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Re: *big* tools

To: Dave Williams <dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us>
Subject: Re: *big* tools
From: Phil Ethier <ethier@freenet.msp.mn.us>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 14:17:40 -0600 (CST)
On Friday, 26 Jan 1996, Dave Williams wrote:

>  Yep, that seems to be the standard method.  However, my Gorton mill
> isn't flat on the bottom.  It has little cast-in feet at the corners,
> about an inch high, perfect for lousing up easy rolling.  I had thought
> about jacking it up and bolting some angle iron or something under
> there, but it was easier just to rent the pallet jack.

It takes a while, but the old millwright's method of moving a milling 
machine across a concrete floor is to lever it with a steel lever or 
length of pipe.

Phil "been there, done that, got the T-shirt" Ethier

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