Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] I think somebofy got a STEAL on a Monarch 16 x

Perhaps you can ask a local machine supplier who would lend his low
profile dollies. If not: I moved a few month ago a 4 ton injection press
using
a few 1 1/2 1020 bars under some c profiles that made the bottom flat
it worked fine except that I damaged the shop floor with the pry bar.
Good Luck
Sven Peter

Jon Elson wrote:

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> dave engvall wrote:
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>> Jon Elson wrote:
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>>> I was drooling over the Monarch lathe on eBay last night!
>>> It went for $909!
>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=578640496
>>> Ohhh, that was tempting, but I was just a little worried about moving
>>> 9000 Lbs of lathe into my basement!
>>>
>>> Jon
>>
>> Hi Jon,
>> There are good reasons for building a shop building nominally at ground level with a big door so one can move in decent sized
>> pieces of machinery without pain. I should talk.... had to hire a concrete cutter... to make a door in my shop 6'-6 x 8' so I
>> could get machinery in. :-)
>>
>> Sometime a hole in the roof is even better. Local crane and all becomes accessible.
>
>
> I have a ground level door in the basement - one of the specs I gave the
> realtor when we were looking to move. But, it requires backing a truck
> down a mild grade in the back yard. It was no problem backing a 20 foot
> liftgate truck down there and unloading my round ram Bridgeport and
> the 10" Atlas I had at the time. The lathe was just carried, and the
> mill was rocked and pushed on a piece of 3/4" plywood. I took the
> threshold out of the doorway and matched the grade with shims under
> the plywood. It was no biggie. But, that just won't work with a
> 9000 Lb lathe! I'd have to make a set of truly massive dollies, and
> I don't think a lift gate would handle 9000 Lbs, but maybe they would.
> Since a guy at our shop lost his leg to a 7000 Lb or so lathe, I've
> gotten a bit more cautious about moving top-heavy machinery.
>
> Jon
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