Still here. Not done.
The Garage (What did you work on today?)
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It’s not complete and won’t be until this evening at the earliest.
I bought a Vevor 1-ton overhead winch. It came with lazy mounting brackets that don’t fit anything useful.
I replaced those with three 1000 pound superstrut trolleys and a superstrut channel.
I also replaced the wire rope with a synthetic winch rope. That reduced the static load by about 50 pounds. It’s still a heavy beast.
Still to do:
I bought a Vevor 1-ton overhead winch. It came with lazy mounting brackets that don’t fit anything useful.
I replaced those with three 1000 pound superstrut trolleys and a superstrut channel.
I also replaced the wire rope with a synthetic winch rope. That reduced the static load by about 50 pounds. It’s still a heavy beast.
Still to do:
- Finish attaching mounting the superstrut channel
- Add stops on each end of the superstrut so the winch cannot roll off
- Add support bracing so the single roof truss isn’t carrying all of the load
- Add a backup emergency catch strap in case everything else fails and the winch falls
- Add an auto retracting hanger for the controls
- Set up a remote
Do you do Cirque du Soleil on the weekends.
Seriously. Glad to still have you around after your death defying climb.
I am so unflexible that it’s scary. Even so, I was hanging upside down with my legs wrapped around the trusses while running the bolts to mount the rail. There were a couple of times I’d wished I thought to use my climbing harness and safety equipment. I will likely go grab that before going back up.Do you do Cirque du Soleil on the weekends.
Seriously. Glad to still have you around after your death defying climb.
It gets up to about 120 ºF in the “attic” so I have to wait until the evening when it’s cooled down. Also I have paid work to do during the day.
Yes. A climbing harness would be a wise choice. Be safe.
No work done on the winch/crane today. I mentioned it to someone else and they asked how I was going to support the weight I planned on pulling. I checked my notes... Turns out I’d done a bunch of the engineering a year ago before I set this particular project aside. And… I’d determined that I need an I-Beam installed, which is why I had set aside this project—getting one shipped was going to be expensive and it wasn’t a high priority at the time. Now that I do want this done, I’m not even seeing i-beams available to ship. Most sources seem to be out of stock. Sigh. Will need to set this aside again and make sure I put a note somewhere to remind myself there’s a reason it’s been postponed.
My supplier said steel beams just jumped 5% last weekend. Good times
I was looking at the companies I almost bought from last year. The shipping then was going to be higher than the price of the I-beam (problem with being a small fish in a big ocean), and I just wasn’t ready to spend that much. Now I can’t even find them in stock and the listed prices are about 30% higher than I would have had to pay a year ago. I’d bet shipping has gone up too.My supplier said steel beams just jumped 5% last weekend. Good times
It’s going to be cheaper to buy a cheap gantry crane from Harbor Freight than to complete this.
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