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Re: Tools used - was [PSUBS-MAILIST] Bill Gifford's Project
Thanks. Casters and rollers topsides is a good idea.
Harbor Freight is a good place for tools at a decent price.
I bought a compressor and water pump from them. I'll
keep them in mind for the shop crane.
I wonder if garage door openers would be good for "light duty"
lifting? The kits come with tracks.
--Steve
>From: Alec Smyth <Asmyth@changepoint.com>
>
> The dolly is really basic... just a frame with castors on the bottom for
> pushing it around, and castors on top to roll the hull on. There's a
> picture or two on the PSUBS gallery.
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> I'm using a shop crane, of the kind you can get at Harbor Freight. It
> lifts 4,000 lbs and only cost a couple hundred bucks, so although one
> could easily build something like that, they can be purchased so
> inexpensively I just don't think it's worth the time. It would be nice
> to have an overhead system, but even if I did I think this little shop
> crane would be invaluable. I can lift the whole sub with it, but also
> use it for moving small stuff around all the time. For example, I've
> lifted that 3' disk on the rotary table up by hand, but it's way easier
> to do so with the crane.
>
> Rgds,
>
> Alec
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Mills [mailto:barycenter@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 12:41 PM
> To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> Subject: Re: Tools used - was [PSUBS-MAILIST] Bill Gifford's Project
>
> >From: William Alford <walford@dbtech.net>
> >
> > >Two key home-made items were
> > >the sub dolly and a home-made, motorized rotary table large enough to
> mill
> > >circular objects the diameter of the pressure hull.
> >
> > Hey Alec, care to expand on your constructioni of the home-made
> rotary table?
>
> While you're at it could you describe the sub-dolly, too? Also, are
> you [ and Carsten ] using a boom crane or overhead crane [on tracks]?
> Did you consider building your own crane?
>
> --Steve
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