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Lol.... The game is easy when you know the rules!!!
Thanks for the tips. I don't reagurly do stuff as big as you, but on occasion I do.... Looks like ive got some new tools to buy!
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Originally Posted by
FreddyJ
Lol.... The game is easy when you know the rules!!!
Thanks for the tips. I don't reagurly do stuff as big as you, but on occasion I do.... Looks like ive got some new tools to buy!
This has been something I've been studying for a few years and I'm still learning the "rules"
A basic understanding of physics and how vectors interact help.
If you're going to play the game, spend some time learning the rules. I've broken some stuff, bent some bolts and strut doing some of these that failed pretty spectacularly before I got it pretty well wired.
In fact, DO NOT build the rigging that you were asking about. It isn't exactly stable, longitudinally. I had the same rigging built on a roof and it collapsed under load.
This is a bit more extravagant version. An expansion on the concept, if you will. Along with some pointers of where I'm heading with the concept.
http://hvac-talk.com/vbb/showthread....ressor-changes
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I agree... "If in doubt build it stout"
I just find it all very interesting... for the last 20 years I've been taught that most of these bigger jobs require two people. but now using Unistrut like an erector set opens up a whole new world of possibilities......... (Evil laugh)
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Originally Posted by
FreddyJ
I agree... "If in doubt build it stout"
I just find it all very interesting... for the last 20 years I've been taught that most of these bigger jobs require two people. but now using Unistrut like an erector set opens up a whole new world of possibilities......... (Evil laugh)
For 20 years, compressor changes were a two man job. I've been doing them solo AND getting them done faster, safer and easier.
Some jobs still require a second guy, but he's on site until the machine is bolted down, then it's "Bye, Felicia"
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If your by a big city you can rent anything needed to pick up almost anything. A company LIFTING GEAR HIRE has everything from any length chair fall, come a long, multi tons. You need to lift or move 100 tons they got it. All it costs is money.
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Originally Posted by
servicefitter
If your by a big city you can rent anything needed to pick up almost anything. A company LIFTING GEAR HIRE has everything from any length chair fall, come a long, multi tons. You need to lift or move 100 tons they got it. All it costs is money.
Bu...Bu...But...
What fun is that???
Just hiring someone to solve the problem? That's MY JOB! I solve problems.
The trickier the lift, the more fun I have doing it.
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This thread has been bringing back some good memories. I bought two or three of those strut rollers for a special thing I did at my house many years ago. Forgot I still have them somewhere, just got to find them.
A quick note on longer spans and the use of double backed strut. There used to be, and probably still is, two different types. One type is spot welded, the other uses rivets. As you may imagine, the spot welded one is the weaker of the two.
The riveted double back will likely never separate doing what we do, but those rivets do add more weight to the strut; just another consideration when packing everything up to a roof. My old boss and I had lots of fun rigging stuff in and out.
Now, let's see if I can find those rollers. I KNOW I would never get rid of them . . .
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Originally Posted by
BBeerme
This thread has been bringing back some good memories. I bought two or three of those strut rollers for a special thing I did at my house many years ago. Forgot I still have them somewhere, just got to find them.
A quick note on longer spans and the use of double backed strut. There used to be, and probably still is, two different types. One type is spot welded, the other uses rivets. As you may imagine, the spot welded one is the weaker of the two.
The riveted double back will likely never separate doing what we do, but those rivets do add more weight to the strut; just another consideration when packing everything up to a roof. My old boss and I had lots of fun rigging stuff in and out.
Now, let's see if I can find those rollers. I KNOW I would never get rid of them . . .
Not exactly work related, but in our scout troop, a young man is working on planning his Eagle project. Part of that project may be to move a good sized cast iron bell from behind his church out front to a place where it can be displayed.
He was worried about how heavy it was...
Just told him "Don't worry about it. Tell me where it goes and stand back. I'll handle moving it"
He seemed a little amazed that I could just say "I can move it" without even having seen the job. Then again, he hasn't seen my lifting gear kit.
On the double strut. Never seen the stuff. I tried to make a doubled piece of strut on a job once. Not a good day because the trolley won't roll past a bolt head in the strut. Maybe a carriage bolt would work. Haven't tried it. I just have the heavier strut and it works very well for what I do with it.
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Anybody actually successfully use this supco atp1 attic pro? How is it? Worth the money?