Moving Out Alllllll That Equipment!!!!!!!!!!
OK, since updates seem to be appreciated by everyone here (my thanks to all for posting in your interest) here's how the wood shop move went.
Due to some unfortunate circumstances we lost 7 days moving time. That put a real crimp in the time I had to move out all that equipment. I have some
tremendous friends who stepped up to help out.
Moving the smaller machinery was straight forward enough. The real chore was the bulkier pieces like the 20" bandsaw, the planer, jointer along with the associated electrical power panel and the dust collection system. All of it had to be moved and moved without damaging it or the movers themselves!
The only practical way to move the jointer, (approximate weight is 2,150 lbs (975 kg) was to partially dismantle it and move it one piece at a time.
Did I mention I have some tremendous friends helping out? This is one of the 2 table supports for the jointer being wheeled out. Note the towels to protect it.
In the background you can see what's left of the jointer...
...after it was taken apart. There was still some walnut sawdust remaining from jointing my new walnut mantel the week before, see post #8894. The remaining base piece was still a heavy chunk of cast iron weighing several hundred pounds. From this picture you can see how the motor is direct drive right to the cutter head.
To move that last jointer base piece we put one end on a 4 wheel dolly and used the 2 wheel dolly to move and steer the other end.
Among some of the help I received moving was the loan of a forklift seen in the background and...
...a heavy duty flat bed trailer. It was easy to load the trailer with the forklift. In the foreground are the 2 jointer table supports and in the background are the tables themselves. The trailer and forklift were driven multiple times the 1/2 mile to my barn at less than 5 miles per hour. At that slow a speed nothing shifted around and it was very stable.
The forklift especially was a real back saver!!
Up next was moving the planer. It couldn't really be dismantled very much, is was just a solid, heavy chunk of cast iron, close to 2,000 lbs (907 kg) worth. Using a Johnson Bar, the planer was leveraged up and placed on 2 X 6's and under those we used 3 pieces of 3" steel pipe to roll it out the door.
Here it's balanced on a single pipe in the middle. By doing this we could pivot the machine very easily and turn the corner.
Getting those 2 machines moved successfully and undamaged was a major accomplishment.
With those gone we removed the remaining machines, equipment and ...
...all the ducting for the dust collection system. The ducts were are marked for ease of reassembly next year.
Then the cyclone, plenum and after-filter bags...
...were removed.
Lastly the 440V sub-panel was taken partially apart, note the access panels on the bottom of the transformers are removed in preparation to disconnect the wiring.
And then that too was gone, leaving a large, empty room. Since I was under the gun and short on time I couldn't take nearly as many pictures as I would have liked but these give you a fairly good idea of what was involved. When all was said and done, no equipment was damaged, or even scratched for that matter nor were any of us hurt. That is a successful move!
More to come, I'm not done yet. Thanks again everyone for all your interest and posts.
Thomas
