I have a windmill that needs a drip pan under it. I was wondering if you could share sone insight of te process, an maybe a trick or two about how to accomplish this task! Thank you for your time. I appriciate it.

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    The "factory approved" way is to use the holes that go through the sides of the bottom of the main casting. You can put solid bars or very heavy metal pipes through the main casting, extending the bars out beyond the press on both the drive side and the non-drive side. You can then support the press on these bars by building up blocks underneath their ends. You can then inch the press up with a pry bar on each corner, slipping in more blocks underneath the bars, one corner at a time. I've also heard of printers using a bottle jack and jack stands to quickly lift and support these bars. Putting a drip pan under the press only requires you lift the press an inch or so off the ground, but you need to make sure that bars are long enough to allow clearance for the drip pan.

    I have (cheated and) used a forklift before, by hoisting the press from above with nylon straps. I believe I wrapped these straps underneath the bed of the press and around the toggle, out the back hatch. I then looped the straps over the forks, which were just above the press. This was a quick and dirty solution but it also required a forklift (and the dangling Windmill was not all that easy to control).

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