There's been some discussion regarding second floor shops. Mine is just being
finished. The major tools moved in this morning. It all went smooth as silk.
Here is a picture of my jointer on a forklift:
http://home.swbell.net/daj3/MovinUp.jpg
The french doors and balcony were designed for just this use. I had considered
some sort of barn-like beam and hoist -- the framing is re-enforced for hold it.
But SWMBO vetoed any permanent beam jutting out and the engineering was getting
kind of complex.
In the end, renting a forklift seemed to be the best solution. It's kind of
pricy, so I won't be doing it everyday.
-- Doug
Douglas Johnson wrote:
> There's been some discussion regarding second floor shops. Mine is
> just being finished. The major tools moved in this morning. It all
> went smooth as silk.
>
> Here is a picture of my jointer on a forklift:
> http://home.swbell.net/daj3/MovinUp.jpg
>
> The french doors and balcony were designed for just this use. I had
> considered some sort of barn-like beam and hoist -- the framing is
> re-enforced for hold it. But SWMBO vetoed any permanent beam jutting
> out and the engineering was getting kind of complex.
>
> In the end, renting a forklift seemed to be the best solution. It's
> kind of pricy, so I won't be doing it everyday.
>
> -- Doug
You could have put an I beam on rollers with a rolling winch that you could
retract into the shop. I did this in my 2nd floor shop and it works well.
Yes, the engineering was tricky. I used scissor trusses (2/12 inside pitch)
to help get the beam up higher and out of the way.
here is a link to the rollers I'm talking about. I had some special
brackets made to distribute the load over several trusses
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/productdetail.jsp?xi=xi&ItemId=1611575223&ccitem=
or
http://makeashorterlink.com/?Q247325B8
Gary
Nice forklift. That's what you're showing, Right?
:-)
Joe
"Douglas Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> There's been some discussion regarding second floor shops. Mine is just
being
> finished. The major tools moved in this morning. It all went smooth as
silk.
>
> Here is a picture of my jointer on a forklift:
> http://home.swbell.net/daj3/MovinUp.jpg
>
> The french doors and balcony were designed for just this use. I had
considered
> some sort of barn-like beam and hoist -- the framing is re-enforced for
hold it.
> But SWMBO vetoed any permanent beam jutting out and the engineering was
getting
> kind of complex.
>
> In the end, renting a forklift seemed to be the best solution. It's kind
of
> pricy, so I won't be doing it everyday.
>
> -- Doug