Moved everything into the new shop
john lucas
Took 2 days. I moved 90 percent by myself. My son in law helped with about 5 large pieces of equipment that I didn't want to risk moving by myself. They were awkward or top heavy. I did move a 300lb metal workbench mostly by myself with the help of my tiny little wife. I lifted each side with an 8 foot 2x6 propped on my shoulder and she stacked 2x4's underneath until I got it high enough to put a dolly under it. Then I again lifted it to remove the 2x4's. Rolled it into the shop and reversed the procedure.
The hardest piece to move was the big air compressor. It's really awkward and extremely top heavy. Of course it and the dust collector had to be moved over a large gap between the sidewalk and the room they go in. That made it much more difficult.
Did I tell you the shop looks a lot smaller now. Of course there are still boxes of stuff everywhere because I'll have to build some cabinets another work bench and put up some shelves.
I got the first piece running. I needed the drill press so I cleaned it and aligned the table and got it running. Unfortunately I will have to do that with virtually every piece of equipment. Then I'll have to run my dust collection and air compressor lines.
It will be a while before I have the shop really running but this was a huge step. It will also be nice when they haul the Mobil Attic away and I can see my front yard from the shop again.
