Moving my "new" Grizzly G1006
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Someone sent me this excellent article on how to disassemble and move one of these mills. (The rest of the stiff in hood website is interesting too).
This guy moved his mill twice and explains in detail how to take it apart. He even weighed the individual parts, which was very comforting.? Despite being well into geezerhood, I work out pretty regularly and I think I'll be able to pick up all the parts on this list. Also I have a come along and know how to use them. That's what he used to lift off the head and that sounds quite practical if I can find an overhead beam at the seller's factory.
?I have one question for you guys though. This mill is missing the left hand crank handle for the X-axis leadscrew. (Possibly removed at some point to fit a motor, which was sold to someone else at some point).? Do I actually need one? Mini-mills have never had more than one crank and I don't really understand the reason why big mills have two unless moving the table during some operations requires an enormous amount of force.
So should I keep my eyes open for another crank handle or does it matter??
Mike Taglieri?
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