I just ran across a couple pictures of my hoist. Like Ed, I also shortened my chain. Also like Ed, I use nylon straps and the adjustable tie-downs. Seems to be a pretty good system. Terry Farrell On Mar 31, 2010, at 11:48 AM, Ed Foote wrote: > >>A one ton chain hoist will lift anything you'll need, but I use > two hoists for big plates. I like the control and stability better. > Ron N > > Greetings, > I have always used a single chain hoist. I shortened the loop I > grab to lift or lower, and removed a lot of links from the hoist > chain. There is no need to have a hoist that can lift something 7 > feet when a plate only needs 12" or so. > I used to use soft nylon rope to attach a three point rigging, > but now use the nylon strap tie-downs with hooks and adjustable > cams. They are inexpensive and very convenient. After a while, > various Steinway plates' idiosyncrasies, with their counter- > intuitive tilts, > are learned and the fast adjustment feature of the tie-downs allows > extraction to proceed apace. I can also use them for lots of other > chores, ie. for large clamping projects, they suffice for large band > clams, etc. > Regards, > > Ed Foote RPT > http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100401/3e8acbab/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: DSCN3068.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 115997 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100401/3e8acbab/attachment-0002.jpg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: DSCN3075.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 122640 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100401/3e8acbab/attachment-0003.jpg>
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