When I read your post I said to myself, self, this should be
interesting. But viewing the photos shows that you took it apart.

Well, that takes all the fun out of the project. Just kidding of
course. Very well done!

Down the road from us they are building a cluster of new homes. We
looked at one, just for curiosity, and found that for $349,000 you
don't even get a cellar bulkhead. Good God in heaven above!

$349,000 for that house. P.T. Barnum was right. There IS a sucker
born every minute.

Errol Groff




On 7 Dec 2004 09:46:58 -0800, "gradstdnt"
wrote:

I put some pictures in the dropbox that outline the process I used to
move
a Supermax YCM-40 CNC knee mill into my basement. This is a beefier
version of
a Bridgeport with bigger base, saddle, knee, and box ways. The head is
also
solidly attached to the ram so it went down as one piece. A Brideport
would have
been easier since you can handle the head and ram seperately. Total
machine
weight with control is approx 3000lbs. The base being the biggest is
probably
close to 1000 lbs. I don't have a walkout basement so it all went
through my
front door and down a flight of stairs. This basically answers the age
old
question of "can I move a Bridgeport into my basement". The response
should be
how bad do you want one down there? The move went very smoothly and
without issue.

http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/ Mill_to_Basement

Fifteen pictures posted of Mill to Basement. Pictures 11 through 15
kind of got
lost a tad bit down the list.

Errol Groff

Instructor, Machine Tool Department
H.H. Ellis Regional Technical School
Danielson, CT 06239

860 774 8511 x1811