I tilted my Bridgeport 2J head to transport it home. I knew at the time there is a worm drive and also have read about a lot of them being broken.... Since the previous owner knew very little about the machine, I erred on the side of caution and we both supported the head as I loosen the bolts and I was right it tried to come crashing down on our heads.
Now I don't know how much he was supporting but that thing was damn heavy I'm not sure if I was carrying enough of the weight that I could put it back up myself or if it's really that heavy and I risk killing myself under it if I try to do it myself.....
So the question is anybody have any great tricks for righting the SumBich?
Or should the average grown man be able to give it the old steroid jerk without significant damage to the pancreas or the cackling of the three women he lives with while begging them to put the camera down and please either let me die or call an ambulance??????
The second of my bone head questions has to do with the tiny little hand crank i will call the "don't turn while it's not running hand wheel of shame and variable speeds".....
The only readily available excuse other than being a total moron that I would like to make before the courts is that you can't read that little disclaimer on the Wheel when the head is tilted to the right at 90 degrees for transportation....
I may be able to save myself here because I did, probably from some internal well of great intelligence or dare I say, SUPER genius (spelled wrong to demonstrate comedic genius and timing and because my spell check says that's correct and I doubt it because I am critical in a genius way as well) I DID manage to snap a "naner naner boo boo I have one do you you" picture to send to people I call friends which NEARLY clearly shows the original position of the dial BEFORE moronic hey look at all these things it has I'm going to touch them all now juvenile poke it with a stick kind of behavior took over forcing me to move it just a little bit.
So the second moronic question is this what's the best way for me to return it to its position and undo whatever heinous problem I've caused myself before I want to turn this this baby on for the first time?
And worst case what kind of damage did I do maybe I can be the poster boy for don't touch you stupid idiot Bridgeport learn how to use it before you touch it video series classes?
Thank you to anybody who wants to help me and if you can only do so quietly in a private message because you don't want anybody to see that you helped me I totally understand and won't tell anybody.
Praying I get a chance to thank you in advance,
Christopher your humble hazing target and resident novice....
Now I don't know how much he was supporting but that thing was damn heavy I'm not sure if I was carrying enough of the weight that I could put it back up myself or if it's really that heavy and I risk killing myself under it if I try to do it myself.....
So the question is anybody have any great tricks for righting the SumBich?
Or should the average grown man be able to give it the old steroid jerk without significant damage to the pancreas or the cackling of the three women he lives with while begging them to put the camera down and please either let me die or call an ambulance??????
The second of my bone head questions has to do with the tiny little hand crank i will call the "don't turn while it's not running hand wheel of shame and variable speeds".....
The only readily available excuse other than being a total moron that I would like to make before the courts is that you can't read that little disclaimer on the Wheel when the head is tilted to the right at 90 degrees for transportation....
I may be able to save myself here because I did, probably from some internal well of great intelligence or dare I say, SUPER genius (spelled wrong to demonstrate comedic genius and timing and because my spell check says that's correct and I doubt it because I am critical in a genius way as well) I DID manage to snap a "naner naner boo boo I have one do you you" picture to send to people I call friends which NEARLY clearly shows the original position of the dial BEFORE moronic hey look at all these things it has I'm going to touch them all now juvenile poke it with a stick kind of behavior took over forcing me to move it just a little bit.
So the second moronic question is this what's the best way for me to return it to its position and undo whatever heinous problem I've caused myself before I want to turn this this baby on for the first time?
And worst case what kind of damage did I do maybe I can be the poster boy for don't touch you stupid idiot Bridgeport learn how to use it before you touch it video series classes?
Thank you to anybody who wants to help me and if you can only do so quietly in a private message because you don't want anybody to see that you helped me I totally understand and won't tell anybody.
Praying I get a chance to thank you in advance,
Christopher your humble hazing target and resident novice....