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l u k e
.....I was thinking that I could build a dolly of some sort that I could lift the mill a 1/4" or so off the ground. Just enough to make it mobile!...
Are you sliding on a firm surface, concrete or black top?
Lay some strips of 1/4" thick UHMW polyethylene on the floor and just slide the machine along these.
About the only thing you might need to do is lift the machine up and chamfer the corners of the 'feet' on the machine. You will need this so they do not tend to cut into the plastic.
These slides and two good Come-Alongs to anchor points drilled into the floor at the back of the garage and you will slide it in as easy as can be.
EDIT: Also to get a bit more height without notching: If the garage walls are not lined so you can get at the bottom plate just detach this from the foundation and jack the entire wall up an inch or so. You can probably do this with a couple of pole jacks under the door header.
I am pretty confident both these ideas will work....because I have done both.
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