We have a truck booked for Tuesday the 23rd of Decermber.
Show up at VHS any time after 7am until late at night. We need all of the hands we can get! Somewhere in the range of 4-6 people at pickup location (VHS), and 4-6 people at drop-off location (the storage warehouse).
For the milling machine, lathe and drill press, I’d suggest using the lumber from the torn-down wall to make heavy-duty pallets, and then strapping (or bolting) the machinery to the pallet.
I’ll also be at the hackspace all day tuesday + can stop by monday for prep if needed.
I can drive.
I used to drive 5 ton 24’ trucks for work in sound/lighting/staging. I have full licence, no major infractions, and I’m available on that date after work. I can show up in Burnaby at 7 (ugh, not happy bout that bit)
Reminder: As I understand it, the service agreement from the moving committee is that things will only be moved if they are on a pallet.
We have no pallets to move the laser cutter, lathe, CNC Milling Machine, and Drill Press.
1a) People have suggested making them out of scrap wood, but nothing is currently done.
1b) I have no idea how to build a pallet capable of bearing the weight involved.
We do have an engine hoist.
2a) We have no chains or cargo bands to attach the machines to the cargo hoist.
We are keeping all the large tools. Build pallets with the wood from
the laser room, use the engine hoist to lift the large equipment on to the
pallets. Move the large equipment.
But these items are likely too big to fit on a single pallet and we don’t have a double length jack or anything.
I suggest we just lift them with the engine hoist, then put them on dunnage, for which we use the scrap lumber, then just use the pallet jacks to move things. I’d worry about the laser cutter, I have no idea what kind of legs it has. Who moved it in? They seem to have done a fine job.
Truth be told, I’d suggest some slings like these instead of chain. Chain is a pain to attach to things. Mostly I am thinking of the lathe, where we should be able to wrap the slings around… things? Not sure what kind of attachments are on the mill or laser cutter.
Do we have approximate weights on these things? I don’t imagine the laser is as heavy as the lathe. I’d think it could be lifted with load straps and the hoist.
I’m not spectacularly worried about it all though. We have lots to move before we get to the lathe/laser/mill, and we’ll figure it out when we’re moving. We’ll likely have to send somebody to home depot or can tire.
The laser cutter is on casters and does not need a pallet.
The CNC and manual mills do not need multiple pallets, and will fit on a single well built pallet.
The lathe on the other hand? How did we get it into the space in the first place?
The lathe was brought into the space in pieces. The stand can be separated, so the engine hoist can be used to lift the actual machine part of the lathe off and then just placed on a pallet.