Little moulder...

[Darcy Warner]

Just bought a moulder, been looking and looking after I had to get rid of a nice P22 with accuset heads.

This is a bit of an upgrade over the 5 head P22 though.

Wadkin GA 6 head with a 7th universal head.

Lots of HP, the badge says 234 amps at 230v.

Have to go pick it up tomorrow, still trying to figure out how to unload it once I get it back to my shop.

Little bit too much for my 6k pound lift, think it weighs about 8 to 9 thousand pounds.

Sorry, can't get pictures to upload at the moment. Have to try later from my computer.

[Charles Lent]

That Red Square on the floor around the sprinkler riser is there for a reason - to keep you aware not to put anything there. Your insurance inspector and landlord will not be happy if you block that area, even just a little bit and will make you move the machine when they see it. Move the machine a little forward now before it gets hooked up and you will be happier too by saving the need to change the hook-ups. Even a motor hanging out over the red square is a no-no.

Charley

[Darcy Warner]

That Red Square on the floor around the sprinkler riser is there for a reason - to keep you aware not to put anything there. Your insurance inspector and landlord will not be happy if you block that area, even just a little bit and will make you move the machine when they see it. Move the machine a little forward now before it gets hooked up and you will be happier too by saving the need to change the hook-ups.

Charley

Its sitting in a giant event center where there was a woodworking and tool expo, including a huge auction with 6 rings. It makes me no difference where they sat it for the auction.

[Jim Andrew]

How big is your electric panel? Far as unloading it, you need something BIG. I use my skidsteer to handle heavy things with forks, but don't think I could lift one end.

[Darcy Warner]

How big is your electric panel? Far as unloading it, you need something BIG. I use my skidsteer to handle heavy things with forks, but don't think I could lift one end.

I have 400 amps of 480v.

My lift is good for about 6500 pounds, so I am bit short on that.

[Andy Giddings]

Reminds me of the Wadkin multi-head moulder that I first encountered in the UK when I worked in a commercial woodshop for the Summer break - took up about half the shop, dust extraction pipes coming off of it resembled a large Octupus

[Jeff Bartley]

In the third pic I see:
motor, motor, motor, motor.......MOTOR!

[Tony Joyce]

If it's on a skip get it on a rollback. you can drag it off with your lift and push/pull it into position before removing the skip. You could lift one end of the skid and put a pipe under it to help maneuver it. I've jacked one end at a time to remove the skip, cut it out with a chain saw. There are flat spots under the center where you can lift or jack. The 234amp rating is full load on every motor, which is impossible to achieve. My Wadkin K23 was rated at 250amp and is wired to a 200amp breaker. Never had a problem. Good luck moving.

[Mark Bolton]

Hilman rollers from your local rental shop and your lift should get you in business if you have to rig it yourself (once you get it on the ground). Whenever we've unloaded heavy loads at the shop we just call our local sunbelt and have them drop a machine capable of the task. We've always been able to rent a large enough lift, long forks, whatever, for 300-500 delivered and picked up. Super cheap in my book.

Nice molder, looks like a lot of work for me.

P.S., if you dont mind, what'd you get a molder like that for at auction? I can only imagine with the rust it had to be a screamer.

[Darcy Warner]

It can sit on my trailer for a day or two until I figure out how I want to get it off.

Skates are of no use in my shop as the floor is not the best.

It was taken out of service about 7 months ago and stored in a unheated building.
It's just a little crusty and I couldn't really find any bed wear.

It set me back 400 bucks.

[Mark Bolton]

$400 bucks! lordy may. Well below scrap value for sure. At that price I'd call in the rent ASAP to shuttle it into the shop. I wish we had more time for project machines like that but anything we buy has to hit the floor making money in a few hours. Super score if youve got the time.

[Darcy Warner]

I just need to get it on the concrete pad outside my overhead door, it's too long to go in sideways.

[Martin Wasner]

Check with a local millwright to get it in. It's not that heavy, but by the time you get done screwing around with renting something heavy enough to move it, or another lift, they might be able to get it slid into place for basically a wash.

[Martin Wasner]

nice find too btw. Worst case you can scrap it and break even

[Tony Joyce]

It should weigh less that 8,000. I picked up a 5 head GA with a 6,000lb forklift. It was max capacity for the lift.