Lathe Machine

[epineh]

Sweet !!! Can't wait until that turns up

Russell.

[chich2]

Time for an update post,
My machine has made it from the United States across the vast Pacific ocean to Brisbane in Australia. Once it goes through customs and quarantine clearance it should be on it's way up to me. All things going well, the lathe should be on the truck in 3 to 4 day's from now.

Chich

[epineh]

Wicked

[timlkallam]

I have neve seen a turret like that . What is it called.

[chich2]

Good question. I've heard it refered to as a Durga turret.

Chich

[chich2]

My lathe arrived Monday and my friend went and picked it up for me. I got home from work yesterday (Thursday) and went straight around to his place to have a look. Cant see any thing as he has covered it realy well. Today I'll be working on getting it into my shed.

Chich

[chich2]

Well Surprise Surprise it's raining here!!!! Which it always does. Up to 7 meters of annual rainfall means fine weather doesn't always come along when you want it.

I wasn't comfortable with my lathe sitting under a tarp out side. Especially when it rains and then the sun comes out and makes everything steamy. I was concerned that moisture would get into the machine and destroy something.

To preserve the lathe as much as possible I moved it into a shed, still on the trailer, and removed the tarp.

Chich

[RayGardiner]

Hi Chich,

Nice looking machine, looks like it survived the trip half way round the world pretty well.

Looking forward to following the project as it progresses.

Congratulations on a successful purchase.

Regards
Ray

[chich2]

Ray,
Thanks for your post.

Well I have been busy getting the shed ready for the lathe and also waiting for the weather to fine up. Firstly I completely cleaned out the shed and acid washed the concrete floor as a surface prep for painting. After that I had to wait a week for the concrete to completely dry. I then painted the entire floor with a VERY hard 2 Pack epoxy paint.

I then built up the level of the ground outside the shed with coarse sand and set up some lite tram rail on top of it going into the shed. After that I went on a mission of fabricating up a heavy trolley made from 150mm X 50mm (6"X2") box pipe. The wall thickness is 6mm (1/4") so it was nice and strong. For wheels I used old bearings. To keep it straight on the track I welded side guides that run between the rails. The Idea is to place the lathe on ths trolley and roll it into the shed.

Chich

[chich2]

Today was a Great Day. The weather Kind of cleared up and my friend who owns a 26Ton Excavator said he was in the area and would call in to unload my Lathe. I have been wanting to use an excavator because there is a tree stump in the way of getting my lathe to the shed. I made arrangements with him to remove the stump first then unload my lathe and put it onto the trolley I made in the previous post.

I contacted my other friend who owns the trailer that the lathe is on and he took his truck and connected up the trailer. The excavator and the truck pretty much turned up at my place at the same time. The lathe weighs 3500Kg (7700 Pounds) and the Excavator is good for 2500Kg Fully extended so we kept the load in nice and close to the machine which was safely indicated on he load chart. The lift went exactly to plan and we placed the lathe onto the trolley and pushed the Lathe into the shed by hand.

Here's some more Photo's

Chich

[epineh]

Good work Chich ! Bet you are happy to have your new baby home

I might drop in this arvo if I finish work early enough !

Russell.