Plate hoist

[Farrell]

You are right there. I did shorten my pulling chain for that very reason. Not too troublesome though.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Erwinspiano@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: Plate hoist


> In a message dated 4/30/2002 7:54:29 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
> mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:
> 
> 
> > Subj:Re: Plate hoist 
> > Date:4/30/2002 7:54:29 PM Pacific Standard Time
> > From:<A HREF="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A>
> > Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
> > To:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
> > Sent from the Internet 
> > 
> > 
> >                      Terry
> 
>                 If you're referring to the electric hoist I double reduced 
> mine with extra pulleys and it lifts very slow and controllably. It is not as 
> incremental as any chain hoist but it's not a problem either it's stiil slow 
> enough to control. It was easy to get used to. I used a chain hoist for 
> years.  The problem I had with chainfall is the chain needs to be shortened 
> so the chain doesn't"Fall" on your newly finished plate. This makes it 
> shorter and also harder to reach for the short people in the shop.
>                >>>>>>>>Dale Erwin>>>>>>>>>>
> 
> > Hwo does this work if you want to lift it just a fraction of an inch? Is it 
> > not jumpy?  One thing I like about the manual chainfall is that you can 
> > make it move just a fraction of an inch very, very smoothly!
> > 
> > Terry Farrell
> >   
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>