This week's mission was to get 400 lbs of thickness planer into a basement workshop .
 |
| After a run to the lumberyard we started making sawdust |
 |
Took most of the morning to build a pair of these
|
 |
| and one of these . . . |
 |
| Rolled the planer in place in front of the basement bulkhead and assembled our home built gantry crane |
 |
After a quick run to the hardware store for some shackles . . .
|
 |
| The Chineseum chain hoist from Harbor-Fright picks up the weight nicely. . . |
 |
and delivers it . . .
|
 |
| . . . nicely onto its base at floor level in the cellar . |
 |
| One happy customer |
 |
And other than today's very sore back , no major blood letting injuries .
|
 |
| Now about those swamp rats in DC . . . We built this rig so it is
modular and highly portable . It can be set up and broken down in a
matter of about five minutes in any public square . |
