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sbwhart:
Hi Chaps
Now for the big move and reassembly. :hammer:
The plan originaly was to keep the base and column in one piece, but a quick try with the weight convinced us that this would be foolishly dangerous, so the column was split from the base, by removing the four cap screws and withdrawing the dowles, by screwing a M2 screw into their ends and pulling them out. With the column removed the weight was a lot more managable by far the heaviest part being the column. :headbang:
The part were moved down the garden on a roller troly. :whip:
The cabinat was placed on rollers (cut down broom handles) close to the door with two planks as a runway, and the mill reassembled on it.
The wiring is at the back of the mill so the next job is to wire it up before rolling it up to the wall.
The grafitee at the back of the shop my daughter did about 20 years ago :wave:
bogstandard:
Nice one Stew :clap: :clap: :clap:
Bet you can't wait to get it up and running.
BTW, did you have any bolts left over? If not it must be right. :thumbup:
John
sbwhart:
No bolts left over. :thumbup:
Worked methodical and slowly, as I stripped bits off I losly reassembled the parts to keep the bits together or bagged them with a label, before starting on the next bit. Still a way to go though so time yet for a :zap:
Rewiring it up is causing me some worry, :(
only way to find out if it will work is to do it.
Cheers
:wave:
Stew
Divided he ad:
Wey hey!! Fido Dido!!! :lol:
Oh... Nice mill Stew :thumbup: :)
Surely a 2 man lift ::) .... No, seriously you did it the correct way, my dad nearly broke his arm lifting mine :bugeye: (but that might just be him, he put an axe through his thumb this afternoon :doh:, got him back from the hospital bout 8ish... 3hrsin there! minus thumb nail :( )
You don't want that kind of incident, that's for sure.
Is it a parallax thing or will the mill not fit under the shelf at the back?
No bolts left over?? How are you ever going to fill your spares drawers? :scratch:
Re-wiring should be easy Stew.... You've got a picture of it before in your post :thumbup:
Looking forward to the first cut :)
Ralph.
sbwhart:
Hi Ralph
Yes it was a two man lift especialy the column the rest one man could just about manage, I whipped :whip: my daughter fiance into helping.
You've developed precision eyeballs :bugeye: to long associating with John, Yes it wont go under the shelve it stands about 8" from the wall the shelve is 10", so the old saw will have to do some work :hammer:.
I'm going to take the milling head off the 3 - 1 and blank the hole with some plate, this will allow me to get another selfe along the wall. By the time I'm finished you won't have space to hold a :ddb:
No not a banna a dance.
Cheers
:wave:
Stew
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