This week's mission was to get 400 lbs of thickness planer into a basement workshop .
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After a run to the lumberyard we started making sawdust |
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Took most of the morning to build a pair of these
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and one of these . . . |
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Rolled the planer in place in front of the basement bulkhead and assembled our home built gantry crane |
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After a quick run to the hardware store for some shackles . . .
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The Chineseum chain hoist from Harbor-Fright picks up the weight nicely. . . |
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and delivers it . . .
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. . . nicely onto its base at floor level in the cellar . |
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One happy customer |
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And other than today's very sore back , no major blood letting injuries .
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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 . |