mikeinsjc
spending too much on rocks
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Post by mikeinsjc on Aug 27, 2017 19:57:20 GMT -5
One of my goals this fall is to get my 36" Frantom saw completed. I need some brilliant ideas as to how to lift 100 lb.+ rocks onto the carriage. I suppose the ideal device would lift and swivel the load. Has anyone seen anythig that might work?
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Post by coloradocliff on Aug 27, 2017 20:06:44 GMT -5
You probably already thought of a come-a-long and chain hoists. Engine lift. Need to have control of that big load for sure. Build a tripod on casters and chain hoist it. Maybe just start working out.. grin Good Luck and happy cutting. What you cutting that big? Wood?
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Aug 28, 2017 6:49:17 GMT -5
Wow 36"! You got your work cut out for you.I was thinking a engine hoist but that won't lift it high enough,a rig like coloradocliff mentioned would work if you got clearance on top. Is it a closed lid saw are do you have room to load it? Picture woild help.
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Post by wigglinrocks on Aug 28, 2017 8:32:57 GMT -5
An engine hoist , cherry picker , with a sling system might work for you . Most have extendable boom , mounted on a cart with casters , hydraulic lift and can be bought fairly cheap .
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Post by johnjsgems on Aug 28, 2017 8:49:40 GMT -5
One friend uses a hydraulic lift table from Harbor freight to lift to the carriage and muscles them over. An old timer I new in Bakersfield lifted big wood rounds with the mentioned engine hoist. I think I bought mine on sale at Harbor Freight for a little over $100 but I see used ones frequently for less. A guy here has one and an engine stand right now for $100. People buy them for a project and then they sit in the way. I used mine yesterday in fact to install a transmission in my late model '59 dump truck.
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mikeinsjc
spending too much on rocks
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Post by mikeinsjc on Aug 28, 2017 9:59:07 GMT -5
I will be cutting Montana petrified wood. The footprint of an engine hoist is too big for the space I have. Heck, the saw itself takes up a lot of space. The previous owner used the Harbor Freight lift table, but then he had to muscle the piece onto the carriage. I'm too old, no, I mean the pieces are too big for me to do that.
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Post by wigglinrocks on Aug 28, 2017 18:25:14 GMT -5
Depending on how much you plan to cut , might be worth having someone build a scaled down version engine hoist . How about an electric winch on the ceiling ?
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Post by coloradocliff on Aug 28, 2017 19:54:46 GMT -5
Depending on how much you plan to cut , might be worth having someone build a scaled down version engine hoist . How about an electric winch on the ceiling ? Almost be easier cutting the thing by taking the saw apart an reassembling it around the log. East Texas Giant log?? Hang the tree up in a big ole live oak tree out in the yard and drag the saw under it. Lower the tree into the saw and throw plastic sheeting over the whole shebang to direct the oil back into the sump. If wood wasn't so brittle you could use a demolition saw to size it smaller for the saw. Or drill and wedge it smaller chunks.
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quartz
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breakin' rocks in the hot sun
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Post by quartz on Aug 28, 2017 22:47:51 GMT -5
If you are on a fairly thick [4" or so] concrete floor would a post crane bolted to the floor be practical? The post of the crane [on a plate] could be bolted down using concrete anchors and positioned along side the saw so the boom could be swung over the saw with a loaded rock. Small come-a-long or chain fall would work well on the end of the boom. Were you ever to sell the saw, such a crane would be a nice $weetener with the $ale.
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Post by manofglass on Aug 29, 2017 10:17:53 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2017 10:56:08 GMT -5
Walt, the lid on his saw may prevent this one. My frantom wouldn't anyeayd
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minerken
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Post by minerken on Aug 29, 2017 17:22:39 GMT -5
You might consider making a miniature Gantry crane just wide enough to clear the box and pulleys and just tall enough to get the work above the vise.
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