On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 12:55:28 GMT, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On 1 Dec 2005 10:12:14 -0800, "Walt" wrote:

I have a Rockwell vertical (knee) milling machine that I need to move
to a shop that doesn't have a driveway and is at the top of a small
incline (grass lawn). I have read somewhere that the shipping weight
of this machine was 800 pounds so it's not real heavy. I would like to
take it apart to make it easier to move. (I'm an amateur and not
familiar with dissassembly of milling machines). I have a photocopy of
the manual which does have an exploded diagram but isn't very useful
otherwise. Anyone here that had/has one of these machines and knows
how to dissassemble it?

Walt


I move my 8540 pretty regularly with a refridgerator dolly. The two
wheeled gizmo with a restraining strap pulled up tight.

Gunner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner

Once or twice, I've found it necessary to add a strap at the bottom on
my refrigerator dolly when moving machine components, luckily without
a disaster. Now I always add the second strap on heavy or oddly
shaped stuff.

Pete Keillor