Ridiculous Shop Crane

[Tmate]

This wasn't today's project, but I still thought it might be interesting to people like me with a crazy imagination. Some 30 years ago I built an engine crane based on an old Chevy 283 bare block. I knocked the center main bearing web out with a sledge hammer, and used the center main bearing oil holes to attach a steel cable. I used the starter motor/flywheel to wind up the cable up around the main, raising the load. I then used a long handle which released the clutch to slowly lower the load.

A highly impractical, but fun project. It worked too. It all went to the scrapyard on my next trip.

 

[brino]

"To see if I could.", and
"Because I can!"
are both good enough reasons for me.

Thanks for posting.
-brino

 

[solo]

Very innovated.