weight reduction on a Denford Novamil

[sundancer]

It would be a bad idea to mill the casting away. Why not take the column on its own and then the base etc.

I will probably need to move everything again at least once in the near future, so taking it apart, reassembling and calibrating it each time I move is not something Id want to do more than once.
Im only contemplating doing it as Im happy with the machine performance, accuracy and machining envelope, and id like to keep it if possible.

if this is going to affect the machine in a detrimental way, I guess I need to look to something lighter to replace it with.