Tool The one pound gantry crane.

[Mcgyver]

Here's a quick project that worked out well. I've managed to get a Schaublin 102VM (heavy cast iron tray and base) and SV12 mill (heavy tray and base) into the basement. But there was no way I could lift parts by myself for assembly. I came up with the idea of a very light duty wheeled gantry I could use with a come along or chain hoist. I wanted it bolt together so it will store easily and also so I could carry from basement to garage if necessary. I also thought to have it convert to a light duty jib crane (like an engine hoist), an idea in development. I couldn't fit an engine hoist anywhere, but this one is only 24" wide, could be a light duty miniature version. Yeah I know the lathe tray is poorly rigged, but there is enough of a safety factor I wasn't worried.

Oh, why the one pound? I'm not putting a lifting device out there and representing it for be safe for anything more than that! Do your own diligence and satisfy yourself that what you build is safe , this is for ideas only. Drawings attached

 

[TorontoBuilder]

Here's a quick project that worked out well. I've managed to get a Schaublin 102VM (heavy cast iron tray and base) and SV12 mill (heavy tray and base) into the basement. But there was no way I could lift parts by myself for assembly. I came up with the idea of a very light duty wheeled gantry I could use with a come along or chain hoist. I wanted it bolt together so it will store easily and also so I could carry from basement to garage if necessary. I also thought to have it convert to a light duty jib crane (like an engine hoist), an idea in developmenmt. I couldn't fit an engine hoist anywhere, but this one is only 24" wide, could be a light duty miniature version

Oh, why the one pound? I'm not putting a lifting device out there and representing it for be safe for anything more than that! Do your own diligence and satisfy yourself that what you build is safe , this is for ideas only. Drawings attached



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well done and no one was killed. That's a win

 

[Greywynd]

Any guess on how many ‘one pounds’ you lifted with it?

 

[phaxtris]

looks pretty nice, i used a similar style hoist to bring 400lb beams up a service elevator, the top hss may have been slightly heavier. We ended up making some removable pieces that tied the bottom of the legs together, worked like a charm after that, im sure this one will serve you well for a long time to come!

 

[Mcgyver]

I'd guess the tray for the lathe was the heaviest and would put it at 250 - 300.

 

[1018Machine]

Awesome Job!

A while back I made an electric hoist to lift and lower my Phase II rotary table.

 

[Lucky7]

Lifting gear is equally important in my opinion for a home shop as with a commercial place. My first garage had no thought for this. Young, strong, had a engine hoist, what else does a guy need? Tried a lot of stupid things. Somehow didn’t get injured.

Before building my current shop twenty years ago, I did (finally) listen to some mentors. Make sure it’s well heated and noxious stuff can be ventilated out, make sure there’s windows to let in natural light, and install lifting beams. Framed four inch square posts into 2x6 walls and bolted two W beams to them spanning whole shop. Having lived with this for twenty years, cannot recommend highly enough. Only problem is that I have to bring stuff on pallet jack or roll on pipe under the beams for a lift. Did think ahead though (thankyou mentors!) and welded support pads on vertical columns for jibs. Now that it’s twenty years later, I guess it’s time to finish the job?

 

[Greywynd]

Have to do some thinking to see what I can come up with for loading heavy stuff into the saw.

 

[Dan Dubeau]

Love it. Looks extremely handy.

I need to start investing in more lifting capabilities around here. The various jobs I've been on the past few months have spoiled and enlightened me with regards to working smarter when dealing with heavy things. I need to do better at home.....

If it makes you feel any better about my Pinesol recommendation wrecking your paint, and staining your gear, you just made me spend some money on some scaffold casters to build something similar to this......I don't know if that's an equally weighted penance, but if you knew how much I hate spending money.....

 

[Mcgyver]

If it makes you feel any better about my Pinesol recommendation wrecking your paint, and staining your gear, you just made me spend some money on some scaffold casters to build something similar to this......I don't know if that's an equally weighted penance, but if you knew how much I hate spending money.....

Revenge is mine!

Seriously, do not worry about it, it was was getting painted anyway (below is the HS, the whole bloody fit in the cleaner) , I wouldn't put paint I cared about in an ultrasonic cleaner (water can strip it) and the bluing is on internal parts. On the bluing, don't know the alloy, but some are hardened (parts from inside a Schaublin HS backgear)

 

[Dan Dubeau]

I know you'll do a great job on the re paint and restoration as you always do, but a small part of me dies inside when old tool lose their original finish and patina.

Those Schaublin parts are deceiving. They have the look and proportions to be much larger bench, or floor model machines, but when you zoom out it's cool to get a sense of how small they actually are. I love the looks of them, and I'm sure they're even nicer to use.

 

[Bandit]

Well, as is said, hopefully as you get older, you get smarter. One of the things to get smart about is lifting, handling materials. (Along with many other things, LOL.) I did have a strong back and a weak mind, now it’s a somewhat messed up back and a weak, forgetful mind. An engine hoist with “real” wheels on it is a good step forward, but that is dependant on having room to move it while supporting a load, a gantry crane/lift has many of the same problems. Jib cranes are generally fixed, with a set radius of swing. Often an overhead crane can not be added due to structural limitations. But sure would be nice!!
While I don’t have an answer to every application, a combination of methods could help with a method of transporting between locations, perhaps a lifting table/cart that can be stood on end to take up less room, a folding engine hoist, a jib crane mounted to allow usage to more then one machine within it swing.
Lots of ideas, not enough money or room.

 

[Mcgyver]

I know you'll do a great job on the re paint and restoration as you always do, but a small part of me dies inside when old tool lose their original finish and patina.

i hear you, but what are you going to after a pinesol bath (joking, joking .... the ultrasonic would strip paint with just water, it wouldn't have gone in if I wanted to preserve the paint). I have switched back to ZEP purple so I don't the bluing on bright parts. I blow dry the part, swish it in water in the sink, blow dry again, then into a tub of methyl hydrate. it felt decadent using so much MH, but it should last and I have a still for solvents at work. Done one part at a time, I wan able to avoid any flash rust, which can appear literally in seconds. So far, so good.

I like a patina because as a I buyer it tells you a lot. Info that gets obliterated with a paint job. However 1) this is for me not the next guy and 2) the HS is perfection, brand new super precision SKF bearings and its easy to peek inside and see all is well with the gears. The lathe'll be like new so I'm not misrepresenting anything making it look so

BTW, this HS is for a 102 with the backgear not a 70 so it's not that small, probably a little over a foot in length. You can carry it, but with two hands. I should have put a reference in the photo.

Fun times in my shop - finished the paint job on the 102 HS which is for an older 102 I'm reconditioning. I also finished, with the help of the crane, the assembly of the 102 VM. THAT is a challenging bit of equipment to put together, at least the gearbox/leadscrew assembly is. It took several days of frustrating failed attempts. The VM is the thread cutting version of the 102 and this is a 1949 lathe with original scraping marks everywhere but the cross slide and buckets of tooling and accessories, this much fun might be illegal in some places.

Often an overhead crane can not be added due to structural limitations. But sure would be nice!!
While I don’t have an answer to every application, a combination of methods could help with a method of transporting between locations, perhaps a lifting table/cart that can be stood on end to take up less room, a folding engine hoist, a jib crane mounted to allow usage to more then one machine within it swing.
Lots of ideas, not enough money or room.

I'm on the lookout for when one of the those 500 lb die carts comes up on sale or used. We used a borrowed one to get these parts out the pickup truck bed, was just the thing.