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My Mill made it into the basement!!!!

StevSmar

StevSmar

(Steven)
Premium Member
Some assembly required:
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I didn’t hurt myself!
I should have asked for help…
I learned that even though Princess Auto says their appliance hand truck is rated for 550lbs, they probably didn’t mean when it was going to be used to go down stairs… One of the plastic tracks shattered about 2/3rd’s of the way down the stairs and left a few 1/16” grooves in the stair nosing as a result.

If there’s interest, I’ll post a series of pictures on taking the mill apart and loading it.
 
StevSmar said:
I learned that even though Princess Auto says their appliance hand truck is rated for 550lbs, they probably didn’t mean when it was going to be used to go down stairs…
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Of course it is. That's what the tracks are for! The only reason it shattered is...... Well, it's Princess Auto......

Great job! Congrats!

We all love photos, but your priority is to get your mill working, not to entertain us!

That said, LOOK AT ALL THOSE PLANES ON THE WALL AND RACK!!
 
StevSmar said:
Some assembly required:
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I didn’t hurt myself!
I should have asked for help…
I learned that even though Princess Auto says their appliance hand truck is rated for 550lbs, they probably didn’t mean when it was going to be used to go down stairs… One of the plastic tracks shattered about 2/3rd’s of the way down the stairs and left a few 1/16” grooves in the stair nosing as a result.

If there’s interest, I’ll post a series of pictures on taking the mill apart and loading it.
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You are definitely going to have lots of fun.
 
Congrats on getting it done and not killing or maiming yourself. Something to keep in mind, if you need an appliance dolly for a few hours or a day it might be cheaper to rent it from Home Depot or U-haul and if you are close to the dolly's weight rating get the damage protection. Last time I rented one it was $20 and I broke one of the rollers.
 
Hacker said:
…it might be cheaper to rent it from Home Depot or U-haul and if you are close to the dolly's weight rating get the damage protection…
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Renting definitely would have been the better way. The princess auto one is Ok if all you’re doing is taking a box of tissues to the basement. If I’d bought it new it would be going back, since I bought it second hand I’m still thinking what to do…
 
Downwindtracker2 said:
I found rigging is trade in it's self and a dangerous one at that.
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It’s interesting you said that. I was thinking the same thing. It was fun working out how to rig all the parts to get them onto the appliance hand truck. But I really should have asked for help. I didn’t “because it was a challenge”, but it’s probably the wrong task to make challenge of…
 
StevSmar said:
Renting definitely would have been the better way. The princess auto one is Ok if all you’re doing is taking a box of tissues to the basement. If I’d bought it new it would be going back, since I bought it second hand I’m still thinking what to do…
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You can replace the rollers but they probably cost as much as you paid for the dolly. Now the worst is over and you can focus on getting that mill back together and making chips.
 
YotaBota said:
Are you familiar with OuterZone,co.uk? It is a repository for old out of copyright model plans including glow and diesel engines.
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It’s a good website! I’ve got a few plans that I’d like to build one day, though I admit I have somewhat gotten bored with control line planes and haven’t flown one for ages. I keep on saying ”when I retire…”, but I suspect when I retire I’ll have other hobbies- like getting a mill running…
 
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