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|    Jim Wilkins to All    |
|    Re: Shop Crane Revisited    |
|    23 Dec 24 13:45:39    |
      From: muratlanne@gmail.com              "Bob La Londe" wrote in message news:vkc84r$1aeas$1@dont-email.me...              I am sure the winch could be hooked to a trolley even if mounts had to       be fabricated. As to the cable, I've seen it done with a series of mini       rolling hangers. It would/could bunch up, but it would roll out and       roll back just fine. Te real expense if it were used often would be       replacing the cords with high flex cord.              -------------------------       Angle iron could connect the winch to the side plates of a purchased       trolley. I made a low profile trolley to maximize lifting height and log       capacity in a nearly full low roofed storage shed. The tapped mounting holes       in the winch are under the trolley side plates and wheels, so installing and       tightening the bolts is tedious, more so than if the vertical legs could be       bolted to the trolley sides afterwards; mine is one compact unit. With the       winch level the hoisting cable winds neatly. I've been replacing steel winch       cables with synthetic which is safer to handle.              The hanging line cord wasn't a problem on 8' of track. The search term for       supporting long electrical cables is 'festoon'.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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