Thread: Getting mill into workshop

Holy flying mills batman!
You just left enough space between the verandah and the fence, nice! Looks like the next size up from the HM50's?

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I'dd be happy with that mate..

Nice!

I bet it was a nervous trip along the plywood with the pallet jack!

Enjoy your new machine.

Simon

And I was worrying about how I was going to do mine. 400kg, and trailer can be backed up to extension, in 3m turn right and go another 6m almost straight ahead. Its the mass of stuff in the way that is the problem tho.

Dean

Hi All

Thanks for the comments.

The truck could have gotten a bit closer but the slope of the ground would have tilted the cabin/back into the fence.

I moved the lathe (600kg) in on a ute and could get it right into the shed, then it was simply a matter of lifting it on the engine hoist and driving away the ute, but I wasn't looking forward to moving the mill.

Now I just need some time to use it.

Dennis

Always a great day getting a new machine. At least you where sensible about it and got a pro in, you hear of guys picking up machines and having them fall over then you have a major job on your hand repairing it, thats if it can be repaired.

What model did you get ? I wish I had of gone the next model up from the HM52, but I wanted the horizontal for the CNC conversion.

Thanks for the photos of the delivery, haven't had many on the forum for a while and it's always good to see other members getting a new machine.

Dave

This why Australia should never have let go of 1/4+ acre residential blocks with good side access.

Nice hope you get time over Christmas to enjoy it.

May I suggest for future removal a path maybe in order also for any other large machines.

Congratulations.

How did you get it off the pallet jack?

Hi Adrian here,I'm denncarm's son, and I had helped with getting the mill in the shed (and somehow paying the driver).

Bryan: The driver pumped up the pellet jack and we put thin pieces of ply under the four corners. He then whipped out this massive lifting bar, and while he lifted a side I removed some pieces of ply, and we kept alternating sides so there was very little angle on the mill. If that makes sense.

Wheelinround: We are sitting on 1200 square-metres, but the way the block is shaped is a very wide front and a narrow rear. Where the truck is, is the closest point where the house meats the fence.

Simonl: Yeah it was a bit nerve-breaking moving that much weight on ply, but we are sitting on almost solid clay, so the ground won't compress/shift.

The mill is a BM-30A.

And when my dad said he moved the lathe, what he means is that I was driving the ute, while he was doing.....management......duties, yeah we will go with that.

I usually get, How did you get that in there you silly old buggar? from my pair.

Amazing what you can do with a gantry, endless chain and a pallet trolley. And of course the pride and pig-headedness of not letting the young blokes get the better of me. Problem is age is catching up and the inventive ideas are drying up.

Time to start subbying out the hard ones.

Ken

Age and bastardry will always outwit youth and exuberance.

Regards

John

Originally Posted by wheelinround

This why Australia should never have let go of 1/4+ acre residential blocks with good side access.

Nice hope you get time over Christmas to enjoy it.

May I suggest for future removal a path maybe in order also for any other large machines.

I agree with the 1/4 acre block size. I am glad I have got 42 acres. I can tow my mill around the paddock on the trailer as much as I want. An introductory tour so to speak. If I finished removing 50yrs of rubbish burning pile and took the wall off my shed extension I could back up in line with the side door to my shed thru which I have to bring my lathe and mill. Save having to turn them before entering. Worth thinking about. Take weeks tho!

This shed was the first building erected on the property. The original owners lived in the shed when they first arrived while the house was being built. Most soldier settlers around here did the same thing. Most have got the same shed and a very similar house. Shame there are so many things in the way of access to the shed now. It used to be a garage but there is part of a house in the way now. Strangly enough the last house we owned was completely different (big stone home) but it also had a garage that was unaccessible by vehicles any more. House extension in the way.

Dean

Nice pics, thanks for posting and good to see it all got there safely.

Originally Posted by wheelinround

This why Australia should never have let go of 1/4+ acre residential blocks with good side access. .

Living on 1/8 acre inner city suburb block even just a few more sqm would be real handy. One thing to remember though is if everyone lived on 1/4 acre our cities would be even bigger and more car bound than they already are.

Or maybe our infrastructure would be better.