Yeah, I believe I "came up with" my idea by seeing yours and talking to you, eye bolt included. Thanks. ;-] William R. Monroe On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>wrote: > That sounds like mounting overkill to me William - all you really need is a > couple good anchors in the drywall! ;-) > > Well, maybe in your dreams that is. Your method sounds similar to how I > have mine mounted to the ceiling. I have two 4X4s traversing four joists > with a 1/4" steel plate spanning the two 4X4s (you can see the 4X4s on > either side of the chainfall and the plate on top of them). Then I have a > large (some number of tons) cast eye bolt going through the plate with a nut > or two on the other side. Pretty solid setup I think. > > Terry Farrell > > On Apr 1, 2010, at 8:07 AM, William Monroe wrote: > > 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 >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100401/c4614dff/attachment.htm>
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