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17th January 2012, 09:02 PM #1
New mill advice needed on lifting
Hi All I am about to lift a HM 46 mill at 318 KG.
I am going to wind the table back to the dovetail column bring the head down to the table and put the sling around the back of the of the drive head where it attaches to the dovetail slide.
I cannot find anywhere in the manual that explains were to attaché and lift the machine could I get some advice please, if I am going the right way with things I am using a HF 1000kg engine crane and all handles are removed and cords rolled up that’s all I can think of thanks
ColbraMay your saw stay sharp and your nails never bend
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17th January 2012, 10:37 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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HI,
The way You describe it is the way I lifted My DM45 except I left the Handles on and I don't think I moved the Table. I used an Engine Crane as well.All The Best steran50 Stewart
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17th January 2012, 11:02 PM #3
Thanks Stewart
I just had a look at your post with the engine crane that is what I have done too
Thanks for your promt reply ColMay your saw stay sharp and your nails never bend
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21st January 2012, 12:32 AM #4SENIOR MEMBER
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Thats what I did too. I also used as short as sling as I could so I had enough headroom to lift the Mill onto its stand. I found it balanced pretty well that way.
Just make sure it doesn't get a swing up when your moving it. Can be moved by one, but much safer with two people.
Sterob
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21st January 2012, 11:55 PM #5
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22nd January 2012, 04:26 PM #6Intermediate Member
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Good that it all worked out OK.
When my Mill arrived the driver unloaded it using a sling in the same area you described.
I did see in a magazine that someone had cut a plate to fit behind the dovetail area and used a bolt, another plate and some washers to make a lifting point. It seemed to work OK but I prefer the sling method for simplicity. I'm in the process of building a gantry for my garage.
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22nd January 2012, 05:29 PM #7SENIOR MEMBER
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I just lifted my HM 48 by removing the 4 cover plates on the base and wrapping a sling around each leg. I made an X out of hardwood to pass the slings through to keep them from fouling on the mill. Sort of like a puppet setup. Hook chain to the end of the slings to a central point and I can move it around with my engine crane. If you go this path make sure you wrap the slings through themselves so they cinch down on themselves (can't slip) and slip a bolt through the ends of the Hardwood and chain so the mill will not pitch in any direction.
If you need a pic let me know as I have it still set up in my workshop.
I downloaded the grizzly manual for my mill as it's much much better than the chinglish one I got from HF.
They had explained that you remove the panels on the base and lift it with a forklift.
They had
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22nd January 2012, 05:44 PM #8Dave J Guest
A picture would be good to help others out with the same problem.
I was thinking earlier when reading this that questions about lifting come up pretty often so we should really have a thread on it.
Just a thought,
Maybe you could start a new thread called "Lifting machinery" and post your pictures there. Then others could post their photos and manual pictures etc up for all types of machinery. I think it would be a good thread for people new to all this, or people buying a machine they have never had before, and have no idea how to lift it.
Dave
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22nd January 2012, 05:52 PM #9SENIOR MEMBER
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Dave that's a great idea. It takes me days of background thought to decide on how to lift new bits of machinery safely. I will take some pics tomorrow and start a new thread on it. For the record I would not mind a pic of a sling around the dovetail...
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22nd January 2012, 06:01 PM #10Dave J Guest
Hi,
Even if people could dummy up just the sling on the machine to show how it was lifted would do. This would at least give other members a clear image of where the sling has to go to lift it safely.
Dave
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