Folks hope you all having a good weekend. Here is what I am up to. We hava a HAAS TL-1 arriving in a few days. We are modding some machine skates to move a HAAS TL-1 into the ye olde machines shoppe. These are nice meaty skates, about 40 lbs of steel each, rated for 6 tons. I have attached a picture describing what we are trying to do.
At one point in the move there is a 4" step, concrete-to-concrete, the machine needs to jump over. Unfortunately we cannot get a forklift in that area. We have to use engine hoist and a winch, meaning machine needs to go in one pair of feet at a time. I would like to attach the skates to the feet so that they cannot slide or fall off during this procedure. The top of the skate has sticky-back rubber and I do not trust that to hold a machine on its own.
To prevent tipping from the skates, I plan to machine some custom shoulder bolts. The shoulder will go through lathe casting and the threaded tip will thread into the top of the skate. The center of that skate houses a hollow flange with external M24x1.5 thread. Large enough I can turn a plug to accommodate a 5/8" thread.
Does anyone know what type of thread the leveling pins on TL-1 use? How long the pin is? I tried to locate part# with HAAS documentation but failed. Appreciate if you can share.
P.S. If the skate model is useful to you in any way, perhaps for move planning, I would be happy to share.
P.S. I am aware riggers recommend 3 skates instead of 4. We have talked about making an axle with a C channel and using 3 skates like a military grade Reliant Robin. I might just so that. The CAD does not reflect this.
At one point in the move there is a 4" step, concrete-to-concrete, the machine needs to jump over. Unfortunately we cannot get a forklift in that area. We have to use engine hoist and a winch, meaning machine needs to go in one pair of feet at a time. I would like to attach the skates to the feet so that they cannot slide or fall off during this procedure. The top of the skate has sticky-back rubber and I do not trust that to hold a machine on its own.
To prevent tipping from the skates, I plan to machine some custom shoulder bolts. The shoulder will go through lathe casting and the threaded tip will thread into the top of the skate. The center of that skate houses a hollow flange with external M24x1.5 thread. Large enough I can turn a plug to accommodate a 5/8" thread.
Does anyone know what type of thread the leveling pins on TL-1 use? How long the pin is? I tried to locate part# with HAAS documentation but failed. Appreciate if you can share.
P.S. If the skate model is useful to you in any way, perhaps for move planning, I would be happy to share.
P.S. I am aware riggers recommend 3 skates instead of 4. We have talked about making an axle with a C channel and using 3 skates like a military grade Reliant Robin. I might just so that. The CAD does not reflect this.