I flew to Kansas City on Monday and on Wednesday I rented a truck one way and drove to St Louis to get a new toyl. It was quite an experience as the guy I was buying it from was having in excess of $100K of equipment delivered. He was receiving a Kundig wide belt sander, kundig edge sander, a Martin 10 ft sliding tablesaw, and a huge Martin shaper. Once they unloaded these jewels, I picked up the one I was buying from him and headed home. Two days and 1000 miles later I get home Friday evening.
This morning I had a crew of friends several of which were NCWW'ers over to help unload it. Here it sits in the back of the truck.
I was planning to have a forklift over, but it ended up falling through not because I didn't have access to one but because I didn't have access to a trailer low enough to the ground or with long enough ramps due to it sitting so low to the ground. So we did it the hard way. Bernhard was kind enough to bring his pallet jack over and down the ramp we went. The ramp was rated for 1500 lbs, but we put some jack stands under it for reinforcement, and I am glad we did as it is one HEAVY beast.
Once down and off the truck, we roll it towards and into the shop. We just used a piece of plywood to get it over the threshold.
Doesn't Bernhard look cool in his sunglasses?
Inside the shop, it became apparent how big this thing really is. We repositioned it a few times to get it where the slider had full movement and access to the internal components.
Once we had it in position Bernhard whipped out his 6 ft precision straightedge and checked it out. The slider was right on and required zero adjustment. The outrigger rollers took a little adjustment and the short crosscut table took a bit, but Bernhard had it all under control. There were a couple of small issues. The slider lock assembly had come loose and Bernhard and a couple of the guys took care of that. Mark eliminated a splice in the shaper power cable for me, and here it sits in its new home. The guys did get all the wire run, and all that is left is for me to finish wiring up the saw and phase converter along with hooking up the dust collection. Unfortunately, I am having to rearrange a bit of my shop, but I think it will be worth it.
My sincere thanks to Bernhard, Doug Robinson, and mburke911 for coming over and helping unload and all the assistance with the wiring and getting it ready
This morning I had a crew of friends several of which were NCWW'ers over to help unload it. Here it sits in the back of the truck.
I was planning to have a forklift over, but it ended up falling through not because I didn't have access to one but because I didn't have access to a trailer low enough to the ground or with long enough ramps due to it sitting so low to the ground. So we did it the hard way. Bernhard was kind enough to bring his pallet jack over and down the ramp we went. The ramp was rated for 1500 lbs, but we put some jack stands under it for reinforcement, and I am glad we did as it is one HEAVY beast.
Once down and off the truck, we roll it towards and into the shop. We just used a piece of plywood to get it over the threshold.
Doesn't Bernhard look cool in his sunglasses?
Inside the shop, it became apparent how big this thing really is. We repositioned it a few times to get it where the slider had full movement and access to the internal components.
Once we had it in position Bernhard whipped out his 6 ft precision straightedge and checked it out. The slider was right on and required zero adjustment. The outrigger rollers took a little adjustment and the short crosscut table took a bit, but Bernhard had it all under control. There were a couple of small issues. The slider lock assembly had come loose and Bernhard and a couple of the guys took care of that. Mark eliminated a splice in the shaper power cable for me, and here it sits in its new home. The guys did get all the wire run, and all that is left is for me to finish wiring up the saw and phase converter along with hooking up the dust collection. Unfortunately, I am having to rearrange a bit of my shop, but I think it will be worth it.
My sincere thanks to Bernhard, Doug Robinson, and mburke911 for coming over and helping unload and all the assistance with the wiring and getting it ready
