Post by GuglioLS on Jan 28, 2008 23:34:19 GMT -5
Here's a chain hoist I made to use for various projects.
I thought I would share it with you for your enjoyment.
I picked up five 15'x6"x6"x3/8" thick H beams at a salvage yard cheap. Those suckers were heavy. I hauled them 35 miles home on the 16' flatbed.
This project needed some help from a neighbor and friend.
On the Left is Neighbor - Herman the Machinist from Argentina on the Right is Friend - Mehdi the Chemist from Iraq. (No he is not a WMD chemist). He escaped Iraq about 20+ years ago and is a real legal US citizen.
I had to cut the beams to length with my ...... Sawsall (start laughing here). I got a weed sprayer jug & filled it with some water & cutting lubricant, My wife would spray the blade while I cut through the beams. I made 4 cuts through 6"x6"x3/8" H beams and broke only one sawsall blade.
Here we are starting to get things put together. The gussets at the top are 3"x12" I beams from a mobile home tongue.
It's 16' tall. I used the FEL with a 3" x 3" x 1/4" square tube boom pole to lift it up. After it was upright I welded it onto the base I beams. Looks like a scene from "Monster Garage".
Larry
I thought I would share it with you for your enjoyment.
I picked up five 15'x6"x6"x3/8" thick H beams at a salvage yard cheap. Those suckers were heavy. I hauled them 35 miles home on the 16' flatbed.
This project needed some help from a neighbor and friend.
On the Left is Neighbor - Herman the Machinist from Argentina on the Right is Friend - Mehdi the Chemist from Iraq. (No he is not a WMD chemist). He escaped Iraq about 20+ years ago and is a real legal US citizen.
I had to cut the beams to length with my ...... Sawsall (start laughing here). I got a weed sprayer jug & filled it with some water & cutting lubricant, My wife would spray the blade while I cut through the beams. I made 4 cuts through 6"x6"x3/8" H beams and broke only one sawsall blade.
Here we are starting to get things put together. The gussets at the top are 3"x12" I beams from a mobile home tongue.
It's 16' tall. I used the FEL with a 3" x 3" x 1/4" square tube boom pole to lift it up. After it was upright I welded it onto the base I beams. Looks like a scene from "Monster Garage".
Larry
