Ok found a milling machine---> how to move it

You can break it down to basic components and move it that way. The only heavy part then is the table, but two guys can handle it. You sling it with 2 x 4's and carry it like a stretcher. Moved mine that way and two of us did it .......no problem.
DO NOT attempt to move it in one piece or you will be cutting washers off your a**hole....
Also it will give you a chance to clean the red grease out of it as most people never do and lub it properly.
The others have covered it all...............
 
I have the same one in my basement, took it apart at the neck, made a sling with some tystraps and then carried it downstairs with a friend between two pipes, once down stairs i put a piece of metal with a hole in it above were i want it to be and lifted it up with a cheap chain hoist, worked out great, use mine all the time
 
burnt_servo said:
how many peices can you break it down into ?

even if you just take off the motor , and seperate the top half from the base you should have something that a couple guys can now carry out .
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x2. On the round column mills you should be able to remove the whole head. Break it down as much as you can, and re-assemble where its gonna live :)

Edit: Looks like a few bods beat me to it :)
 
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I have a similar model #B1977. I bought from my friend which was in his father's basement.

We took it apart in the following pieces
- X-Y table
- electric motor
- cover and base plate
- tilted it side way and supported with a make shift 2x4 jack and slid the milling head off.

It only took just 2 of us to move the pieces out of the basement and move it to my garage and reassembled it.

I installed a digital readout (the 3 displays in front of the lamp). You got to have these to do proper machining work. It only cost $120. I ordered it from Grizzly Tools in the US.

Here it is assembled.

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The a very nice milling machine, same one I had, should be very easy to take apart, had To rebuild this one.
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I pullled and put back the geothermal unit in my dads basement with a heavy duty fride cart, and an atv with a winch from the back yard. Just pulled it up and lowered it down, no lifting
 
Me and my buddy moved our Clausing lathe,Clausing horizontal mill,Bridgeport vertical mill and Elliott shaper (1700lbs) up 6 stairs in a split basement on a homemade skid (Piano Skid and rachet straps).Just like the Egyptians used to move the pyramid blocks,we built a ramp and used a chain block to slowly pull the 4 pcs up the ramp and get them in place.It was just the 2 of us ,we took our time and everything went fine,no major lifting.We did take off some pcs ,tables mostly to make it trough the doors.Lots of planing little lifting.
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engine hoist all the way... if you go with the mounting frame make it out of steel and not 2x4's Ive seen that turn out badly for our shop lead :confused: and for sure watch you and your friends fingers
 
Tks for all the advice. It's moved and inside my garage. I will post pics of what came with it also. Pretty happy about that too :) So what I did and it worked like a charm. Took motor off it. Darn thing weighs 40lbs for sure. Unbolted the head from the base. If you take a 2x4 and put it flat in between the shaft and the spindle it balances perfectly. We could move it around with one hand on the 2x4 and the other on the housing for the belts. Second part was the base itself. If anybody want to move it fully assembled, there is a hole in the belt housing straight in line with the opening between the shaft and spindle. Put a threaded rod or whatever with a hook on top and you can lift it square from there. So if you don't have to climb stairs or anything. Engine hoist will pick it up and you just move it anywhere you want in 2 minutes. Tks
 
trevj said:
The guys that are telling you to disassemble it, are on the money.

The machine will break down into manageable lumps, easy enough for two guys to get up a flight of stairs with on a furniture/appliance dolly.
Get a dolly with a strap that ratchets tight. Rent one from a moving supplies place if you gotta.

Remove the head (easy, straight off the top of the column), remove the table (some fiddly bits, but not rocket surgery) then the base assy of the mill with the column intact is a two person lift.
Don't try to carry this stuff up a set of stairs, eh. Your backs don't need it, and you only gotta drop on piece to hurt someone badly. Not to mention damage to the house, or the machine.

The sheet metal base should be last on the truck = first off. Assemble in reverse of the breakdown.

Got a dial indicator in the lot?

When you get the machine in place, post and say so, and you can get a bunch of info on setting the whole unit square and straight. Or search the term"Tramming a milling machine" on Google or youtube, to see what the drill is.

You might be lucky and have the mill be fairly straight, or you may need to shim the column a bit or a lot to get your alignment. Those are worries for later.

As much fun as it is to chase a bubble back and forth on a precision level, you don't need one bad enough to buy one. Having the head square to the table counts, having it square to the planet, well, that makes the coolant drain better, eh. If you can get both, great, but the money a good precision level costs (and the surface plate to calibrate it upon) is money better spent on tools you will use often. Borrow a level, if you can, and you feel the need. Otherwise, level it as well as you can with a carpenters level, and then square the head up, and it's good to go.

Try to keep in mind that you are not making parts for NASA here. Square and level withing a couple tenths is not as important as it is to someone that is. Withing a couple thou is going to be really good. Closer if you want to obsess, but if you are that hung up on it, you'll never be happy without spending the price of a house on a mill.

Village Press. Look for the mention of Mill-Drill adventures. Lots of great info there!

Cheers
Trev
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This is the post you should be paying attention to. I've seen whole machines moved before, but that was with a 40ft boom crane onto a flatbed and off again. On the other side, TWO forklifts were required :) Your new mini mill/drill won't be nearly so difficult to move, especially disassembled. If you don't know how to tram up a mill, you shouldn't be buying one :)
 
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