On Fri, 12 Jul 2019 07:58:34 -0400, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

On 7/11/2019 10:34 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jul 2019 08:08:28 -0400, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

On 7/10/2019 9:47 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 10 Jul 2019 06:02:09 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 8:51:21 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 03:40:18 -0700 (PDT), "Dr. Deb"
wrote:

On Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 8:46:29 PM UTC-5, wrote:
I just had a bandsaw delivered. I expected it to be delivered upright
on a pallet but it's laying down, fastened to a long pallet. It was
going to be a problem to move into place but as it is, it's going to
be really unwieldy. I'm kinda stumped.

The problem is that it's in my garage and, somehow, I need to get it
into my basement. Fortunately I have a walk-out basement but the door
is in the back of the house and no paved access to the rear. I could
assemble the saw in the garage and move it but it would probably be
better to move it in its shipping packaging. The shipping weight is
440lbs. so it's not going to be easy. Ideas? I thought about hiring
a piano mover but thought the folks here would have some other good
ideas.


Not knowing the topography of your place, but could you get a couple of buddies and some 2-3" pvc and, using them as rollers, roll the crate out of the garage and down to the basement ?

That idea had crossed my mind but my yard is *really* rough. I don't
think anything that small would work. I suppose the "pipes" don't
even have to roll but the crate does have to get from one to the next
without burying itself in the ground.

I built an all-terrain dolly for the move of a 450 lb planer. Picked up 4 - 10" dia pneumatic wheels from HF (https://www.harborfreight.com/10-inc...re-30900.html), and fashioned a dolly platform of scrap 2x4's. Anchored pcs of 3/4" conduit to the underside and used 5/8" all thread, dbl nutted, as axles. Pneumatic tires glide over uneven grass...

That's a really good idea. Add the trailer around to the back of the
house and a ramp (already have) and it would be quick work.

Then the problem becomes righting the saw and getting it into the
mobile base. I tried to lift the light end. I could get it to my
chest but there was no way to reverse my hands to push it upright from
a curl.

My plan to get it into the base includes levers and blocks.

Your piece gives me the details I need to do the hard part. I'd
thought about moving it on dollies but if one of the small wheels dug
into the ground or broke off, I'd be screwed. Thanks!
Build it such that you can make it into a trailer for your yard tractor.
There are always things that need to be moved into, out of, or around
the yard.

I'm not allowed to use my lawn tractor. I gotta get around to selling
it.

Playing of you comment on your lawn tractor, is your health such that
you should even be considering moving the band saw by your health. If
you do will you children think it is a good idea?

Nothing like that. I walk ~20mi a day (110-130mi/wk unless life
intervenes). I'm pacemaker dependent (heart doesn't beat without it).
I can do pretty much anything you'd likely encounter around one's
house but weld or ride a lawn tractor. Some gas powered lawn equipment
can be a problem but was just told to "be careful" around them. It's
the AC magnetic field (alternator, in this case) that's the problem.
They're shielded against electric fields but not magnetic.

With hospital cost today, The band saw is not worth a heart attack.

Bite your tongue! ;-)

A heart attack is unlikely but could strike any of us, at any time.
Though I had triple bypass surgery in '14 the problem is electrical,
which the pacemaker has all but fixed.