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Post by physicsguy on Jul 25, 2019 1:58:42 GMT
I'd like to take my Carve King with my as I move overseas. Fully assembled it is clearly oversized so I'm looking for any experience others have had at taking it apart to pack into multiple bags. Hopefully I can break it into the gantry, two side rail pieces, electronics, and the MDF frame pieces. Hopefully I can leave some things together. No real question; looking for anyone's experiences.
One odd thought that I won't have time to act on; is there a file for the MDF pieces available such that I could leave them behind and have someone remake them in Korea? Connected to that; would there be any advantage to remaking the bottom-most pieces of MDF as one piece of MDF or aluminum (thinner obviously with feet to keep the height the same). It seems like one piece would be stiffer. Harder to move/ship of course but perhaps the savings in weight and size on a move would make it worth copying the parts at the far end.
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petek
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Machine: Power Route
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Post by petek on Jul 25, 2019 5:08:23 GMT
I'm moving across Canada with my Power Route, and having the Movers' crating people make a crate for it, without taking the machine apart at all. Ok, I disconnected the external control box. I told them to make it certain dimensions that I specified, which will allow this crate to double as an enclosure later. I will have to add sound proofing to it after it's delivered, and am sure will tweak some things, but that's the plan. I haven't moved, so I don't know how it will turn out.
Moving across canada will be done by rail or truck.. much cheaper than moving to South Korea.
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Post by physicsguy on Jul 25, 2019 13:40:16 GMT
I wish I could do that but moving gives the wrong idea. I'm teaching at an international high school which is a very nice teaching deal. However, unlike most expat moves, the school doesn't do a shipping container. We get generous luggage allowance but it is still airline luggage. Right now I'm trying to decide between the easy route - lots of bubble wrap and some framing pieces working to keep it as a package that is overweight and oversized but still able to travel as luggage, or the hard way - take it apart so that it fits in my luggage in pieces such that no individual part is overweight or oversized.
Air freight seems to be out as it costs even more than the airlines fees. As far as I can tell no one sends things by boat to Korea unless you are willing to purchase the space of a container.
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Post by Bruce on Jul 26, 2019 19:04:49 GMT
Are you going to be using the Carve King for teaching purposes? Have the school buy another kit and just ship it to Korea.
Otherwise I'd disassemble it as much as possible to keep from bending parts like the rails and lead screws. I think removing the front and back MDF sections should be easy to do. But it will be heavy. If you have to check it with the airlines they either get you with weight or number of bags checked. I have a tool case I have to contend with checking on airlines from time to time and it will cost an extra 25%-30% of the original ticket price sometimes. (2 bags checked, one over 50 lbs.)
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Post by physicsguy on Jul 30, 2019 15:49:53 GMT
I thought about asking the school to buy one but while I might use it for some school activities it will be mostly for my own hobby purposes.
In the end I have decided to buy a cheap 3018 machine and play around with it while I am in Seoul. It means that the hobby activities change. I'll do more fiddling to make the machine better and ignore some of the larger things I want to do but it will hopefully improve my skills at working with Fusion360 and Inkscape.
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