Mount it in on a big panel. Don't attach the panel to the floor. Panel has to
be big enough for you to stand on while you operate it.
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
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----- Original Message -----
> From: eric@megageek.com
> To: shop-talk@Autox.Team.Net
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 7:45:58 PM
> Subject: [Shop-talk] technical question about force applied to mount
>
> OK, here is my question...
>
> I have this tire changer...
>
> <http://www.harborfreight.com/portable-tire-changer-34542.html >
>
> I can't mount it in my floor (I have radiant heat floor with pipes
> running
> in it.)
>
> I want to mount it to a metal 'arm' like mount that I can clamp to my
>
> welding table (at 3 tons, the table isn't going anywhere.)
>
> My question is, what kind of force is put on the base of that tire
> changer? I'll be about 5' away from the mounting point, so I'm trying
> to
> figure out how big of an arm I need to make.
>
> Or, does anyone else have any ideas on how to mount this changer so it
> is
> movable?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Moose
> "Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a
> rational
> being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
>
> Waldo Emerson
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