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Hi guys,
Awhile ago, a machinist who was moving out of state sold/gave me a bunch of stuff. While we were chatting in his garage, he told me the name of this tool, told me how useful it was, and said I could buy it in the gardening section at Home Depot. He said this tool would enable anyone to move any size machine. He then showed me how he used it. It is really hard for me to explain the movement he used to make a machine slowly rotate/move, kind of like "walking" a tall heavy box. I told him that it was cool, and I'd pick one from the store.
As time went on, I forgot about that tool, until the day I received my Bridgeport mill. My friend Mike, while using his forklift, placed the mill facing outward in my garage. I told him the position wasn't ideal. Then he grabbed the same type of bar my old machinist friend showed me awhile ago, and he placed the tip of the bar into the center hole that is at the front bottom of the mill's base. It honestsly looked like that hole was specifically made to be used with this bar. His helper was behind the milling table and pushed one side of the table while Mike shimmy'd the machine 90 degrees. It took them about 30 seconds to move this machine 90 degrees. Since Mike wasn't in a good mood (we had traffic backed up both ways since his flatbed truck was blocking my narrow mountain /very steep hillside street that the morning and evening commuters used as a short cut), I didn't want to bother him with talking about the tool's name, hence, I am asking you guys.
Then, I saw this ad, but I don't think it's a water wrench as the seller called it since I couldn't find any of the same tool when I googled it. Or maybe it is a water wrench, but an old school version.
Whew! All this typing just to ask, "what is this thing called?"
FYI, I am a craigslist cheapskate. $50 is way too much to pay for this bar, if I can avoid it, and I would rather wait for or find someone else selling it for $10 ;-)
Btw, this bar looks like it can be McGyver'd to be multi fucntional. I can see Jackie Chan using this tool as a self defense weapon as he gets jumped by 6 men in the back of a gardening shed. Digressing...sorry
Thanks in advance for your friendly input.
Awhile ago, a machinist who was moving out of state sold/gave me a bunch of stuff. While we were chatting in his garage, he told me the name of this tool, told me how useful it was, and said I could buy it in the gardening section at Home Depot. He said this tool would enable anyone to move any size machine. He then showed me how he used it. It is really hard for me to explain the movement he used to make a machine slowly rotate/move, kind of like "walking" a tall heavy box. I told him that it was cool, and I'd pick one from the store.
As time went on, I forgot about that tool, until the day I received my Bridgeport mill. My friend Mike, while using his forklift, placed the mill facing outward in my garage. I told him the position wasn't ideal. Then he grabbed the same type of bar my old machinist friend showed me awhile ago, and he placed the tip of the bar into the center hole that is at the front bottom of the mill's base. It honestsly looked like that hole was specifically made to be used with this bar. His helper was behind the milling table and pushed one side of the table while Mike shimmy'd the machine 90 degrees. It took them about 30 seconds to move this machine 90 degrees. Since Mike wasn't in a good mood (we had traffic backed up both ways since his flatbed truck was blocking my narrow mountain /very steep hillside street that the morning and evening commuters used as a short cut), I didn't want to bother him with talking about the tool's name, hence, I am asking you guys.
Then, I saw this ad, but I don't think it's a water wrench as the seller called it since I couldn't find any of the same tool when I googled it. Or maybe it is a water wrench, but an old school version.
Whew! All this typing just to ask, "what is this thing called?"
FYI, I am a craigslist cheapskate. $50 is way too much to pay for this bar, if I can avoid it, and I would rather wait for or find someone else selling it for $10 ;-)
Btw, this bar looks like it can be McGyver'd to be multi fucntional. I can see Jackie Chan using this tool as a self defense weapon as he gets jumped by 6 men in the back of a gardening shed. Digressing...sorry
Thanks in advance for your friendly input.
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