a centec 2b question

>>
>> 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.
>