Just a heads up.... I'm going down south for most of February so hopefully you don't have any install issues.
Pretty sure I remember jacking or skating under the support frame.Finally some pictures! Sellers are cool with me taking pictures. They wanted me to take pictures of everything as it comes apart, they doubted I could get it running again if I didn't.
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Toolchanger removed and Makino up on skates
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33 year old Makino spindle taper (like brand new)
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This is a 3 point leveling machine (I love that). It was challenging to get up on skates while keeping the skates under the casting. I did it, but I'm wondering if it's acceptable to put the skates under the steel channel frame that extends to the rear of the machine that all the control cabinets are attached to?
I expect loading will be straightforward because the loading door has a steep drop to the driveway. Perfect for a Landoll. However, I'm concerned for unloading that the skate position will cause the bottom of the pallet changer or the rear framework of the machine to drag and hang up as it comes off the Landoll.
An old H300 Kitamura HMC I had was built similarly, but the steel framework on the backside was all 3/4" thick steel plate. The Makino is Steel channel about 5" tall. It is well attached to the machine's base, but it hangs out 3 feet. Wonder what your guys thoughts are on the Makino's steel structure supporting 1/2 the weight of the machine on skates? I believe the machine weighs about 13k, but I cannot find a weight in the books I got with it. It doesn't feel any heavier than that raising it up.
And, at least up until 8 years ago I can attest that it has never been reground..........
And you won't find many 30+ year old machines with a spindle taper that looks like that!...........
Hopefully you learned that on a flattish surface. I discovered no brakes on a 12k Hyster while slapping the pedal to the floorboards rolling down a ramp out onto NW26th in Portland. Rolled right out into and across the street. Made a little course correction so as not to hit a parked car across the street and banged into the curb to get stopped.Going to test pick the Sl2 in a few minutes here and if it does it I'm going to track down a master cylinder and wheel cylinders ASAP as the thing has no breaks at all.
You've got a good point there!!!!!Is it even technically a forklift if the brakes work?
I had a late 80's S50E Hyster for awhile. It could lift my 42K lb boring mill one side at a time to get skates under it. It had some serious ass to it and more power than a forklift should have. It was ALWAYS spinning the hard tires and getting stuck in my packed gravel driveway. It had this issue where the longer you used it, the higher the idle would go until just shifting from neutral into gear would bury a tire. It was also built for people 5'5" and under I swear. I'm 6'3" and was always bashing my head on the bottom of the cage when I hopped in.I recently got a 90s Hyster H40 that is rated at 4K and I have picked over 7K with it and it still had more left as there was still some weight on the back wheels and I hadn't added any counterweight
I like the Hyster machines