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RE: Beam for chain hoist

To: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>, Shop Talk <shop-talk@Autox.Team.Net>,
Subject: RE: Beam for chain hoist
From: Mark Miller <markm@tutsys.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 09:21:08 -0800
> I'd like to put in a steel I-beam with one of those little trolly cars to
> hook up my winch.  Then I could move it sideways whilst I rolled the car
> fore-and-aft (won't work with a Europa, though).
> 
> Even better is a pair of beams at the sides of the shop and a beam which
> travels along them.  Then I'd have full coverage like I had in the machine
> shops where I used to work.  That may be over-reaching for me.  Where does
> one buy this kind of stuff?
> 
> Phil Ethier    Saint Paul  Minnesota  USA
> Europa, Quantum Syncro, Suburban
> LOON, VTR, TCVWC, MAC
> pethier@isd.net     http://www.visi.com/mac/
> 
        When in doubt pull out the McMaster Carr catalog.  On page 919 they
have bridge crane kits.  You supply the I beams, they sell the end trucks
and trolleys.  $500 - $900 depending on capacity.  Unless you want
motorized.   then make it up to $5000.

        Mark Miller

        big dreams, tiny garage.


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