Another " Moving a Tormach to a basement" Thread

[Scott_M]

Hi Folks

Here is another thread on getting a new Tormach in the basement.
No where near the ordeal Mike Henry went through. But a good bit of rigging to be sure. The machine arrived on Thursday and I made some chips on Friday
Everything worked , all trammed in. and got the shop back together over the weekend. All in all.... it went really smooth.

So Far I really like what I see.


You can view the pictures here.

http://www.sdmfabricating.com/Tormach/Tormach.htm


Scott

[nine 16]

Excellent pictoral, Scott. Thanks.

[RTP_Burnsville]

Thanks for sharing the photos.... BTW: You have a nice shop!

How did you get the mill from the create onto the stand? How long to get the Tormach once you placed the order?

Thanks,
Robert

[InspirationTool]

Nice pics! If you think *THAT* was a dirty shop, you'd have a heart attack if you saw mine.

It looks like the mill barely fits under the ducting.... did you have headroom issues?

-Jeff

[Scott_M]

Hi Guys

Thanks for the compliments on my shop ! Most of my buddies have "Shop Envy "

Robert
If you look at the picture with my dog in it and the one after, you will see the mill sitting on the legs of a hydraulic engine hoist.
I ordered the mill in late January. But did not want it until now, so I am not really sure of the wait time.

Jeff
I did not say dirty I said trashed ! One of the reasons I did not want the mill till now was I had some serious cleaning to do. The shop has not been this clean since we built the house 15 years ago.

With the Z axis at the home position the cover will open with a 1/4" to spare. But I also have the feet up pretty far. The Basement has a full 8 feet. That duct just happened to be where I wanted to put the mill. I was prepared to move it , if it was going to pose a problem.


Scott

[Geof]

I am tempted to accuse you of being a copycat

Have a look at: Moving a MiniMill

[Scott_M]

Hi Geof

Copycat ?? How do you figure ?

A very nice sophisticated machine dolly...compared to a real hillbilly "skid trailer" .

You win for finesse. I win for urban ingenuity.

I was really tempted to drive up and down the street once.


Hey , we got the job done ....



Scott

[Geof]

Originally Posted by Scott_M ... I win for urban ingenuity. .....

THAT I AGREE WITH.

You also didn't have a fully equipped shop with welders and people to help build the Transport Module. I will ask you to keep your skid trailer terminology to yourself .

[Don Clement]

Us mountain folks here in South California aren’t all that sophisticated. I just dragged the PCNC up my steep driveway using my toy truck. If the pallet had wheels it would be down the hill in a jiffy.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...CNCupdrive.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...CNCdragtop.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...CNCdragmid.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1.../PCNCdrag1.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...PCNCBottom.jpg

Don Clement
Running Springs, California

[Scott_M]

Hi Don

Thanks for sharing !

I feel a LOT better now !

If I had tried that through my yard...I would have made it about 10 feet before the skid runners had dug furrows up to the deck of the skid .

I was worried we would still have snow on the ground when it arrived , Then it would have been a " Skid Sled "



Scott

[Don Clement]

Hi Scott,

It did snow the day before my PCNC arrived, but only after it had rained all night before to leave a layer of ice under the snow on the driveway. Fortunately, that day it was in the high 50’s when I dragged the PCNC up the driveway and most of the ice had melted. If only it was flat up here like your place appears to be, then wheels would make sense. I would have to add a braking system to the wheels if I used them to keep the> ½ ton PCNC from just rolling the 6K ft down to the bottom of the hill.

Don