Well got the Chiron delivered yesterday and unfortunately the column had come loose in transit. When I looked at it today It looked bad, the Y axis front trucks were half off the rail, the ballscrew was half out the nut and the guards were bent a bit. The Z was also way down and the guards a bit bent but thankfully they had stayed in position enough to stop it coming right down so ballscrew was still in the nut and trucks still on the rail. Managed to get the Y back onto the rail properly and luckily none of the balls had come out of the trucks. The Ballscrew on the Y was a bit of a pain to get out but eventually I managed it. I have reloaded all the balls I could find but it seems to be 4 short so I will have to try and get some more.
I hope to get the Chiron lifted in on Monday, it arrived too late to get it done yesterday but thankfully one of the guys in the boatyard came in to lift it off with the crane so it was just put outside the workshop door. I think I am going to have about 10mm clearance through the door, would have been a real pain if not as it would mean I would have probably had to take the Z axis rails off.
Hood