Anyone ever taken a EMT 140 apart for transport?

[axisdreamer]

just taking the big wooden sides off would help with the weight!!

[davidmoore]

you can remove the electronics but i,m sure you know that!

[Ben B]

Beware of a potential asbestos hazard.

[kungfuT]

if it is just to heavy but will fit you can use an old fashioned pulley moving system. Kind of like what they use in amsterdam to get a piano or other large furniture in a canal house up a few floors. Strap moving straps around it generously and hoist it up. Obviously take out the electronics.

i did this and it worked. i posted about it if you search

[SP2016]

There should be holes in the metal flange parts at the sides of the plate.
You can put a metal rod through these holes to carry the plate or use these as fixings for straps.
Put the "reverb time" handwheel in the lowest reverb time
The damping plate is then closest to the metal plate and will dampen movement of the metal plate during transport.
Very important: remove the exciter magnet before transport !
And you can remove the amplifier box.

Addition:
Just found this Dan Alexander link: http://danalexanderaudio.com/tips.html#Packing, telling you in detail what I already suggested.

[philosi]

Thanks guys, great info. Anything to try and save this plate and our backs!

[Joao B.]

I had to get ours to a 2nd floor without elevator. Was a tough job!

I removed the side covers and I me and 4 other guys lifted the damn thing using 2 metal bars across the flange holes.



I also had to make a hole in the wall to get the plate inside the building.



It was nasty but totally worth it.

[sniperschool]

The hole in the wall is pretty insane
Good job!

[Joao B.]

Thanks man!

[Zep Dude]

Anyone know where we can get spare clips for our 140's?

[SP2016]

Try Dan Alexander.

[philosi]

That hole in the wall is amazing. It should never be fixed and become part of the history of the building!

[jensenmann]

@OP: Most important is to remove the driver magnet. Then release the clips to avoid breaking them. Make somehow sure that the damperplate is fixed and cannot move, then make sure that the plate cannot move. Bubblefoil works very well.
IIRC Martinsound offers a tensioning tool and a ruler to install the magnet back in properly.

[Joao B.]

Originally Posted by philosi

That hole in the wall is amazing. It should never be fixed and become part of the history of the building!

Actually, it's still there

[philosi]

We did it. Stripped it down to make it lighter, got it out of our current building into the new studio.
The power was still mostly out in the current building thanks to Hurricane Sandy, so the guys had to wheel it down 26th st. after squeezing it into a passenger elevator and carried it up 5 flights of stairs into the new studio just minutes before the snow started on Wednesdays Nor'easter.

[Doc Mixwell]

wow! awesome! go forth and make things longer!