[TheForge] crane for moving vices

Sat Feb 15 09:55:00 2003

    I saw a neat crane in the blacksmith shop at Sauder Village in Archbold,
Ohio.
It looked to be Uni-strut with trolley wheels running inside. Two lengths
were
mounted to the ceiling some distance apart but parallel to each other. Under
those
were 2 more pieces some distance apart also in parallel but perpen dicular
to the
first 2 pieces. From the center of a bar fastened between the last 2 pieces
was
a chain fall. This is very similar to a bridge crane ( I think that is the
right term ).

Bob Willman
The Eagle's Anvil
Bowling Green, Ohio
WB8NQW

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> I want to build a jib or swing arm type crane to handle lathe chucks and
milling fixtures in my shop.  What recommendations would you have?  Have any
of you built anything like this for your shops?  I want to make it to handle
only about 200-300# since that is as big as I can imagine I will need to
lift at this time.   Work area around my machines is too tight for a fork
lift and I cannot get a a cherry picker's base under the lathe bed.  I was
thinking about something mounted behind the lathe and or mills or from the
ceiling.
>  Any advice is taken as very much appreciated.
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> Trusting HIM,
> Steve Rollert
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