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Moving a Bridgeport into the Basement
Bernd:
--- Quote from: bogstandard on November 23, 2008, 12:44:50 AM ---You can stop sweating now Bernd, the hard bit has been done, and if I must say so, very professionally as well.
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Thank you Bog's. Coming from you that means a lot to me.
--- Quote ---Did you ever get the bent knee shaft sorted?
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Yes, I think I have it under control. If you go back to the second from the last pic, you'll notice I've got a pair of vise grips clamped to the shaft. I have milled a 3/16" wide slot for a key. I'm going to make another part to put a wrench (spanner) on to rasie and lower the knee. I'll post with pics as I work on this.
--- Quote ---It must be wonderful to have the room you have, there is real space envy showing coming on here. By the time I get everything into my shop, if I put something in my pocket, I will have difficulty moving about (that might also be because of my size).
John
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Only one minor problem with so much room Bog's. You just collect more junk that you just can't get yourself to throw out, because you just might need it one of these days. It also makes you less orginized because you can just toss it down somewhere. Haveing less room forces you to orginize your tools.
Bernd
Bernd:
--- Quote from: Brass_Machine on November 23, 2008, 01:23:38 AM ---Nice job Bernd. :bow:
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Thank very much.
--- Quote ---Outside of the drillpress and mill have you ever done a move like that before? Lots of planning and ingenuity went into that. Very well done.
Eric
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No. These are my first tries at moving such heavy machinery. I learn by obsevering and reading. Basically were I worked we built gear cutting machines. They are quite large, some weighing in at several tons. Plus the machines that are used to build the machines were occasionally moved also, mills, lathes, grinders and such. I watched how the mill rights moved these machines. Once I saw how it was done I had no problem trying it myself. I'm not afraid of trying something. I do know the dangers involved with heavy equipment moving. It's basically common sense. I also found a web site were a guy moved a block of concrete weighing 24,000 lbs. by himself. It's nothing more than physics and geometry, neither of which I studied in school by the way. I would have tried even if I won't have had the tractor. I would have used an engine hoist. If there is a will there is usally a way. Also what helped was the fact that when I designed the house it was to have a straight shot from outside to the basement. So I had this planned from over 10 years. The only thing I was a bit nervous about was if I could get the ram back up on top of the base. That was quite easy to do. I would have taken the darn thing apart and assembled piece by piece if I would have had to.
and for my next trick......................... :wave:
bernd
Bernd:
--- Quote from: Darren on November 23, 2008, 05:13:45 AM ---Normally I'd have thought that was too big a job for one man.
Bernd, you have shown us otherwise along with some very handy ways to tackle each step.
Well done :clap:
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Thank you Darren.
Remember it's nothing more than levers ,ramps and a couple of rollers. Gravity also helps in making things go down hill, hence, siding evrything down the stairs. I used rollers to move the machine and levers to lift it up on the rollers. Ofcourse I had a good ground to roll them on and the help of hydraulics in the form of a tractor bucket was great help to. The biggest help was the grey matter between the ears. So what if it took me several weeks to accomplish what would have taken proffesional movers a day or so to do. Think of all the money I saved and I learned. I now feel I can give a save view point of how to move such a machine.
I believe anybody here could have done the same.
Bernd
Nightshift:
Bernd, great job on documenting this move to the basement. As I mentioned to you, I have to do the same thing with my '83 Bridgeport. It's been sitting in my garage for the past 6 months as I figure out how to safely move mine down into my basement shop. I'm actually thinking the easiest (and safest) way for me to do this myself is to remove the stair treads and risers to open up the stairwell (the stringers are lagged to the concrete walls of my stairwell) and then using my chainfall, lower each piece straight down and set it on a low 4-wheeled cart on the bottom. From there it will be easy to rolling thru the door into the basement as you did. When I'm all done, I can then just screw the stair treads and risers back on. Here's my mill before I start disassembly and the stairway it's going down. Bill
Nightshift:
Here's the mill
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