moving heavy things with air pressure was Re: re: air bearings

Smoke wrote:

>How easy would that "airbag" technique be for moving around a 2000
>pound mill?

Smoke,

Pretty easy. Depends on the floor type and more importantly, slope.
Essentially this is a 'special purpose VERY low-flying hovercraft'.
Call some linoleum flooring installers and ask if you can look at
their air-powered "washing machine/ refrigerator mover". Assuming
they know what you're talking about (some will, some won't) you
should be able to see how easy this is.

For some web info, try:

http://www.emagindia.com/air.htm

Hope this helps.

Ballendo