Troy,
What is your shipping and delivery arrangement with Felder?? I recently had a D963, A951L and FB710 delivered.? I hired a heavy equipment mover with a forklift to pick the machines up from Felder's warehouse in Sacramento and delivered/placed them in my shop, about 140 miles away.? The gentleman charged me $750.? Felder's cost for deliver the machines to my shop was about the same, but I did not want to use lift gate for these because their weights are at the limits of typical lift gates' (previous experiences with lift gates left me highly wary).? I uncrated all of them myself with a narrow-fork pallet jack and some wood blocks.? The FB710 came on its spine (lying down), so I rigged a 2-ton hoist in the attic to erect the machine.? According to my sale rep, the FB710 is the only Felder bandsaw that is shipped and delivered on its spine.? Your FB510 likely will ship up right.? My KF700SP was delivered with lift-gate service and uncrated by myself with a narrow-fork pallet jack.? A long time ago, I picked up my A3-31 using a utility trailer and unload with an engine hoist/cherry picker.? A hydraulic lift table will be useful to install the sliding table on the FK700 if you are by yourself.??
If you have a narrow-fork, 48-inch pallet jack, then uncrating these machines is very easy.? I don't have mobility kit for any of my machine.? I move them using the pallet jack.??
I don't have David Best's survival guide, but his postings on FOG are more than adequate to get you started with commissioning the FK700.? Check out his Flickr's pages!? He has made a bunch of videos about his commission methods. Very helpful.? In my opinion, one should do the commission oneself.? Once you get it, it gets faster and faster with each iteration.? I have: (1) a Starrett 48-inch precision straight edge, (2) a couple dial indicators, (3) a set of feeler gauges, (4) a machinist square.? Later on, I bought Brian Lamb's square and level, but they are luxuries, not necessities IMHO for commissioning the FK700.? If you have 3 dial indicators like David, it makes commission the sliding table easier.? Feeler gauges and a straight edge can get tedious!? Good legs exercise though!
I use both Felder and Tenryu blades.? I buy Tenryu from Amazon or Carbide Processor, which gives a 10% discount if you are a member of sawmillcreek.org forums.??
Electrical plugs for the machines to match your wall outlets.? I keep a few extra lying around.??
SW
