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What Projects Are You Considering This Winter?
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Oh yes here is the post on moving machines. Look at the pictures for inspiration.
https://canadianhobbymetalworkers.c...sportation-of-a-milling-machine.951/post-9256
https://canadianhobbymetalworkers.c...sportation-of-a-milling-machine.951/post-9262
This post shows the shimmed plywood to keep everything level and the round bar to move the machine. 3 bars. roll slow, take one out put it front etc.
https://canadianhobbymetalworkers.c...sportation-of-a-milling-machine.951/post-9256
https://canadianhobbymetalworkers.c...sportation-of-a-milling-machine.951/post-9262
This post shows the shimmed plywood to keep everything level and the round bar to move the machine. 3 bars. roll slow, take one out put it front etc.
Dabbler
ersatz engineer
I'm starting to document some machine rigging... Here's where I've put them:
https://www.hobby-machinist.com/forums/dabbler.554/
https://www.hobby-machinist.com/forums/dabbler.554/
I’m still waiting I just got out of the hospital after having my gallbladder removed before that it was stones cut out before that liver and kidneys shutting down which started the bladder removal then surgery canceled for covid now working on getting the breathing back not being able to lift over 10 lbs.
As I stare into the night!
IS THAT ALL YOU GOT!
As I stare into the night!
IS THAT ALL YOU GOT!
Wow Tom. Sure hope things improve for you. I just lost the right to complain after reading your post.
Best of luck...hope you are back in the shop soon enjoying the hobby.
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You are on GOOD drugs aren't you,,,
. I'd have to be about 50 times worse than you to have a lift problem.Wishing you and the kid all the best.
Well they say I can lift 10 pounds so at least I can still pee!
Actually I’m doing good over here and no help from my son he broke both bones below the shin dislocating his foot in the process wait for it ............ Skateboarding!
Get well soon Bro, the kid as well! Skateboarding.... ya I agree
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Canadium
Ian
I can totally commiserate. I had surgery for cancer exactly a year ago. Was very lucky I got it done before the pandemic hit. I'm doing pretty well now but the first few months after were torture. I was helping my wife recently with some gardening where there was some heavy lifting involved. She's a good trooper but eventually she said "me Jane you Tarzan". I scoffed and asked her " you know what happens to Tarzan when he gets old?" .... ... "he pees his pants every time he lifts something heavy!"Well they say I can lift 10 pounds so at least I can still pee!
Hope the health picture gets better for you soon!
I heartily support this.
One of my biggest concerns about buying the surface grinder was moving the thing. I work alone 99.99% of the time and don't know anyone local who could help me move something that weighs nearly 2,000 lbs.
Hiring a picker truck took almost all of the stress out of the move. We picked up the grinder in the warehouse and set it down on a rented pallet jack. My driveway is gravel so I had plywood laid down. We moved it into the garage with little fuss.
The pallet jack was about 4 inches wider than the machine base so the most difficult part was blocking it up to remove the pallet jack.
I'm with you David. I work alone 99.99% of the time as well. It's taught me a lot about patience, improvising, planning and knowing when to spend $$. I know there is free help available on this forum from many kind members, but that's not for everyone. I also remember having my 20" disk sander boomed in on a crane because it was too awkward for me to manage alone. As the guy drove away I remember thinking, "that's the best money I ever spent."
Bradells
(BRad)
Now that I’ve just sold everything ... and I mean everything! Everything looks like fun project from small Wobbler engines, co2 cars, random things.....
Sigh, I guess that’s the way it goes... time to drift off to YouTube and sketch out on sketchup!
Time to make a new plan for larger equipment (on the large ‘bench’ size) and tooling for down the road.
Brad
Sigh, I guess that’s the way it goes... time to drift off to YouTube and sketch out on sketchup!
Time to make a new plan for larger equipment (on the large ‘bench’ size) and tooling for down the road.
Brad
Looks like I need to make some HD Traction Plates next. The City Recycling Truck got stuck in today's EOD (End of Driveway) snow dump. I offered my traction plates to him. I've seen military trucks use them effectively. The key is the words I used: "Go slowly."
How those two words got transposed into "Punch it" I don't know.
Anyways, here is the result...
How those two words got transposed into "Punch it" I don't know.
Anyways, here is the result...
Yup. Seven hours of snowblowing alternating between two machines, 1 broken shear pin on my tracked blower, helped 3 vehicles get unstuck.You finished digging every one out now. That was quite the dump
Forget beer. It's Advil time right?
Bradells
(BRad)
Ughhh, those contractors that the city uses are quite the characters ..... I ended up with the number of the Enmax/City area manager around my old place .... the Drivers were great at dumping the bins halfway down the laneway, dumping half the contents, or just failing to pickup altogether .... Best response was .. "Your laneway is on a slope, so if you fix that, we won't have that issue" ..... Right, me fix a City road .... ahahhahaha!
New place is street pickup ... as long as I remember to put out the bin when I wake up, I'm good
Brad
Chicken lights
Forum Pony Express Driver
Gonna drill some holes so it’s backlit somehow when the fire is lit?
We were thinking of doing that, but the heat resistant paint that we used, doesn't resist direct contact with flames. It may still work if I drill smaller sized holes.