Step one. Bought the van.
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How to easily move a machine that weighs over a ton using something called machine skates. I saw this done on a youtube video.
Get a couple pieces of 1/2" thick steel plate. These are 3-1/2 x 3-3/4 wide. On each plate weld on two pieces of 5/8" diameter O1 tool steel rod
Buy a 12 ton press from Harbor Freight.
From McMaster-Carr buy R10 ball bearings. 5/8" ID.
Use the shop press to press the ball bearings onto the ends of the tool steel rods.
Lift up the back end of the mill with the shop crane. Notice the steel rods under the mill.
Install the newly made machine skates under the mill.
The machine skate I made for the front has different dimensions than the two on the back.
Made three sets of skates because I read if your floor isn't perfectly flat and you use four sets, one skate will inevitably slide out when moving.
This mill weighs around 2200 lbs. Using the steel rods as rollers under the mill I was able to move it by myself around an inch at a time with the help of a spud bar. Now with the machine skates I just have to push with one hand and it easily rolls right along.
Get a couple pieces of 1/2" thick steel plate. These are 3-1/2 x 3-3/4 wide. On each plate weld on two pieces of 5/8" diameter O1 tool steel rod
Buy a 12 ton press from Harbor Freight.
From McMaster-Carr buy R10 ball bearings. 5/8" ID.
Use the shop press to press the ball bearings onto the ends of the tool steel rods.
Lift up the back end of the mill with the shop crane. Notice the steel rods under the mill.
Install the newly made machine skates under the mill.
The machine skate I made for the front has different dimensions than the two on the back.
Made three sets of skates because I read if your floor isn't perfectly flat and you use four sets, one skate will inevitably slide out when moving.
This mill weighs around 2200 lbs. Using the steel rods as rollers under the mill I was able to move it by myself around an inch at a time with the help of a spud bar. Now with the machine skates I just have to push with one hand and it easily rolls right along.
