What's a necessary journey?

[Handstitched]

@toxo O'h goody !! a new toy   Bet you can't wait to get sewing ? I now how that feels. But after carrying  it up the stairs, you may need a chiropractor . 

I hear ya on the restrictions on movement. I want get some equine stock from my  wholesale supplier, over  2hrs away,  but I can't pick it up . I can get a courier to pick it up, but it will cost  a lot more than a tank of fuel  , and fuel is cheap as right now, below $1 ltr.  But restrictions will be relaxed...slowly .......soon(?)  so I'm hoping regional border restrictions are is of them , fingers crossed  eh ? 

Thankfully my leather supplier can deliver state wide for orders $100 + , I can't pick & choose doing that, but I know I can trust them.

Good luck with your machine, have fun  

HS

[toxo]

44 minutes ago, Handstitched said:

@toxo O'h goody !! a new toy   Bet you can't wait to get sewing ? I now how that feels. But after carrying  it up the stairs, you may need a chiropractor . 

I hear ya on the restrictions on movement. I want get some equine stock from my  wholesale supplier, over  2hrs away,  but I can't pick it up . I can get a courier to pick it up, but it will cost  a lot more than a tank of fuel  , and fuel is cheap as right now, below $1 ltr.  But restrictions will be relaxed...slowly .......soon(?)  so I'm hoping regional border restrictions are is of them , fingers crossed  eh ? 

Thankfully my leather supplier can deliver state wide for orders $100 + , I can't pick & choose doing that, but I know I can trust them.

Good luck with your machine, have fun  

HS

Thanks HS. I think they'll be forced to open up soon. All the years of austerity over here has left everyone on their knees and now they've no option but to take the 80% of what little they had to start with. The economy won't stand much more of it and they'll have to get some things up and running soon. I think the unnecessary driving thing is nonsence. You're hardly likely to catch it or pass it in the car and considering how much the gummint earns out of cars I think that'll be one of the first things to open up.

But yes! it'll be good to play around with a cylinder arm and see what it can do. I'll let you know after the hernia operation:)

[toxo]

So, any advice on the dismantling procedure when I go to collect it? Never had a cylinder arm but I can see there's a turret that the main thing sits on. Do I leave that in place or does everything above table level come off? I know the head is gonna be heavy but could I lift it? I'm stronger than I feel ya know

[dikman]

Generally there's four bolts holding it to the table, remove those and lift the whole thing off (after disconnecting any lifters, of course). As for lifting it there's a pretty good chance that you can, my 335 is no problem to move.

[toxo]

Thanks dikman. The SIL lives about 25 miles away so he would have to drive to me, then to London, then back here to me and then he'll have the drive back home. I'm trying to work out if I can spare him the hassle. Then again. it's one thing lifting it. It's another getting it up the stairs.

[Bert51]

When I got my Adler 105, I had to travel about a thousand kilo's home, like dikman said undo the 4 main bolts holding it to the table, I was able to wrap mine in an old sheet and put it behind my seat and pushed the seat back and with extra padding, it did not move a faction.

I took everything off the top of the table, turned it over and took the legs/frame off and as it was raining cats and dogs, I put the table with motor still attached upside down, in my boot of our car and I put the frame in my trailer.

I have done this several times to allow machines to follow me home and found it easy to do with a little bit of help.

Bert.

[dikman]

Oh yes, the table......every used machine I've bought I took the head off the table and like Bert said wedged it carefully so it couldn't move, then I dismantled the table completely to get it in the car and make it manageable. The biggest pain was always the clutch motor!!

[Wizcrafts]

On 4/21/2020 at 7:52 PM, toxo said:

Just paid a deposit. Have to arrange with SIL to go and collect in the next few days. Not looking forward to carrying it up the stairs ☹️

Hire a piano mover!

[Bert51]

I found it easier to leave the motor on the table , that way two people can handle it easier then one and place it in the boot upside down.

The wife and I had little problems putting the top and motor in the boot.

Bert.

[dikman]

Unfortunately there's only one of me and I'm not exactly built like Arnie!