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Well, we came out of the earthquake pretty good, not just us personally, but the whole town. It could have been much worse than it wound up. We had some nick knacks broken around the house and a bit of a mess made, but other than that no real damage to the house or shop. There was some stuff moved around in the shop as well as a toolbox that fell of a stack. Here are some pictures of the shop (the shop was a mess before the earthquake, not necessarily because of it).
The surface plate and stand (probably a ton or more) was moved about a foot and a half away from the wall. Much more and it would have blocked the door.
All the drawers on this toolbox came out, which moved the CG too far in front and the top shelf tipped off into the floor.
The T&C grinder and the surface grinder both moved away from the wall. A stack of sheet metal that was against the wall fell over and pushed the grinder stand out a bit.
There were a few other small items that fell. Neither of the shapers moved, they are on subframes and the subframes are stood on 3/4" leveling bolts that go into 3" square steel feet with a recess for the bolt in the top and knurling cut with the shaper on the bottom. I guess that's a good design, good enough for a 7.1 earthquake. The town is recovering, there was a lot of damage to store's merchandise from falling off shelves, so one of the towns grocery stores (the one I usually go to) is still closed (we only have 4, total). Just thankful it wasn't worse than it was. We were given the week off work for them to get things inspected and pipes, chemical spills, etc cleaned up. So I have some time to get the shop back into shape.
The surface plate and stand (probably a ton or more) was moved about a foot and a half away from the wall. Much more and it would have blocked the door.
All the drawers on this toolbox came out, which moved the CG too far in front and the top shelf tipped off into the floor.
The T&C grinder and the surface grinder both moved away from the wall. A stack of sheet metal that was against the wall fell over and pushed the grinder stand out a bit.
There were a few other small items that fell. Neither of the shapers moved, they are on subframes and the subframes are stood on 3/4" leveling bolts that go into 3" square steel feet with a recess for the bolt in the top and knurling cut with the shaper on the bottom. I guess that's a good design, good enough for a 7.1 earthquake. The town is recovering, there was a lot of damage to store's merchandise from falling off shelves, so one of the towns grocery stores (the one I usually go to) is still closed (we only have 4, total). Just thankful it wasn't worse than it was. We were given the week off work for them to get things inspected and pipes, chemical spills, etc cleaned up. So I have some time to get the shop back into shape.