Terry, Please try the big fat ratchet straps I mentioned . 10,ooo pound breaking strength. Wide and soft. BIG lever to ratchet with for easy leveling-by-the-click. T --- Terry <terry@farrellpiano.com> wrote: > You know, now that you mention it, after I had the > plate refinished, I would > first wrap an old (clean) rag around the strut > first, and then wrap the > nylon strap around that. Oops, scrap the nylon thing > - I see now they are > polyester (I'm looking at one). They are 1-inch wide > and 4-feet long. They > have a vertical capacity of 1,600 lbs. They have big > loops at each end. I > purchased them at Wholesale Tool > http://www.wttool.com/ . > > Originally, I used three of these straps only and > hooked them into my > ceiling-mounted chain-fall. I would have to manually > try to adjust their > positions to get an even lift - very less than > optimal. After picking up > some ideas from this list, I am now using two > adjustable straps between the > polyester strap on the plate and the hook of the > chain-fall (I use the > adjustable thing on the two front straps and simply > run the rear strap > full-length directly from the plate to the > chain-fall hook - no adjustment). > The adjustable straps I am using are rather > light-duty (I seem to recall a > breaking strength of around 400 lbs. - arguably > somewhat marginal strength) > and do not have a ratchet, but rather a simply > thumb-controlled > hold-clamp-apparatus (it's actually a thingee) - it > has never slipped (yeah, > I know what you are thinking - me too!). Very quick > to adjust and easily get > a nice even lift. When I see something similar, but > with higher breaking > strength, in a tool store, I will pick those up and > switch to something with > a greater weight rating. > > If anyone wishes for a picture, I would be happy to > take one and send it > your way. I've got a plate hanging in mid-air as we > speak! > > Terry Farrell > > www.farrellpiano.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Musselwhite" <john@musselwhite.com> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 1:15 AM > Subject: RE: Pulling Plates > > > > At 11:19 PM 12/08/04 -0500, Chuck wrote: > > > > >I've been wrapping a thick, soft, nylon strap > around struts, capo, etc. > > >for lifting. > > > > > > > > >Where you find this kind of strap Terry? How > thick, how wide? > > > > One suggestion might be used auto seat belts since > you can probably get > > them for free. I'd still pad them around the plate > though. If you don't > > trust the quick release you could always sew > D-rings or something into > them. > > > > As for something other than a rafter or engine > hoist to hang your seat > > belts (and chain fall) from to lift out the plate, > has anyone ever tried > > using a modified child's outdoor swing set? You > could probably pick up a > > well-built old one for next-to-nothing and if you > cleaned it up, added > some > > decent bolts and cut the cross-tube down to the > width of a piano it should > > be plenty strong enough for a plate. If you needed > to you could even > sister > > a couple of 2x4s to reinforce the crossbar and add > blocks under the legs > if > > it isn't high enough. > > > > John > > > > John Musselwhite, RPT - Calgary, Alberta > Canada > > http://www.musselwhite.com > http://canadianpianopage.com/calgary > > Pianotech IRC chats Tuesday and Thursday nights > and Sunday Mornings > > http://www.bigfoot.com/~kmvander/ircpiano.html > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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