Moving a Jointer

[Tim Allaire]

When moving a jointer (already been assembled-store model) does it come in pieces or do you have to move it as a whole?

[Prashun Patel]

I'd take the bed apart from the stand. You'll still need a friend to help.

[Tim Allaire]

any chance of me moving in pieces to my workshed by myself?

[Prashun Patel]

Which jointer? A 6" jointer, possibly. I took my Ridgid out of the box in the garage and xported each piece to the basement by myself. The bed was heavy though. If you have a dolly, EASY.

[Tim Allaire]

PM 54a or a ridgid. no know yet, it is part of my decision (the moving it that is).

[Kent A Bathurst]

Nope - you ain't moving the PM on your own - it lists at 328#. You can take the "meat" of the jointer off the base, but that base prolly weighs only 30# or so. I don't think you'd want to disassemble the rest - too much work to reassemble and realign. I got a PM 60 @ approx 500# (the weight and heft was one of the reasons I bought it). It had to go down a steep stairway to the basement. Very easy - three really big friends, and one case of beer. The beer was at the bottom of the stairs - they moved like a trained rat in a maze.

[Dan Friedrichs]

Usually the bed unbolts from the base, and the motor will easily unmount from the base. The motor and base might not weigh much, but removing the base will make it much less awkward to move the bed.

[Myk Rian]

No matter how you look at it, moving it in 2 pieces is the easiest.
I use a 1 ton chainfall to lift things in to my trailer.

[Bruce Koch]

My son and I just moved an 8" jointer on Friday to his new house. We tipped one end up and moved a dolly under it and tipped it back down and rolled it up some ramps into his trailer. It was heavy but we got it done. We moved his whole shop in one day.