Re: My Drill/Mill has arrived!!

That sounds like it might be easyer to lay it down like you did. I
will ask the guys tonight what they think. I really like your idea of
cutting a hole in the stand to get under the base. My stand has a
door as well. I wish I had this idea before I put the base on the
stand. Oh well :)

Thanks

CADMAN

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Joel Jacobs" <jj@n...> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <cadman@p...>
> >I got the head off the
> >machine with the help of a friend. We setup the stand and was able
to
> >put the base unit on top of it last night. Now with the base on
the
> >stand it places the top of the column about head high. This will
make
> >placing the head on it real hard.
>
> I had to take the head off mine too - to get it into the basement.
I bolted
> the base onto the stand and tipped it over so it layed horizontal on
the
> floor and put the head on. Moved the head all the way down to lower
the C
> of G and With two people was able to tip it back up.
>
>
> >It's the y-axis screw that will be
> >hard. Not from a design stand point, but because it's under the
base
> >and the pure weight of things make it impossible to just flip it
over
> >anytime I want to work on it.
>
> I'm going to have the same problem. My stand has a door in it and I
think
> if I cut an opening in the top of the stand - under the base, it
might give
> easier access to the Y screw and nut.
>
>
> Joel