OK, ignorant questions.

What's a "portapower" - surely you don't mean a vacuum cleaner?
(Though a very clean machine is surely easier to move...)


Grant Erwin wrote in message ...

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It's really easy to load up a Bridgeport mill. Roll up the front skate, put
your prybar under its middle and into the little floor slot in the front of
the BP base casting, lean on the prybar and nudge the skate under the front
lip, then set the machine down on it. Put a couple of wedges under the casters
so the machine can't roll away, then go roll in the back skate and lift up the
back of the mill by running a portapower between the floor and the back lug on
the ram. You only have to lift it a fraction of an inch, then roll in the
skate and set the mill down on it and take the portapower away. Then tie the
skates together and you can easily roll your mill around.

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