Change of plan

[AndyP]

A stiff drink, decent night’s sleep and further reflection of the options can sometimes solve the unsolvable .
A cost benefit analysis of moving it, replacing it and what will it be used for might also help.

Moving house, even when it goes well is stressful, never a good idea to make decisions under the circumstances.

Can only hope a solution can be found to suit short and long term aspirations .

 

[Lons]

And it’s relatively easy to get it onto a trailer or wheeled platform, just done it with mine —-28” onto the bed of a truck!
Will try and detail how if I get time today.

A trailer is simple if it has a ramped tailgate like my Ifor Williams. I used to have a winch that clamped on the front before using a pallet truck and used the trick with scaffold poles though it helped that as a builder I had loads. Even loaded a tonne bulk bag of sand that was on a pallet and managed without help. The winch sadly gave up the ghost eventually and I sold the pallet truck which I now regret.

There is always a way given enough motivation.

 

[RogerS]

Thank you, chaps...you've rekindled the embers a little. I'd still like to sell it but where we are staying our landlord has lived here for a long time and our new (hopefully) place is only an easy hour away.

And with a fair wind, we don't have the urgency since we're hoping to complete by the end of May and since we are committed to the rental until end-July that gives us two months within which to do stuff.

Did I tell you the new place has a mature ginkco ?

 

[Steve Maskery]

Did I tell you the new place has a mature ginkco ?

We have loads of them running around. All called Gary. Fun little creatures. No idea how old they are though.

S

 

[JamesHow]

Just go into the local and say lads I have a problem....

You'll have a solution within half an hour.

If not move onto another pub where the farmers / trades meet...

 

[Cabinetman]

Just go into the local and say lads I have a problem....

You'll have a solution within half an hour.

If not move onto another pub where the farmers / trades meet...

Yes I’ve always found that Farmers are an extremely resourceful (and helpful) bunch, very little they can’t fix.

 

[duke]

Yes, Ginkgo biloba is a very magestic tree, surviving for over 290 million years.
The fruit when ripe smells like vomit, how do I know, there is a tree at the school of Horticulture I attended many years ago.
As a practical joke we put the ripe fruit into the bedding of a fellow student, he was not impressed and we were severely reprimanded by the superintendent. Fun times, young and carefree.

 

[Lons]

Duke beat me to it Steve. I suspect that Roger's has roots rather than legs and doesnt run around the garden eating flies.

 

[Steve Maskery]

S

 

[Bod1]

Thank you, chaps...you've rekindled the embers a little. I'd still like to sell it but where we are staying our landlord has lived here for a long time and our new (hopefully) place is only an easy hour away.

And with a fair wind, we don't have the urgency since we're hoping to complete by the end of May and since we are committed to the rental until end-July that gives us two months within which to do stuff.

Did I tell you the new place has a mature ginkco ?

Could the moving company store it for a couple of months, might not charge as they have been a bit slow on the job.

Bod1.

 

[RogerS]

Could the moving company store it for a couple of months, might not charge as they have been a bit slow on the job.

Bod1.

Nice idea but when it arrived with the sliding table off I kinda lost interest.

 

[RogerS]

Nice idea but when it arrived with the sliding table off I kinda lost interest.

I have reached impasse. Our rental lease expires end of July although we might (but would rather not) extend by a month. I have had various sniffs at selling the Hammer but there seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding out there regarding differences between Hammer C3-31 models.

I have one last interested person. If he decides not to purchase then I'm out of ideas.

The removal company have put me in this position. The machine is non-operational due to them. That makes it much harder to sell. Even at a heavy discount. There is not that much demand for these sort of machines, it would seem. Felder need 1m around it plus suitable power to repair it. The garage where the machine is has neither. The removal company have washed their hands and are refusing to move it. Even if I could find a company to take the machne to Felder, Felder say they have no room/facilities to repair it at their place. Basically I am, I think the technical term to describe this starts with an 'F'.

If it was down to me then the removal company would be getting a letter from my solicitor. But it isn't. SWMBO still wants to use them (different branch and not the cowboys from Manchester). If I start getting legal then high chance they will not want to do the final move. Better the Devil you know and all that.

So what to do.

 

[Spectric]

So the Hammer has got to go.

Where there is a will there is a way ! If you can get a car down there then you can get a car trailer down or a low builders type trailer.

 

[Trevanion]

There is not that much demand for these sort of machines, it would seem.

It's a buyer's market at the moment with all the industrial auctions and businesses going under, you can pick up very nice full-size Felder and Altendorf panel saws for peanuts. Obviously, the Hammer is more hobby/light trade oriented unlike the industrial kit, but still, a bit of economic uncertainty makes people less likely to spend money.

Had you tried to sell it in late 2020 through to 2022, I think you would've almost had as much for it as you bought it for, Felder were struggling to get kit into the country and were ringing up people they had recently sold machines to asking whether they would sell them back to Felder.

 

[PAC1]

Why not hold the letter back until after the next move.

 

[SamQ aka Ah! Q!]

Roger, many industrial movers have tri-wheel forklifts suspended off truck tail gates. Beam-wise, they would be narrow enough to get down your lane. I also applaud (Dan, was it?) "pub/anybody help?". No2 child, a brawny 6'2', enlisted his rugby club mates, then bought them rounds after practice.
Sam

 

[Sam r]

@RogerS

I have the same or similar C3 31 machine.

I had to split the casing to remove& install - it is literally the cases of the equivalent saw/spindle and P/T machines connected via 7 no M8 hex head screws. The axle slides out.

The table slider is easy to set via the 5 no screw studs if you have a straight edge and decent engineer's square. Mine is now cutting beautifully square over 1200 length on the sliding table. So it can all be done. Allow a few days. Please feel free to message me and I can explain the details of each stage.

As Trevanion mentioned, market is horrible now so don't sell & buy if you can avoid it. I got £250 for a wadkin sp12 saw in march at auction. A tenth of what I paid 6 years previously.