Week 44: Special Delivery!

After much anticipation, we finally took delivery this week of our brand new 5-axis CNC (computer numerically controlled) router. The beautiful BMG 511 from Homag, Germany is the very first of its kind in North America.  We cannot wait to explore all that it will do for us!

Here are some images of its delivery to the workshop.

The rigging company needed 2 trucks - one for the machine itself and one for the special heavy duty forklifts and equipment needed to offload it.

The machine bed gets off-loaded from the truck...

...and manouevred through the workshop to its final position.

Kai, the technician who is going to install the machine for us, oversees the final positioning. When the workshop floor was poured, we had to create a special area with extra thick concrete to support the machine, so the accuracy of the positioning was crucial.

The machine gantry is readied for off-loading.

Preparing for "the marriage": the gantry gets positioned over the machine bed with only 1mm of space between the components so there is no room for error.

More images of the installation to come!