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Re: Beam for chain hoist

To: "Douglas Shook" <shook@usc.edu>, "Shop Talk" <shop-talk@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: Beam for chain hoist
From: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 20:32:42 -0600
From: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>


>What size timber or I beam do I need for a 10' span to be able to lift
>say 800 lbs?
>
>Any preferred method for attaching the hoist to the beam?


I'd like to put in a steel I-beam with one of those little trolly cars to
hook up my winch.  Then I could move it sideways whilst I rolled the car
fore-and-aft (won't work with a Europa, though).

Even better is a pair of beams at the sides of the shop and a beam which
travels along them.  Then I'd have full coverage like I had in the machine
shops where I used to work.  That may be over-reaching for me.  Where does
one buy this kind of stuff?

Phil Ethier    Saint Paul  Minnesota  USA
Europa, Quantum Syncro, Suburban
LOON, VTR, TCVWC, MAC
pethier@isd.net     http://www.visi.com/mac/




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