I also use a chain fall. An old Yale taken from my fathers trucking company - they used it for truck engines so.........I think I'm good. ;-] I use moving straps for attaching to the plate, and my hoist is mounted with a piece of plate steel that spans two joists (2"x12") in the ceiling. It has no perceptible flex, even when pulling a 9' plate like the one shown. I didn't shorten my chain, but it is short enough already to not drag on the plate in the "all the way out" position. Then I hooked up a couple pulleys and a string with a caribiner. Caribiner clips to the pull chain when not in use, and the string pulls down on a wall and onto a hook to keep the chain up and out of the way. William R. Monroe On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 6:49 AM, Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>wrote: > 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/d9dc5d20/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_5458.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 83935 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100401/d9dc5d20/attachment-0003.jpeg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_0507.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 52242 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100401/d9dc5d20/attachment-0004.jpeg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_0512.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 64701 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100401/d9dc5d20/attachment-0005.jpeg>
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