My new machine - Guess the make!

[Pilsbury]

Ah, and I was thinking of putting my machine on industrial castors so it could be easily moved forward for 'pass through' jobs. Maybe I should be considering how I bolt it's stand to the wall of my shed for great ridgidity instead!?

If you bolt it to the shed wall it will shake the shit out of your shed! Honestly, these are powerful heavy beasts. With the gantry shifting around it shakes its bulk with it. A solid floor is what is needed in my opinion. And as I see it in a shed situation, a concrete base...... which mine has not got, hence my concrete pads for each foot.

[JAZZCNC]

If you bolt it to the shed wall it will shake the shit out of your shed! Honestly, these are powerful heavy beasts.

That comment just reminded me of a funny story regards a machine build which exactly that did happen.!!

I built a relatively small 600x400 but heavily built machine for a guy who always spoke about his "Workshop" and where it was going, ie in the corner, with the only question asked about being how strong a bench would be needed.? So I answered with "Very and makes sure it's fastened to the wall as these things have a lot of inertia when moving fast".

Anyway, when I arrived to deliver it the workshop turned out to be a box standard 8x4 garden shed, inside it was immaculate with every square inch of space used, with custom made shelves holding every type of jam jar and re-usable container known to man full nuts n bolts, screws, and neatly hanging tools on the walls, etc you name it, a workshop Santa's Elf would be proud of.!

So I looked at the bench and sure enough, it was strong and fastened to the wall, albeit the Shed wall, So I said you'll need to take the stuff off the shelves which he did while I was getting the machine out of the Van. Anyway, I get the machine in and on the bench and while I was setting it up, he started putting the stuff back on the shelves.
I said "Think you might want to wait before you do that because you might want to Re-think those shelves.! Why.? he asked.. . . . Because when this thing starts to boogie your Mrs will think you are having a rock concert in here.!... At which he laughed and that was it. So show him the ropes and I left it with him an set off home.!

Four hours later the phone rang and the voice said " I thought you meant a Rock disco because of the noise, not that fact it would rock the shed, Now I get what you meant about Re-thinking the shelves. My Mrs come running into the workshop to see what the matter was because from the kitchen window all she could see was the shed rocking from side to side" . . .

The next time I went all the shelves had gone and the "Workshop" was substantially reinforced on the outside with buttress's . . .

And on the powerful theme, I've got another "Shed" story.!

This time with a larger machine 4 x 4 router. This shed was a real beast of a shed, concrete floor, railway sleepers for corner posts and structural beams with plywood lined insulted walls with front and rear up and over doors, proper deluxe Shed.!... So no comments from me this time about the shelves but because he wanted the machine right up to the rear door I warned him about watching what he left on the machine bed because if it wasn't fastened down and the gantry caught it that it could shove it through the door. His reply being, I want it there so I can have the door up when using for feeding long stock thru.!. . . Ok, no problem but just watch it because it won't take prisoners.!! . . . . He no longer has a rear up and over door but now has a wall with a large Cat flap due to the fact the machine shoved a sheet of MDF off the bed and through the closed door ejecting both into the garden...