Setting up the Trolley of the New Gantry Crane - Making a Cable Guide System - 2 Ton Capacity Gantry
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- It sucks to get old! Everything gets heavier, especially in this business. Since I like doing big and heavy parts, it was time for an upgrade in my lifting capacity.
The Caldwell 2 Ton Gantry Crane fit the bill. 12 Feet under the beam and 10 Feet between uprights, it fits nicely in the shop. The Yale 2 ton hoist that I bought used, will work wonders, but with a few upgrades.
Watch as I build and set up my cable guide system for cord management. Something that I don't feel I can safely live without.
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that angle cutter is da bizz!! 😊😊😊
If you feel like you are getting "Old and Flabby"; wait until 10-15 years forward when you will actually be "Older and Flabbier". I am thankful to be healthy 79 years old. I stay in shape by lifting a coffee cup and a donut on a regular basis. I enjoyed you video yesterday on the steam engine crank shaft. Good work solving the issue.
Hey Josh, looks great. I know its a bit more work and money but replace that section of cable with actual festoon cable will really make an improvement.
I know those clamps as Hillbilly Clamps. Used them many times.
And yes, gravity gets stronger as you get older.
Especially when you are trying to get yourself up off the floor.
Coil your cable in loops like you would an extension cord and then tywrap to your sliders perpendicular to your guide line. This method allows the loops to open and close without strain on the conductors.
Edit: Emulate a coil spring with your cable.
Great advise! Thanks, I will do that next time I move it to the boring mill.
Love seeing you burn through those clamps with some practical advice for low precision parts. Not every bracket needs a 4 part video, you just get it done and move on! thanks-
Every time you use the crane your back and shoulders will thank you
Yea,I break a sweat anymore working on turkey calls in the summer on the porch.you machine shop guys are top notch.I've had a couple of bows worked on in our local machine shop.seems the Australia Curtis site has died.
You know you're getting old when I heard you start the Bridgeport up and thought " yup that's a step pulley , it's too quiet to be a Varidrive . We switched ours over to freq drives years ago . Was kinda scary at first , wasn't used to being able to hear myself think . Lol .
The Gantry looks like a great addition to your shop I know the crane where I work is a great life saver😊
You sure are proud of your Johnson. Thanks for the video. It looks like the crane will be a great addition to your shop.
Necessity is the mother of inventions. Have a great day
I have a overheard crane similar to that in the shop where I work now. I really wish It had that power trolley feature. There is nothing more aggravating than getting close with a part and having to bump on the chains of the crane to line up your work. I hope you enjoy it sir. Save your back, you only get one.
Its been a lifesaver. Power trolley is great.
that ironworker sounds so badass
04:10 And I thought I was the only one who drops stuff by just trying to grab something else! Anyway, great video, thumbs up.
Hi Keith from Michigan. I very pleased that you now have a piece of equipment to move things around. Good day friend and I'll keep an eye out for you...
Your new gantry crane looks great, we keep thinking about getting a shorter one to fit in our workshop. I like the design of your beam clamps, thanks for showing the process of making them
Bro, I wanted to comment on what part of this video Imliked most but damn I also forget stuff as I'm getting older.
Let's just say it was all great.
You mentioned that it sucks getting old. I was watching a movie with Danny de Veto in it and at the start of the movie he said just that. After an incredible adventure, he said that growing old is a privilege. Unfortunately, time goes so quickly these days! You've got a few years to catch up on me, I'm already retired.
Excellent job Josh, great video, keep'um coming.
nice work!!
Great advertising logo on the shorts! Great videos!
You do a shirt that says "Ask me about my Big Johnson" 😂 Enjoyed the video as always Josh 👍👍
Nice job on the Catenary, maybe some small weights on the lower loops to assist the cable route.
Great video thanks for sharing
Josh, you could use lead slugs to weight the cable between each runner/support so that it hangs nicely in loops.
OH NO! I learned from the comments on one of my gantry build videos that yours will surely fail because it is not braced at the top. LMAO
People is stupid!
@bcbloc02 I just got a comment from a clown just like you got. Lol. These clowns have no concept of reality and think everything is a danger. Sadly, they will never accomplish anything in life because they are too scared.
Nice! But you ain’t old yet… you got time left in ya
Maybe add some fishing weights to hold the cord loops down?
Did you eventually remember the wrench on the top of the I beam? :-)
Hi Josh my memory has changed to could you remind me once again what size vice you have there and the size of table you have it on thanks from Paul in Australia Hoo Roo 🇦🇺🍺🍺
Festoon.
Add some weights between slides
Festooning-
Trole tem que ser cabinado , ate com lona , imagine tomar uma chuva torrencial de duas hrs de duracao ❓❓❓
A guillotine and a mill made the job easy. I would have used an angle grinder and a bench drill press and the stepped part would have been two pieces of steel. Having the equipment saves time and improves the accuracy.
Thanks Josh, love your style. Get-er done, move on to a payiny jobs...Roll Tide....
put a weight on the lose end
Come on Josh...
Get a cover made up for that notching station on the ironworker will ya...!!
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I have one, its always in the way. Safety devices that render things useless get removed. Best safety appliance is your own brain!
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Yes it's just that I didn't know if anyone else worked in there...
So when are you going to launch that sliding thing on that lathe over the wall......as I said weeks ago...?
@@glennmoreland6457 I actually like that chuck guard. Helps keep the coolant from hitting the ceiling.
What do you think it would cost to post a t shirt to the UK Josh?
I have no idea. You will just have to start an order and see what it says.
Your power cable should be in loops before you attach it to the wire……………..the feed wire need to be about 3 times the span.
Stavros
It’s fortunate that your trolley is powered, otherwise , under heavy load, the gantry could rack sideways if the trolley were dragged sideways in cautiously. Such a gantry needs lateral bracing since folk are often blind to danger. The fact that it can be bought in kit form, by any bozo, also is a danger. In life, that you can do, buy, build any structure……doesn’t mean you should!!
Stavros
Josh if you get right the first time, there is no fun in the screaming and swearing when you stuff it up a couple of times ... I do enjoy your content...
LOL, I definitely screw up, but I don't ship that out to my customers.
Putting a ladder on stuff that is not the ground shouldn't be done. Not saying the horizontal mill isn't stable enough, but the bed has a limited area, and thus if the ladder moves sideways, one leg could easily fall off.
A large ladder would be better. Even better to have a basket for your forklift, if you can remote control the fork height. Because you can't easily fall out of a basket, and you can bring all your tools up there without having to fumble around in the air.
Welcome to the land of OSHA violations call your local congressman don’t bring it here.