This tool was a real logistical nightmare to have moved from new york to my place in PA. The seller was incapable of building a proper skid and crate for the machine, which severely hampered my abilities to get it moved by a national freight carrier. Kudos to my freight broker for trying to work it out, but the dimensions and state of the freight;s packaging meant i had to resort to uship. I dont want to bad mouth the service, but there are some wackjobs on that site, and ive personally dealt with a few. Thankfully, this guy from kentucky missing all his front teeth was able to step in and haul it for me. Aside from moving a 20" machine on a 5' wide uhaul trailer, he did a good job at a great price. Getting it off the trailer was awful, the seller hoisted it into the trailer with the skid facing the wrong direction and it fit like a glove. After getting it off, my wife and i were able to get the 12" grizzly out of the basement and begin the hellish few hours of getting the new machine into place. All i can say is i dream of the day when my shop has a nice wide double garage door as access. Moving stuff into a low ceiling single car garage and then through a mandoor is always as awful as you would imagine. But, its in place and pretty level, and we were in bed by midnight. Only had a minute to really 'look' at the machine, and my 36" steel straight edge and flashlight showed the beds are flat and straight. I didnt have hands on this machine prior to buying it, so there was a fair amount of risk involved on the purchase. Special thanks to one of Darcy's youtube videos and Warren for helping me identify it as most likely a griggio. 500mm 4 knife tersa cutterhead with around a 100" bed length. Headed to the beach next week, but im looking forward to getting a VFD off jack and getting it up and running. Im sure ill be asking plenty more questions of the group as i dig into it a bit.
Beds are wet with mineral spirits, because i was sweating all over this thing for hours. I didnt want to wake up this morning to a bunch of rust spots.
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