Re: Moog makes it home

Just a quick update, I managed to unload the machine from the
trailer today, and it went pretty smoothly. Among other things, I
angled the trailer down in the back, attached the ramps, used the
winch to pull the pallet off onto the ramps, and then used the truck
to pull the ramps out from under the pallet. Took it real slow and
cautious and had it unloaded in about 3 hours. I hope to begin
disassembly tomorrow. I'll leave the mill on the pallet until the
new shop goes up, then plan to drag the pallet into the new building
and lift the mill off with an overhead hoist or other method,
depending on what gets finished when. I'm really looking forward to
having a look at the pieces.

Jim

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "blown_mgb_v8
<jblackwood5@i...>" <jblackwood5@i...> wrote:

> >. In practice the
> > knee weight does a good job.
> >
> I was thinking, that being the case, prehaps a ballscrew is
> unnecessary in this location. Admittedly it has less friction, and
> motion of the knee isn't usually quite as smooth as the x-y, but
> backlash shouldn't be a problem, though it might take a good bit
> more power to drive it.
> >
> > I don't have a digital camera handy, otherwise I'd put some
> pictures up for
> > you. (That might be a good excuse, too, as it isn't inherently
> pretty. :)
> >
> Well, considering the Moog itself isn't exactly lovely...
>
> Thanks for all the help Keith, I'll be back once the pieces start
> coming off.
>
> Jim