Originally Posted by
MichaelHenry
That's still up in the air, so to speak.
The move into a basement complicates things somewhat. The immediate need is to get it off the pallet in the garage and powered up so some alignment checks can be run before disassembling it for the move to the basement. I'm about to find if an engine hoist is up to that task.
I haven't decided on how much disassembly will be required to get the mill into the basement and will probably use a couple of rails and and an A-frame mounted electric winch to lower the heavy parts down the stairs as that method worked well for a 400-500 lb surface grinder base a year or so back. I can point you to pictures of the A-frame & winch if you are interested.
In the basement, I'll probably rig a 2-ton chain hoist to the ceiling joists so that the mill can be lifted onto the Tormach base and will probably need to rent or buy a pallet jack to get the mill and stand into position. Getting the pallet jack down the stairs should be fun too.
BTW, the Yahoo Tormach group has a few pictures of someone else's basement move.
Mike