jimmer2880
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Finally started a new thread for my small Gantry project. I've been thread-jacking someone else's barn gantry-crane thread.
Picked up most of the steel, and ordered the wheels today. No pics. Hopefully I'll get some this weekend.
Purchased scrap steel for $0.30 per lb from my local steel shop. Got a 13' of 10"x4" W steel Ibeam. Cut it down to 11'. They had some 5"x5"x1/8"x7.5' box tubing. The box tubing was used as vertical supports before, so it already has plate welded to the top and bottom (and a piece of angle here & there). Since I'm going for max height out of my 12' ceiling, I had to cut 22" off each end of one, and welded them to my 2 vertical legs.
I plan on using a single 93" piece of 5x5 box tubing for the horizontal legs.
For wheels, I"m using 2 wheels, side by side on each end of each horizontal legs. Each of the 8 wheels are rated at 700 lbs, giving me a little over 2 tons lifting capability for the wheels.
Picked up most of the steel, and ordered the wheels today. No pics. Hopefully I'll get some this weekend.
Purchased scrap steel for $0.30 per lb from my local steel shop. Got a 13' of 10"x4" W steel Ibeam. Cut it down to 11'. They had some 5"x5"x1/8"x7.5' box tubing. The box tubing was used as vertical supports before, so it already has plate welded to the top and bottom (and a piece of angle here & there). Since I'm going for max height out of my 12' ceiling, I had to cut 22" off each end of one, and welded them to my 2 vertical legs.
I plan on using a single 93" piece of 5x5 box tubing for the horizontal legs.
For wheels, I"m using 2 wheels, side by side on each end of each horizontal legs. Each of the 8 wheels are rated at 700 lbs, giving me a little over 2 tons lifting capability for the wheels.