Hey, I took apart the lathe last time. My advice this time (having acquired a similar lathe of my own, and having moved it several times) would be to do things a bit differently. If at all possible, get an engine hoist or similar crane. We didn’t have one last time, hence the complete disassembly into hand-liftable parts.
If possible, lift the lathe and headstock as a single unit. This keeps the headstock aligned with the lathe bed so you won’t need to re-align the lathe at its new location.
Moving the machine at all will likely call for squaring it up again. You might as well take it apart. Let me know if you need any help doing this, I have all of the tools and plenty of experience doing it.
Yes yes. Several weeks ago we discovered that only one bolt was holding the headstock in place; it could move by hand. I did my best guess, and had to tweak the tailstock as well. My availability is challenged, what with working in south Surrey, but I’ll try to be there when it’s moved / readjusted.