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- Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!hexnut!ericb
- From: ericb@microsoft.com (Eric Brown)
- Subject: Re: question about transporting a Delta Unisaw
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.220235.25601@microsoft.com>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 22:02:35 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corp
- References: <1992Dec23.183607.27471@cbnewse.cb.att.com>
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- Keywords: tool weight, cast iron, rupture, back ache
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- Bob Parnass, AJ9S writes:
- |
- |If you disassembled a Delta Unisaw, how heavy would the heaviest
- |module be?
- |
- |I've been thinking about buying a Unisaw but dread the
- |thought of trying to carry it down to the basement (with
- |my wife's help).
- |
- |We've managed to carry down other big power tools but none of
- |them were as heavy as a Unisaw (400+ lobs). In the past,
- |we disassembled the tools in my pickup truck and brought them
- |downstairs piece by piece.
- |
- |I'm concerned that the cast iron top is too heavy
- |as may be the motor and whatever it's bolted to.
- |
-
- My Powermatic model 66 is quite similar to the Unisaw in construction.
- I had to disassemble the 66 in the back of my van and then carried the
- resultant pieces down to my basement. I recall the motor being the
- heaviest part; perhaps 75 lbs. I got the whole thing downstairs by
- myself, and imagine you could do the same. Go for it!
-
- --
- Eric
- Microsoft Systems, Advanced Systems Development
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