Shop New to me equipment coming.

[jorogi]

Every horizontal surface is stacked with stuff as things get shuffled, but I think I’m gaining!

You're doing Sus proud.

 

[Greywynd]

Isn't machine shop Tetris a ton of fun? Having that saw in the shop should make it all worth while in the end though.

Well, between the cherry picker, pry bars, and some help here and there with my little kubota, the physical moving isn’t bad. It’s the juggling of space to free up space to shuffle things. When one realizes the same item was moved 4-5 times it starts to get old.

The ‘shop’ is 24x28 garage. When all is done, I hope to have the bridgeport mill, harig 6x12 surface grinder, the vertical bandsaw, the hydmech, both welders, the shaper, and the old south bend 15” lathe all in place. And still have space for the tractor, and the car too.

I have a neighbour with a skid steer coming tomorrow morning to help unload and place the saw. After that I can start finalizing the smaller stuff.

 

[Greywynd]

Progress! In the shop, off the pallet and onto the floor. A little shuffling and it’ll be into place soon!

 

[TorontoBuilder]

Progress! In the shop, off the pallet and onto the floor. A little shuffling and it’ll be into place soon!

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That's a beast.

 

[Jswain]

That's a beast.

X2

 

[Greywynd]

And it’s in place. 1600 pounds of saw.

It’s amazing what some pry bars, ratchet straps, and taking some weight at one end with a cherry picker can do.

I do see another section of built in work bench getting some modifications in the near future though.

 

[Susquatch]

That's a beast.

X3.

 

[Martin w]

It’s a beauty!

 

[Susquatch]

And it’s in place. 1600 pounds of saw.

I gotta ask... Whatcha gunna cut with that? Guessing it's not 1" bar...

 

[Mcgyver]

Congrats, Hyd-Mech are a great saw, Canadian company too.

 

[140mower]

I gotta ask... Whatcha gunna cut with that? Guessing it's not 1" bar...

....... anything he wants.
So envious, sigh......

 

[Greywynd]

I gotta ask... Whatcha gunna cut with that? Guessing it's not 1" bar...

Well, it eats through 1x4” mild steel.

I was tired of trying to cut stuff that wouldn’t fit into my little 4x6 saw. This may be a little overkill, however, I have access to 8-10” diameter roundstock, and use lots of material in that size for fixtures for the field machining that I do.

The 1x4” flatstock is for some parts I make on a regular basis, I’ll bundle those and cut 4 at a time now, effectively cutting a 4x4 of steel.

It’ll just make my life a lot easier.

 

[Greywynd]

So in a couple hours the other night I cut 40 pieces of 1x4 mild steel. That was probably close to 10x what I could have cut with my 4x6. What a difference! Blade costs will be better too from what I’m seeing looking around online.