Hi Jack,
Really nice job on the crane, that will save your back.
No matter how old you are why risk yourself or your tools trying to lift them, it only takes one slip and something is damaged. I dropped a 250mm (10inch) chuck no so long ago because of the weight and the slippery oil on it, I was lucky it hit the thick mat and not the floor.
With the end ring did you make it that shape to go inside the tube to be plug welded or does it just sit in there?
Your design of crane with the step by step pictures makes it a easy solution that almost anyone could afford and build, even over here in Australia those cranes are only around $200-$230. People without a welder could still build one and bolt it together using angle for the mounting tabs instead of flat bar.
I built a wall jib crane last year for the same reason, but not because of age, because of a broken disk in my neck which limits me with most everything (I was told one wrong move and I could end up in a wheel chair)
I will post mine up in a separate thread when I get time. I built it over a 3 month period, doing just a bit here and there.
Here is a link to it posted elsewhere.
http://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/home-made-jib-crane-photos-113771/
Dave
Really nice job on the crane, that will save your back.
No matter how old you are why risk yourself or your tools trying to lift them, it only takes one slip and something is damaged. I dropped a 250mm (10inch) chuck no so long ago because of the weight and the slippery oil on it, I was lucky it hit the thick mat and not the floor.
With the end ring did you make it that shape to go inside the tube to be plug welded or does it just sit in there?
Your design of crane with the step by step pictures makes it a easy solution that almost anyone could afford and build, even over here in Australia those cranes are only around $200-$230. People without a welder could still build one and bolt it together using angle for the mounting tabs instead of flat bar.
I built a wall jib crane last year for the same reason, but not because of age, because of a broken disk in my neck which limits me with most everything (I was told one wrong move and I could end up in a wheel chair)
I will post mine up in a separate thread when I get time. I built it over a 3 month period, doing just a bit here and there.
Here is a link to it posted elsewhere.
http://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/home-made-jib-crane-photos-113771/
Dave