Thread: Machine inspection required can anyone help? Qld/NSW coastal border

Originally Posted by Ueee

There's no way i'm letting anything out of the bag...especially now i know the asking price. Sorry PDW......

Ew

You're safe - I'm already top-heavy in that area of machines. More likely to sell than buy. If you get it I'll be interested in seeing the pictures though.

RC, OTOH, better keep that deal close......

PDW

Many thanks to Krisfarm for the help today..

It was a small HBM for those wondering...

So what's the verdict?

Ew

Yea, looks like I have just enough shed room for a planer now...

Originally Posted by .RC.

Yea, looks like I have just enough shed room for a planer now...

Build a bigger shed... it's on my work plan, I can exile the woodworking stuff then.

PDW

/sigh Getting things out of sheds can be so frustrating at times, makes you want to scream....

I take it you are relying on others to get the machine out and on a truck heading your way? What would it weigh? Well more than most of our machines I bet.

I just have to make the time to do the 900km round trip. Hopefully next week.

Ew

Yea 4000-4500kg... It is not the weight, while 4 tonne might sound like a lot, it really isn't that much..

I have everything organised for the delivery and unloading at this end.. It is just moving it safely that initial 10 metres sideways and 5 feet vertically that is the headache, the next 700km is a piece of ..... Gone from Plan A, to Plan B, and now back to Plan A...

I am starting to believe if you mention something before it happens you will jinx it..

Originally Posted by .RC.

Many thanks to Krisfarm for the help today..

It was a small HBM for those wondering...

And I suppose that a big one could bore the hull of a submarine from a solid billet of titanium, while yours could only do the torpedoes. Congratulations on the new addition, and well done Krisfarm for the valuable assistance given.
Rob.

I have not been online for a while, so I missed this post. I live near the Coolongatta airport so I could visit the area you are interested in within a 15 min drive, which I'm happy to do. I am uncertain form the replies you have had whether you have got the details you require yet.
So if this is still something you need pics of, just let me know.
regards Brian

Originally Posted by .RC.

Yea 4000-4500kg... It is not the weight, while 4 tonne might sound like a lot, it really isn't that much..

I have everything organised for the delivery and unloading at this end.. It is just moving it safely that initial 10 metres sideways and 5 feet vertically that is the headache, the next 700km is a piece of ..... Gone from Plan A, to Plan B, and now back to Plan A...

I am starting to believe if you mention something before it happens you will jinx it..

Yeah - know what you mean. Last big machine I bought, I personally went there, crated it to my satisfaction and had it loaded on the truck for direct delivery to the freight depot in Melbourne.

The bastards still managed to bend a shaft end that was *inside* the crate framing somewhere in transit. Go figure...

My general rule is, I don't really have the machine until it's sitting on my slab, intact and preferably under power. There are at least 2 machines that haven't gotten to the last bit yet......

PDW

Originally Posted by .RC.

and now back to Plan A...

Well I got a text to say Plan A worked.... It was successfully moved the short distance onto the truck and that they are looking at ways to secure the counterweight so it does not bang all over the place while in transit...

Richard,
Nice to hear that it is finally going as planed, at least it is a start. Good luck with the rest of the trip as I am sure you will look after it when it arrives.
Bob

All home, still sitting on my tip truck as I had to get it unloaded off the main truck where there was a crane, but I can get it moved off there at my leisure..... I think it looks better then how I expected a machine of this age to look.... It is in better order then my 10EE was when I got it... It has still done work though as you would expect from a WW2 era machine...