Great post, David. Your comment about the Bridgeport reminded me of an experience I had as a teenager working in a local instrument shop. I was working late, by myself, when a delivery person beat on the door. He had the Bridgeport vertical mill that we had ordered months earlier. The driver was alone, and not well versed in material handling. We had a narrow driveway and a high dock, about useless unless the truck had a side door, which this one didn't. We took about 45 minutes getting the truck situated so we could move the mill onto the dock. I took another 45 minutes accumulating broom sticks and steel stock, enough so we could roll the big machine into the shop, about 25 yards or better. Short story was that my boss couldn't figure out how the big Bridgeport got set in place the night before. I'm not sure I ever explained it to him.
