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Posted by willowkevin on August 15, 2006, 6:06 pm
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hello all , im looking to buy a centec 2b , ive been looking a a
previous post
on centecs and used a link to the manual . can the 2b be
unbolted from its
pedestal for transporting ? i drive a swb isuzu
trooper and am wondering about
the possibillity of stripping one to fit
in the back of the car ? any thoughts ?
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Posted by Jim Guthrie on August 16, 2006, 2:02 am
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On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:06:31 -0500, willowkevin
>hello all , im looking to buy a centec 2b , ive been looking a a
>previous post on centecs and used a link to the manual . can the 2b be
>unbolted from its pedestal for transporting ? i drive a swb isuzu
>trooper and am wondering about the possibillity of stripping one to fit
>in the back of the car ? any thoughts ?
It does unbolt from its stand.
I moved a Centec 2A in the back of a Vauxhall Omega estate and there
were no problems in clearance on height or width, and there's not much
difference in dimensions apart from the table length.
I've had a look at pictures of an Izuzu SWB Trooper and the worry
might be the amount of room available between the back of the seats
and the rear door. In the Vauxhall, with the back seats down, I
had about six feet length.
You could take the knee and the table off the mill to decrease the
depth of the machine. In the 2A you take the table off, disconnect
the knee lifting screw, release the gib, and the knee lifts off the
dovetails - about a ten minute job. I would suspect that a similar
job on the 2B is just as straightforward.
Jim.
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Posted by lemel_man on August 16, 2006, 3:29 am
Please log in for more thread options Jim Guthrie wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:06:31 -0500, willowkevin
>
>> hello all , im looking to buy a centec 2b , ive been looking a a
>> previous post on centecs and used a link to the manual . can the 2b be
>> unbolted from its pedestal for transporting ? i drive a swb isuzu
>> trooper and am wondering about the possibillity of stripping one to fit
>> in the back of the car ? any thoughts ?
>
> It does unbolt from its stand.
>
> I moved a Centec 2A in the back of a Vauxhall Omega estate and there
> were no problems in clearance on height or width, and there's not much
> difference in dimensions apart from the table length.
>
> I've had a look at pictures of an Izuzu SWB Trooper and the worry
> might be the amount of room available between the back of the seats
> and the rear door. In the Vauxhall, with the back seats down, I
> had about six feet length.
>
> You could take the knee and the table off the mill to decrease the
> depth of the machine. In the 2A you take the table off, disconnect
> the knee lifting screw, release the gib, and the knee lifts off the
> dovetails - about a ten minute job. I would suspect that a similar
> job on the 2B is just as straightforward.
>
> Jim.
I've got a 2B and a few months ago I helped a friend remove another 2B
from a cellar workshop.
When I got mine I just unbolted the column/table assembly from the base
and transported the whole thing in two pieces. Both sections are heavy,
and the base is cumbersome 'cos the swarf tray is welded to it.
When we got the 2B out of the cellar workshop it was necessary to remove
the table from the knee. The table of the 2B is quite a bit bigger and
heavier than the one on the 2A, and makes the whole assemble rather
unwieldy.
Removing it took us rather longer than 10 minutes, mainly because we had
the find the trick: removing the feed-screw is not enough. You have to
remove the gib-strip that guides the Y-axis, and to do this you have to
remove the little slide-locking screw, which, in our case, was a small
ball-handle that could only be removed by first removing the X-axis
feed-screw half-nut assembly.
Don't rush it, take your time. The 2B is a great little miller. We've
fitted VFD to both the main motor and table drive on both machines. It
made a great machine even better.
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Posted by willowkevin on August 16, 2006, 7:43 pm
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thank you both for your replies , it sounds very promising , my pet hate
is the
idea of motorway towing :eek:
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Posted by Jim Guthrie on August 17, 2006, 12:19 am
Please log in for more thread options On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:43:55 -0500, willowkevin
>thank you both for your replies , it sounds very promising , my pet hate
>is the idea of motorway towing :eek:
Also, in my case I had to have a substantial plank and a some short
bits of scaffolding pole to roll the body in and out of the back of
the estate. The height and the width of the back door precluded the
use of any other type of lifting gear.
Also, on the Centec, other bits that come off easily are the
vertical head/horizontal overarm which would reduce the overall
height, as well as the weight.
Jim.
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>previous post on centecs and used a link to the manual . can the 2b be
>unbolted from its pedestal for transporting ? i drive a swb isuzu
>trooper and am wondering about the possibillity of stripping one to fit
>in the back of the car ? any thoughts ?