Anthony Diodati
10-14-2013, 1:49 PM
I don't have 3 0r 4 guys to help lift it, I found this thread ; 2 quotes from it.....................
When I had to lift my Grizzly saw by myself and not having an engine lift, I placed two 2x4's on edge under the table but tight to the cabinet. I put some pipe clamps across these 2x4's so they wouldn't twist out from under the saw.
Then I built sort of a 'cribbing' with a pair of sawhorses under the ends of the 2x4's and used two floor jacks to pick the whole thing up. It would be nice to have someone extra there to help balance the whole thing while you slipped the base under it.
Now you will have to build some extensions or put wheels under that nice outfeed table!
Will the 2 X 4's go under the table only, or can they span under the fence rails?
I was thinking of spanning under the fence rails, but don't want to bend the rails either.
Tilting as mentioned by Scott is one way without any lifts. Tilt the saw and slide two long 2X4's under the saw. Tilt again and add blocks at each end of the 2X4's raising the saw so the bottom of the wood is slightly above the top of the mobile base. Slide the base under the saw. Tilt and remove the blocks lowering the saw onto the mobile base frame. Now the saw is sitting on the base with the 2X4's in the way. Tilt and remove the 2X4's one at a time, lowering the saw into the base.
ps - I have a Jet cabinet saw with a 52" fence, and I used the tilt method described above to place it on a mobile base by HTC years after the saw was fully assembled.
This sounds good, but I can't quite envision it.
Any other Ideas, I don't have a beam above to hoist it from.
When I had to lift my Grizzly saw by myself and not having an engine lift, I placed two 2x4's on edge under the table but tight to the cabinet. I put some pipe clamps across these 2x4's so they wouldn't twist out from under the saw.
Then I built sort of a 'cribbing' with a pair of sawhorses under the ends of the 2x4's and used two floor jacks to pick the whole thing up. It would be nice to have someone extra there to help balance the whole thing while you slipped the base under it.
Now you will have to build some extensions or put wheels under that nice outfeed table!
Will the 2 X 4's go under the table only, or can they span under the fence rails?
I was thinking of spanning under the fence rails, but don't want to bend the rails either.
Tilting as mentioned by Scott is one way without any lifts. Tilt the saw and slide two long 2X4's under the saw. Tilt again and add blocks at each end of the 2X4's raising the saw so the bottom of the wood is slightly above the top of the mobile base. Slide the base under the saw. Tilt and remove the blocks lowering the saw onto the mobile base frame. Now the saw is sitting on the base with the 2X4's in the way. Tilt and remove the 2X4's one at a time, lowering the saw into the base.
ps - I have a Jet cabinet saw with a 52" fence, and I used the tilt method described above to place it on a mobile base by HTC years after the saw was fully assembled.
This sounds good, but I can't quite envision it.
Any other Ideas, I don't have a beam above to hoist it from.