Rick Finsta
Stainless
- Joined
- Sep 27, 2017
So I'm running my first large steel parts in the Okuma and need a better solution since I'm a one-man shop. It is a PITA to get the forklift facing the front of the machine so I'm looking for something I can swing sideways. I know I can make something but I have seen these in a straight/telescoping configuration for like $500-1000 which would be great. I plan on using a small winch and magnet to hold the material so I don't need to have someone on the forklift controls to lower it onto the parallels.
Currently I just pull the forklift in at an angle and then basically muscle the stock off the forks and into the vise. DANGEROUS. For me and the equipment.
So if someone knows of a commercially-available option that would allow me to drive up to the machine with the forks facing across the front of it, then swing the load sideways into the machine enclosure and lower it into place, that'd be great!
Currently I just pull the forklift in at an angle and then basically muscle the stock off the forks and into the vise. DANGEROUS. For me and the equipment.
So if someone knows of a commercially-available option that would allow me to drive up to the machine with the forks facing across the front of it, then swing the load sideways into the machine enclosure and lower it into place, that'd be great!