My X3 is on a purpose built (Welded steel angles) base with casters and a jack down stabilising system. This was needed to position the mill in the correct position, pushed between existing equipment and with a limited head height.

The mill being lifted onto the mobile base (by car engine lift) in the centre of workshop and then rolled back into position and then jacking down to stop any rocking or movement.

Its also very handy to move the mill out to retrieve any dropped item over the back of the unit and also for cleaning the back.

As Clive remarked you do need quite a bit of weight low down in the cabinet when moving so as to give stability to the unit, also make the base as large as you can for the same reason.

Hi Mark,

When I bought my SX3, also ordered a support stand for it (From Hare & Forbes in Parrammata). I then fabricated a frame for the wheels. (disregard the battery. was for my first coolant system using a car windscreen washer pump)

Paul.

Mark,

Take a close look at Paul's picture and you will see he has the levitation accessory. Makes relocation a synch.

Neil

I think Neil's talking about the weird shadows that Solidworks renderings have under the models. They make the model look like it's levitating some distance off the "floor".

Shadows can be turned off, in Solidworks display options, by the way.

Like a lot of "advanced" things in SW the shadowing kinda works but when you really look at it, it is not very realistic.

I do like SW though for bread and butter basic design work, it's pretty robust, and it's easy to learn. (it's the fifth major high end CAD package I've had to learn for work). Accuracy can be an issue though on large parts needing fine tolerances, and getting large assemblies (5,000 parts +) to hold together while rebuilding after a revision can be challenging. JD

Thanks Jeff,

The DRO image was done in Solidworks but the images of the mill stand with trolley are photographs. (Have been designing in Pro-Engineer and Solidworks for about 10 years but have not built anything with 5,000 parts). My mill trolley does not have any jacking or levelling but a jacking screw could easily be added at each corner.

Paul.

Edited By Paul Lousick on 14/05/2015 08:34:27