I want a small hoist over my lathe and mill. I am looking for examples of a trolley made of Unistrut. The trolley can be equipped with an electric wench or small chain fall.
I have a 1340 lathe and a knee mill with some heavy tooling like an 8" 4 jaw scroll chuck, BS-1 indexer, and 8" rotary table. There is likely more to come if I can find a solution for handling this heavy stuff without a hernia or back surgery included.
Fortunately the layout of the machines is such that one ceiling mounted trolley 10 ft. long could serve both lathe and mill. I am imagining a lightweight electric hoist or small chain fall on the trolley above these machines. The design capacity could be limited to 250 pounds. I have a ceiling height of 10 feet.
So any photos and insights you can offer would be very much appreciated.
I have a 1340 lathe and a knee mill with some heavy tooling like an 8" 4 jaw scroll chuck, BS-1 indexer, and 8" rotary table. There is likely more to come if I can find a solution for handling this heavy stuff without a hernia or back surgery included.
Fortunately the layout of the machines is such that one ceiling mounted trolley 10 ft. long could serve both lathe and mill. I am imagining a lightweight electric hoist or small chain fall on the trolley above these machines. The design capacity could be limited to 250 pounds. I have a ceiling height of 10 feet.
So any photos and insights you can offer would be very much appreciated.