I have an I beam across my garage. It's not there for the purpose you
describe, it's there to hold the rest of the house up! I've considered
putting a trolley on it for engines, etc, but I haven't convinced myself
that this is all that desirable. With this setup, I will only be able to
lift and move in one line, which may not be all that convenient. With a
portable engine crane, I can move anywhere in the shop I want. I can move
the crane in and out from the car to convince an engine to go where it
should. The design you are talking about moves in an arc. I don't exactly
get this, but it still seems that an old fashioned engine crane would have
more flexibility. Am I missing something here?
-Steve
At 02:05 PM 4/17/02 -0500, JNiolon@uss.com wrote:
>If I was building again I'd also put in a monorail or beam across the
>ceiling for lifts...but I bet you've thought of this haven't you Inch ???.
>I saw a nice plan for a movable monorail beam setup that would let you do a
>lift and then move it in an arc (like to the workbench.. It was used in a
>small shop to mount pieces in a lathe if I remember... I'll try to find it
>if you're interested... worth a thought..
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