I've been looking for a used CNC milling machine with a capacity that is rather big for me (about 1000mm in X, at least 400mm in Y) and because my workshop is not very big I figured out that the best machine with these constraints is a Deckel FP42NC (I guess I could compromise on the X a bit and live with FP41NC, but they seem to be popping up less frequently?).
As there are not a lot of those to buy I'm looking at transporting it a long way and to minimize costs I would prefer not to have to rent a crane or a car with a crane. The problem is my forklift is only up to 2t and it seems FP42NC is more like 4t. And here comes the question: could someone more experienced in these machine tell me how heavy are its components? How much is the table, the milling head or how much is just the base with the milling machine part? Or how much is the base with the milling part with the whole Y axis taken out? Or in other words: is there any way to split it so that the heaviest part is less than 2t, but so that it doesn't require spending all day dismantling the machine?
As there are not a lot of those to buy I'm looking at transporting it a long way and to minimize costs I would prefer not to have to rent a crane or a car with a crane. The problem is my forklift is only up to 2t and it seems FP42NC is more like 4t. And here comes the question: could someone more experienced in these machine tell me how heavy are its components? How much is the table, the milling head or how much is just the base with the milling machine part? Or how much is the base with the milling part with the whole Y axis taken out? Or in other words: is there any way to split it so that the heaviest part is less than 2t, but so that it doesn't require spending all day dismantling the machine?