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Milling Machine Jib Crane - the penguin - 12-23-2012
Its gotten to the point or age, where lifting a 10" rotary table or its 10" chuck, is no longer any joy, so I modified a Harbor Freight pick up bed crane.
RE: Milling Machine Jib Crane - sasquatch - 12-23-2012
Very nice, and yup, the older we get, we gotta work "Smarter."
RE: Milling Machine Jib Crane - ETC57 - 12-23-2012
IIIIIIIIIIII! Like it!!!
Jerry.
RE: Milling Machine Jib Crane - Bill Gruby - 12-23-2012
Never gave a thought to putting it on the mill itself. Great idea. Nice job on that one.
"Billy G"
RE: Milling Machine Jib Crane - Mayhem - 12-23-2012
(12-23-2012, 04:42 PM)the penguin Wrote: Its gotten to the point or age, where lifting a 10" rotary table or its 10" chuck, is no longer any joy, so I modified a Harbor Freight pick up bed crane.
Wait - are you saying there was a time when you considered lifting such items to be fun?
Nice work on the crane. I've seen a few where people have bolted them to the mill. Makes sense and doesn't chew up other valuable space.