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How much weight can the e-track system in an Isuzu box truck handle?
Isuzu cab-over box truck with E-Track. Payload capacity is 7000 lbs. Will the box sides and E-Track hold in place a top heavy mill, weighing around 3000 - 3500 lbs ? Anyone transported something similar in a box truck with E-Track?- Spud
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- Forum: Material Handling and Rigging
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Pickup hitch mounted hoists/engine lifts
Don't want to install a liftgate because that would cut my payload capacity by half, so looking at hitch mounted engine hoists. Like below: Or this: Anyone have the hoist seen in the first two pictures? How effective is it? Only looking to lift stuff under 500lbs. It is lighter, more...- Spud
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Toe-Jacks: recommendations?
Been looking at used toe-jacks at auctions for a while now. What brands can get under machines with the least clearance? What are some good brands? How would you rate railroad-jacks? Have you'll ever used one of those small enerpac pancake jacks to jack a machine up? How do I delete thread...- Spud
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OT: bolt extractor recommendations
The bloody engine oil drain plug on my Silverado is rounded @##@%$. It used a 13mm socket. What is a good quality bolt extractor ? Thanks -
Video - Machining of forged connecting rods for Koenigsegg.
The shop has rebuilt in-house some of the machines they use.- Spud
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Do any of you have a granite surface plate on anything but a cart designed for it?
Got a 2' x 2' x 4" Starrett pink granite plate. It's for my Tesa-Hite 700. Wondering if it makes any difference putting the plate on a sturdy bench or if it really needs a cart designed for it? I will have the plate level and resting on 3 points. I will not be putting any workpiece heavier than... -
Video: Making of a Moots titanium bicycle, in Colorado
When it comes to titanium bicycles, Moots is one of the top three best known brands. Aside from the groupset, almost everything else is made in-house in Colorado. They have a number of Haas machines, some Bridgeports, a Colchester, an Abene and some other manual machine tools. The Abene is set...- Spud
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OT: CRC brake cleaner - safe on rubber bellows / rubber accordian, plastic , acrylic?
Need to clean some machines. Mostly raw metal or painted metal, but some plastic parts, acrylic and rubber bellows and washers. CRC Brake clean is safe to use ? Product Data Sheet and Safety Data Sheet is not saying what materials to NOT use on... -
Need dimensions , weight and some other info on an Eltee Pulsitron
Eltee Pulsitron TR20 How heavy is each of the three individual components (electrical cabinet , machine on stand , power supply unit). Footprint / Dimensions of each component? Where to lift the main unit, to separate it from the base it sits on? Are these too old that it is not worth...- Spud
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- Forum: EDM Machining
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OT: Who in Germany does collection, crating and shipping of smallish machine tools?
When I saw smallish, I mean a lathe, mill or grinder under 2000 lbs , but possibly upto 3500 lbs. I have no particular machine in mind, but suppose I wanted to have a Schaublin 150 (or other similar size lathe) or FP1 (or similar size mill) collected, crated and shipped to a US East Coast...- Spud
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- Forum: Deckel, Maho, Aciera, Abene Mills
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Why are pink granite surface plates far less common than black & grey?
Watching auctions for granite surface plates for over a year now, and noticed that pink ones are far less common than black and grey. Black ones are the most common. Is it because the pink ones are usually AA grade , and most shops don't need this grade? -
OT: do Americans have to pay sales tax on machinery bought in Canada ?
Suppose I bought a machine tool at a Canadian auction, do I have to pay sales tax ? If yes, is it refunded when I take the machine out of the country? -
OT: guy in my region is selling an 18th centurty British canon, on Facebook Marketplace
Interesting item for sale. Says it is British 18th century. Wants $25,500 https://www.facebook.com/commerce/listing/1057864655160396/?media_id=0&ref=share_attachment Some pictures , for when the add eventually is removed.- Spud
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- Forum: Antique Machinery and History
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How to lift a no-ledge granite surface plate?
24" x 18" x 6" granite surface plate. Weight about 250 lbs. No ledges, and it sits on a metal stand like below, There is no gap between the plate and the base of the stand. How to lift the plate off the stand? Use a jack from below to push it up (with something to spread the force, so jack... -
OT: when following customer directive will cause damage; forklift places 1 ton bag of sand on roof of Ford Focus.
This happened in the U.K. Video says it is 1 ton, but I have no idea how much that much sand weighs. Customer has forklift driver place the large bag of sand on roof of his Ford Focus. You can hear parts of the car crack or creak.- Spud
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What forklift brands have the smoothest motion?
Any weight capacity, electric or propane. Especially curious about 6k and 8k payload, sit-down and propane. What brands and models have you all found to be silky smooth? The standup model I used recently is quite jerky. I can't recal who it was but someone said Toyotas are smooth.- Spud
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What is a good brand for a come-along?
Just bought a 2ton "Torin Big Red" cable-puller (come-along) from Menards. Was only about $30. Is there a brand that most of you prefer?- Spud
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Cost to lap and or calibrate granite surface plates?
(in the MidWest Area) What are some typical costs to: Lap a granite surface plate to A grade ? Cost only to calibrate it Plate dimenions: 36" x 24" x 5" I can take the plate to the calibration lab or lapper. Would it be less expensive to just buy a new one? -
OT sort of: How are these biscuits made in DK for so low a price?
Royal Dansk. Love these biscuits. They sell for $3.38 at Walmart. Quite suprised you could make so many biscuits and package in a tin for such a low price and especially so in Denmark. Walmart link below...- Spud
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Can an electronic height gage be used on a Faro Arm granite plate ?
Got a question about a Faro granite plate on cart, like below I have a Tesa-Hite 700 electronic height gage, identical to the unit in below link. I don't have a granite surface plate, so wondering if I can use a Faro granite plate like seen above? Can I also get the plate calibrated ? Ford...