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Shipping large woodturning equipment

This is not an endorsement, rather an idea to get you in the right direction.

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Find a freight shipper who can palletize/crate it for you and handle all the shipping logistics. Won't be cheap, but they can get it done. No such thing being too careful in how a machine is crated. Heavy cardboard gets punctured, a full plywood box may be a good idea. The machine should be bolted down onto the frame of the pallet, not just to the top slats of the pallet. Good luck!
 
I shipped a big lathe using Fastenal. You have to get the lathe to them. They pick it up and ship it to the main warehouse. Then when they have a truck going to the town you need it to go to they take ut there. The person has to go there to get it. Cost me 1/3 of what it would have cost any other way. Fortunately I had a way to get it to the Fastenal in my town and tge guy who bought it had a way to pick it up. I did build a custom crate for it. It was a massive old Oliver lathe. Weighed close to 900 lbs.
 
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