PeteJr Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 (edited) I'm looking for anyone who has experience moving the PM2700 into a basement workshop. Weight is about 600 pounds. I have an exterior basement entrance with six stairs that is easily accessed from the garage. Because the shaper is top heavy one idea is to place it on a heavy duty appliance dolly with the cast iron top against the dolly frame. The shaper would be on its side and I'd fasten it to the appliance dolly with straps. I'd appreciate your thoughts. Thanks, Pete ******SUCCESS****** Thanks for all your suggestions they sure helped! With the help of a professional safe mover and my son-in-law we moved her into the basement today. Took advantage of a rare 40 degree December day here in Buffalo which made the whole experience rather pleasant. It was almost balmy (LOL), and the sun was out!. We secured it to a heavy duty dolly and used long heavy duty straps wrapped around an immovable post to ease her down the stairs. It was safe, secure and we are all still friends. Pete Edited December 12, 2010 by Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddg Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Can you take the top off and move it two parts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodClips Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 You can probably find some good advice if you search through the archives at www.practicalmachinist.com -- lots of people moving heavy iron over there, including into and out of basements. Taking the top off and motor out is also a good suggestion to get it down to a more manageable weight. I've moved 300lbs of bandsaw down stairs twice (after removing the table, motor and wheels), and felt like we were approaching the limit to what three people could safely handle sliding it down the stairs--any more than that and we wouldn't have been able to control it if it got out of hand. Rory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteJr Posted December 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Can you take the top off and move it two parts? Looks like I can remove the motor which is probably 100 pounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteJr Posted December 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 You can probably find some good advice if you search through the archives at www.practicalmachinist.com -- lots of people moving heavy iron over there, including into and out of basements. Taking the top off and motor out is also a good suggestion to get it down to a more manageable weight. I've moved 300lbs of bandsaw down stairs twice (after removing the table, motor and wheels), and felt like we were approaching the limit to what three people could safely handle sliding it down the stairs--any more than that and we wouldn't have been able to control it if it got out of hand. Rory I went to their site. Very interesting. Thanks for the suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Ask Rob Bois how he got his 8" PM jointer downstairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autorotate Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 I just helped a guy move a 15 in planer (500 lbs) down to his basement (12 stairs) and we used an appliance dolly with a strap on top and one around the bottom it worked great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger T Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Move a 650 lb bandsaw into the basement, and also an 800 lb lathe. Was it fun? NO, Was it sphincter tightening. Heck ya! Almost lost the lathe about half way down, my help sucked the bottom out from under it before I was ready. Close call to say the least. I figure I will let my boys worry about getting them out after I am dead and gone. Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nateswoodworks Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 If you lay some wood on the steps to make it a ramp, and since you said the stairway is accessable from the garage, is there any way you can put the shaper on an appliance dolly and hook a come-along to it and your vehicle and lower it down?? Nate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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