I made the mistake of not having my shop heated, cast iron was red rust in short order. The heat does not need to be much over 50 degrees or so, easy to turn it up before a work session and then back down. Sounds as though you're good to go as far as getting it into your shop. Pipe rollers and a Johnson bar are useful in setting your new lathe in place. Most rental places have Johnson bars, a johnson bar is a heavy duty long handled tool kinda like on half of a hand truck with rugged cast iron casters. Indispensible in getting the lathe up on and down off pipe rollers and off the shipping pallet.
