Bringing a PM-1054TV-3PH into my Garage

[matthewsx]

I think what you're wanting to hear is you should build a base for your mill, and your lathe and have the rigging company lift them up so you can install the basses before they leave. Once your machines are on a base sufficiently high to get a palette jack underneath you can do whatever you want.

You haven't spent all this time learning to weld just so you can weld pipe coupons have you????

John

 

[erikmannie]

I think what you're wanting to hear is you should build a base for your mill, and your lathe and have the rigging company lift them up so you can install the basses before they leave. Once your machines are on a base sufficiently high to get a palette jack underneath you can do whatever you want.

You haven't spent all this time learning to weld just so you can weld pipe coupons have you????

John

Correct on the machine base projects.

With regard to welding, I am still learning. I really wanted to go to a 9 month welding program, but COVID-19 sent me home after 2 weeks at Hobart…on March 15, 2020. Everybody remembers that date!

After that, I took some welding classes at The Crucible in Oakland (I love that school). I realized that the most productive time in class is welding coupons at the bench. I can do that at home!

I prefer *arc time* to fabrication, so I am very happy with my sheet, plate, pipe & tubing coupons for now. I plan to spend at least 1200 hours on coupons, & then see how nicely I can lay down a bead after that.

Of course, sometimes you have to fab something…like bases for machine tools!

 

[matthewsx]

Correct on the machine base projects.

With regard to welding, I am still learning. I really wanted to go to a 9 month welding program, but COVID-19 sent me home after 2 weeks at Hobart…on March 15, 2020. Everybody remembers that date!

After that, I took some welding classes at The Crucible in Oakland (I love that school). I realized that the most productive time in class is welding coupons at the bench. I can do that at home!

I prefer *arc time* to fabrication, so I am very happy with my sheet, plate, pipe & tubing coupons for now. I plan to spend at least 1200 hours on coupons, & then see how nicely I can lay down a bead after that.

Of course, sometimes you have to fab something…like bases for machine tools!

No offense intended, I'm sure you have more than enough experience to build the bases for your machines and doing that will answer most of the questions you have about bringing new equipment into your shop. I have a small shop too (can't even store a palate jack here). But, being able to move machinery yourself is critical to home machine shops. I know you'll work it out and best is if you can take advantage of pros and their equipment when you're paying for them....

John

 

[7milesup]

Every shop tool I own is on wheels of some sort. Build 4 of these and bases with receivers, swap the casters around as needed!
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@Firstram : That is slicker' than snot. I need to do that. Thank you for posting that!!

 

[erikmannie]

Delivery day!

The rigging crew is supposed to be here in 50 minutes. My Dad and one friend are coming over to watch. My Dad is on standby to run to the hardware store and buy some nuts for the feet. I should have ordered the feet early so that I could have had nuts ready to go. Hopefully the feet will come with nuts.

I got up at 3:45 AM to get ready for the delivery. I have had almost no chance to get ready earlier due to working so many hours. I did, however, take the time to tape off where the big machines are going to go.

Here are some before and after pictures of clearing out the garage. To reduce weight, I removed the heavy 6J chuck and bullnose live center. I also drained 4 gallons of the CF.

Before:

 

[erikmannie]

After:

 

[erikmannie]

I put a lot of stuff on the side yard. This would be a really bad time to have it start raining!

 

[erikmannie]

I usually start work at 7:30 or 7:45 AM. I asked them to try to get me the day off (which is very unlikely). If staffing does not allow this, I have to go to work as soon as possible.

 

[erikmannie]

I just called to confirm with the crane company (which I would have done yesterday if I would have had a cell signal on my UPS route). They said that they will be here shortly, which I was very excited to hear because I have not talked to them in 9 days.

The rigging crew is going to have to use a forklift to get the engine lathe out of the way to bring in the knee mill. Here are some pictures of the underside of the cast iron stand on a PM-1660TL. This lends itself well to forks.

The stippled white garage door is closed in these photos (because of my nosy neighbor). You can see blue painter’s tape on the floor.

 

[erikmannie]

I could see that I would have never made it to work, so I called in and told them that I was going to *need* to take today off.

The rigging company billed me from 6:00-10:00 AM. That is from the time they started loading up until the time they were done unloading.

There were no issues, so I will just post a *lot* photos and that will tell the story.

So I will have about 12 hours to put everything back in the garage nice and neat.