[TheForge] RE: cranes

[marc3rd at marc3rd.com]

Jim Brisbois in saginaw lent me his A-frame trolly and man was it slick
It was 2 6 foot A's with a piece of I beam between them and a trolly on the 
I beam with a chain fall attached.
Where the I beam's attached to the uprights the slid up and down in a tube 
that was attached to the a's or legs so you could get more height.
The whole thing was on 8 or 10 inch casters.
It was really Great!  I could put together a drawing if anyone is 
interested.
Marc
Marc of the Hammer
WWW.Marc3rd.com

"It's not about the light you reflect it's about the light you radiate" M3



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "paul" <forge at wi.rr.com>
To: <mspencer at tallships.ca>; "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] RE: cranes


>I was looking for a simple track and trolley system to move heavy parts in 
>my basement and found:
>
> http://www.unistrut.com/Browse/cat_pg.php?P=S05_Trolley
>
> Unistrut and all the clones out there are available in different gauges 
> and designs. I haven't seen curved sections, but they could be fabricated. 
> You might even build a switch system to send the trolleys down different 
> paths.  I know the trolley weight limit is 600 lbs., but they could be 
> paralleled for a higher capacity. I would probably abuse the weight limits 
> in my own shop, but not buy much or for long...
> If nothing else these may be the 21st Century equivalent of the barn 
> trolleys
>
> Paul
>
> WB9HCO
>
>
>
>> What's "barn rail"?  Would that be the kind that's put along the
>> ridgepole to lift loose hay from the thresing floor or outside and
>> trolly it into an upper loft?  I have the trolly unit from one of
>> those but was unable to get the rails.
>> I've entertained the notion of putting some rails along the ceiling of
>> the shop for it but haven't had anything to justify the effort.
>>
>> Recently I picked up a second-hand, roll-around type engine hoist that
>> does several little jobs that would otherwise threaten my againg back,
>> making a fancy crane or track-way even less compelling.
>>
>> - Mike
>>
>>
>
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