Pulling Plates

[gordon stelter]

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
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> >
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