Re: fixture crane

For that light weight, you can get uni-strut. $20.00 at your local
electircal supply.

a couple uni-strut rollers will handle 1000 pounds and ar another
$30.00. you can bolt it to the ceiling and hang your com-a-long and
have a 10 foot travel. do it length wise over the lathe and you can
place parts, put your chuck at a cradle at the foot of the lathe.

or if want more security, cut the 10 lenght in 3 and run 2 4 footers
and a 2 footer between.

BTW, great timing. as soon as I'm done the mods to the drill, I'm
placing my 300 lb lathe stand and I need to lift my lathe.

McMaster Carr
Plate-Style Trolley
600 lbs = 3626T11 19.46

The U-bracket for each end would keep the dolly from falling off.
1 5/8" x 1 5/8" 33125T62 (painted) $2.97 ea
or Zinc is 33125T65 $2.97 ea

and get solid not slotted uni-strut as you need to bolt in the center
between the rollers.


Dave



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> Steve,
> The easiest way to solve your problem, is to screw a large

size eye

> hook into an overhead joist, and hang a "Come-Along" from that. A

1000 lb.

> "Come-Along" is all you'd need, and they're pretty reasonable in

price.

>
> Marv Frankel
> Los Angeles
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> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] fixture crane
>
>
> > 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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