Hoist responses

[Farrell]

I just epoxied a couple of 4x4 timbers (about 4" apart) across several
ceiling joists in my shop, put a 1/4" thick steel plate on top of 'em,
drilled a hole in the center of the plate, bolted a hook to the bottom of
it, and hung a 1.5-ton chain fall from it. Works great. I keep the piano
case on a support with wheels so I can manuever it under the plate. I have
8' ceilings in my shop so I shortened the smaller chain so that it does not
hit the plate. I can lift the plate from the floor to a height of
approximately 5' above the floor without any chains hitting the plate. No
sweat, works great, easy to install, cheap.

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@EN.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 11:44 PM
Subject: drill bit responses


> P.S. How about another stimulating issue. What have you all done to
> build something to hang the plate from. Would a cherry picker work? I
> was thinking of some kind of square frame built on long feet attached
> perpendicular to  the square frame. The feet could be on wheels and in
> the middle part of the frame one could hang the hoist. Whatchoothink?
>     Greg
>
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