Packing up the Shop

TomS

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The time has finally arrived so I'm packing up the shop, and the house, and moving to Sparks, Nevada. It's amazing how much "stuff" you can accumulate when you have a place to put it. I have several pieces of machinery that I didn't have when I moved in 5 years ago as well as tooling that goes with these machines. The movers are showing up in three weeks so I've got to get going with packing.

Looks like I'll be out of the machining business for a few months so the wife and I can get the house together. Lot's to do there with hanging stuff on the walls and arranging furniture to her liking. My new shop space will be smaller so machinery placement will be important to maximize usable space. Still, it should be ample room. On a positive note the down time will give me time to think up new projects.

Wish me luck. I'll need it.
 
Best of luck Tom!

It will also give you a chance to handle and sort everything. You might just find some tools that you misplaced years ago!

-brino
 
Jeez, Tom, I cannot even contemplate trying to move my shop so I feel for you. Best of luck in Nevada!
 
Best of luck Tom!

It will also give you a chance to handle and sort everything. You might just find some tools that you misplaced years ago!

-brino

This came at a good time. We are retiring in June and moving to No. Cal as soon as we can find a suitable property (acreage and large shop). I'm dreading having to pack up my garage after being here 20 years. I have all of the tools and equipment to make anything in wood (including a 6ft cast iron wood lathe) welding/fab work and of course machining (mill/lathe), standing band saw & drill press and hand/power tools/airbrushing.

I was looking around the garage on Saturday and estimated I need about 30 apple boxes just for the smalls. The power equipment needs a truck/trailer. I'm planning on hiring a mover because it's just too much for me to handle @ 65YO with a bad back. I'm thinking about making crates for my mini mill and metal lathe. My iron wood lathe I don't know. I'd hate to break one of the legs off it. Last time I moved it 20 years ago, we only moved about a mile away. The movers got it in a large box truck with a lift gate and just tied it all down really well. Then they packed the rest of the house around it so nothing cold move. They got it all there in one load w/o breaking anything!

I hired Cailfornia Machinery Movers to get my lathe in the garage and on the workbench. They brought over a mini forklift that fit under the roll-up garage door by an inch.

If anyone has a suggestion for a good, long distance house moving company, I'd appreciate the referral.

Tom - you may want to give them a call if you need professional mover for you equipment. I'm sure they would cover western Nevada.

Brino_- I'm absolutely sure I'll find some lost treasures. I saw a few things the other day I forgot I have. I still have some tools & equipment I've had for 50 years now.

Rick
 
Tom- I just noticed that you live in Redding, and are moving to Sparks. Any particular reason (if you don't mind). We're planning on moving to Corning, south of Red Bluff because we have family there.
 
Omg Tom , I wouldn't want to even think about packing my mess !
 
Best of luck to you guys.
All I can say is better you than me.
On the plus side, you will find things you forgot you had.
On the minus side, you will ask yourself why did I save that.
And just remember whatever you get rid of you will need it when you get to your new home.
Personally, I would rather take a butt whipping than move. I've been here for 35 years.
When I die I want to be buried in the backyard. Dig a large hole dump in my ashes and push all my junk on top.
Who say's you cant take it with you.
**G**
 
Looks like I'll be out of the machining business for a few months so the wife and I can get the house together. Lot's to do there with hanging stuff on the walls and arranging furniture to her liking.

Nuts! You aren't going to pay full retail on a nail when you could easily turn one out of scrap for nothing if your lathe was running... are you? ;)

What ever the movers "estimate" they are going to charge you... double it! There is a standard rate that comes down to basically Weight x Miles. So all movers pretty much charge the same. The standard scam is to estimate the weight way low.. then they take the truck to the scale after it is loaded and the weight is double the estimate so your cost is double the estimate. At Least this is the way it was when I last moved. I had done some reading on the moving business so I was prepared for the scam when I last moved.

Good luck! Patients... patients... patients!
 
When I die I want to be buried in the backyard. Dig a large hole dump in my ashes and push all my junk on top.
Who say's you cant take it with you.
**G**

I don't have a choice in the matter... my daughter has already told me that this is exactly what she is going to do when I die... with the exception she is going to leave my butt sticking up about a foot out of the ground so she has a place to park her bike!
 
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good luck Tom, moving is no fun but it'll be worth it once you settle in. I've moved my shop twice in 3 years, good way to cut down on the crap, that's for sure. I'm happy not to be moving again, fingers crossed, for many years!
 
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