Awesome book that gives you step-by-step photos ruclips.net/user/postUgkxTNB_zFBSnTo_O1PqfVUwgi7ityw0JlKt and directions to make every day project. I can see myself making a few of these projects and giving them as housewarming and holiday gifts!
One of the coolest indoor cranes I ever got to work with was the polar crane, set up inside the containment buildings for nuclear reactors. Because the building is round, the giant W-beams, that acted as the bridge, rode on tracks, mounted on top of the outside wall. Then of course the trolley would travel back and forth along the W-beams, to access virtually any location in the building.
I’m just finishing up on construction of my dream shop. A 2500 sqft hand built steel pole barn behind my house. It’s 35’x60’ with an additional 300 sqft lean-to on the back side. I incorporated a 8” I beam spanning 25’ just inside the roll up door to use for a trolley hoist/crane. This was my #1 priority as I was designing my building. Can’t wait to start using my shop. I just ordered the encapsulated insulation yesterday, getting close.
As a construction engineer, we had recently installed the crane 2 inches anchor bolts for a 30 stories building, all 24 bolts have to be exactly located, pretty challenging.
U wood thik some engine engineneer guy could come up with a jig so they would be placed just right... they use a jig for light pools that only use 4 bolts
I just shared that a biz partner & I acquired a similar jib crane for a shop addition I designed & built. The crane took 3/4" studs, as I recall & lots of rebar. I made a plywood temp, based on a dimensional drawing I was able to get from the manufacturer, (we got the crane at salvage). Then I fabricated & welded a rebar & stud infrastructure we embedded in the slab of the shop addition. I think we also made a 4" concrete 'platform' slightly larger than the crane's base. It was a challenge to fab the infrastructure. Even though it was bolted to the base, it still wanted to move from the welding. It only took a slight bit of sledge hammer pursuasion to get it to seat, in the end, & that was due to not being able to precisely lower the base, vertically. One side got down a little & it jammed on the studs. Fortunately, didn't bugger the threads. W/ an electric hoist on a trolkey, that crane was a dream. After our biz ended, my ex-partner sold the shop, but moved the crane. It's still in service, today. He's gone & his son-in-law is an idiot, but there's hope my partner's grandson will find inspiration in his grand dad's hot rods, & put the crane to use, when he's older.
You* are not going to beat that, sharing your knowledge is a mighty legacy, those willing to listen and learn will always benefit. Thanks for the content
I'm putting together a portable jib crane for my two story concrete flat roof, so I came across your video. I'm not a religious man but I do believe that God put us here on earth to take care of each other and when I came across your video here, I can tell that you that you renewd my faith in humanity.
One of my last millwright jobs before retirement, I got to set up a jib crane in a local factory. I had set up dozens before. This one was nearly as challenging as yours. I had to cut mine down in hieght. With a single cut go between two electrical conduits in 260 degrees of swing. Too short ruining the jib crane for the customer all together. One misses by two inches. While placement handling three jobs. I was very satisfied in my measurements and accomplishment. I do believe yours wins in this comparisment.
Craftsmen with tough-guy skills like yours aren't often cognizant of how to conjugate certain verbs (like "Swing"), nor do they care, nor does it matter much. When one does care, it's very impressive. It tells me, "Not only is this man a tough guy, he's also a bit of an intellectual -- both strong and smart, the kind of man I always aspired to be. I doubt I ever achieved it but at least I can watch the man on RUclips who did. Thanks for a well done video and a good example of what being a man means.
E/S is some of the Essential Watching on RUclips, Scott is a great guy who has a vast amount of knowledge and experience. In the construction trades and other industries he both describes how he’s going to do a task and he will tell you why he’s done it that way. Scott gives a fascinating insight into the history of how or why the particular job he’s doing was done in a certain manner. He’s a great guy that I respect his knowledge. Ty for sharing this video with us. Phil. 🇬🇧
Great story, easy to listen to. I’m starting a crane for my small shop against a 2x6 wall. It’ll only be 8’ but I have a gantry crane and tractor loader as well. This will help move things to the lathe / mill mostly. Starting with a snappy pile of steel and a few bearings.
This is the shop that I am envious of having into my later years. Your video of "shop skills" has inspired me, sir. I can only hope I can convey onto our youth what is necessary. Thank you. Prayers, and thank you.
Man, I've been watching you videos for the past five years or so. I've found it to be very instructive and informative. You are very Knowledgeable and generous to share your years of craftsmanship skills with others. May God Almighty, continue to keep you and bless the work of your hands, so that you can be a source of productivity and positivity to a world that desperately needs such characteristics!
I am in the process of building my 30x50 metal building and before I install my 2 jib cranes I have installed a uninstrut monorail. The couple of days it took me to build has been a life saver. In total I will have 4 cranes in my small shop because I have bigger dreams than I do strength now a days. Great build.
As a retired crane inspector and a Wash State certified structural welder, the thought of a monorail craneway made of unistrut is frightening. Unistrut is for mounting pipes and wireways to a building and was never intended as a structural member. In my time as an inspector, I red tagged several shop made cranes that used unistrut. It is an accident waiting to happen.
This was great to see! I don't have a permanent shop yet, but I do have a cargo container, and installing a 1000lb jib crane with a 7 foot swing is one of my project goals. I hope to be able to use it for everything from moving an anvil in and out of storage, to working on small engine projects.
I have used and built several of these cranes. I don't know why but they can be hard to sell to people who have never used one. In my opinion best choice for a small shop
NAVFAC P-307 the dept of the navy's bible on weight handling equipment. i believe their is a catagory for jib cranes. in total the naval shipyard i worked at had over 800 cranes from those 2ton jib to a 300 ton bridge crane in machine shop , to 100 ton multi hoist portal (dry dock). and a variety of cherry pickers, mobile, crawler, and derricks ( which could add ballast to tanks around the perimiter to change capacity) Google it. very dry but a ton of useful info
Very nice story. That Jib crane was meant to be yours all along. Patience won the day. Very nice upgrade to your shop. Certainly meant to be. You seem like a well deserved man. Just found your channel. I have subscribed to your channel. Thanks for sharing. Take care, Ed.
Great video again. I see the nice old chain block was replaced with electric. The old ones are only good for a wall display now. Amazing how much smaller the new chain blocks are. Have a great day all.
As a civil engineer, that looks good! Only *slightly* concerning thing is the pin connection where you cut the notches out on the I beam, did you check that for net section fracture? I think it should be way fine though as its in compression. Nice.
Haha that whole system is way overkill for 2 tons just looking at it offhand. The controlling factor is probably local flange bending on the boom. That’s the way it is with 90% of hoist beams or jib cranes in my experience.
Mechanical Engineering student here. I googled 'net section fracture', and from my search it looks like that is where the stress concentration creates a line fracture from the hole to the edge of the member. Is that correct understanding? Or is it more about the flanges being cut reducing the cross-sectional area? Just trying to better understand your comment. Thanks!
@@broad_cat Your first assumption was correct. The jib boom would be in compression under load, so that pin that makes up the swivel connection at the column would be checked for shear yielding and rupture (fracture). The pin connection of the tension rod at the top would be checked for tensile yielding and rupture in the connection plate and for shear in the pin.
Great to have in the shop. I have a design in mind for a bridge crane for my shop. I just need it strong enough to lift and engine and transmission at the middle of a 20' span. A jib crane would not work in my shop as they take up too much space.
We are all waiting for Matt on the Diesel Creek channel to put up big bridge crane he won at an auction a good while back. It's actually too big for his new shop so he is going to have to modify it. That's going to be quite a project.
I just notice that the floor of your shop is a loose material. Could you make a video about floor choices in a shop. I love that you have hard, flat surfaces in some places but not all. It creates an interesting flow.
Gantry crane is better than nothing (or an engine hoist), but needing to keep clear floor space on both sides of all the equipment / areas you need to service and clear paths at a set gauge so you can move it around gets real old real fast, Jibs a whole lot better, but of course engineering in a tresel is the gold standard. My uncle installed a homebrew one ton aluminum track unit in his machine shop, it ties into the truss roof system, has 4 cantilever gate extruded tracks to manage a 28' span and services over 75 feet of his shop. after 25 years of use it is doing great, not so much as cause a crack in the ceiling drywall. the best part is the whole thing including the hoist is very low profile, tracks are 3", spreaders are 2.5" square tube, and the trolley beam is another 4 inches, no reason to oversize, the gate trucks are dynamic, they both resist lift and droop, makes for a system that can nearly lift to 1" from the finished ceiling. perfect for the kind of shop thats moving around 500-1000 lb loads on the regular.
8 years, you slow rolled the owner for a $1600 item?! You sir have incredible skills, but asking your family for a special birthday gift is not one of them. Haha. Enjoy your crane. We’ll all enjoy watching you work.
Thank you for youre amazing show. Special thanks in the manner you present all of youre work and the show. You are a role model to me . Keep up the good work😂
Been looking into making what amounts to a small Jib crain for my mom. She needs just enough to move around 50lbs up to the second floor of her house so she doesn't have to carry it. Frankly she probably needs less capacity but I've been doodling out one for her that would move a sewing machine, or a basket of laundry as needed. Though I admit I intend to test the darn thing out to closer to 200lbs but won't be telling her that.
Have you ever given serious thought into building a new larger shop with a concrete floor? It would set you up for those days fast approaching when you can’t work outside, climb roofs etc🤷🏻♂️ From a senior citizen , great channel👍
Scott i installed a used Gobell jib crane in a basement , And the boss said we are not cutting the floor to put in a dedicated footing just dill it and fasten it down with anchor bolts , i have to say there are a lot of anchor bolts holding it down but its still there ??? in service years latter
I find just the opposite happens when I start thinking about something. I get an idea about getting something I've seen in the past or that I now need, and then it is nowhere to be found. Every once in awhile I'm lucky enough to find the thing I was looking for but now there seems to be a universal interest in it and I can no longer afford it.
Andrew Camarata's crane is perfect. Don't need to worry about the pivot and having to clear a bunch of stuff, and having to build quite the footing either.
A key point may also be Admitting to yourself what you Don't know, Can't do ..... and what you probably can do! Also where to go when you are wrong! ;o)
2:10 for me it’s the opposite. If I was you, I’d have seen jib cranes for free on the street once a week until the day I decided I needed one. Then, they’d either disappear or jump to $20,000.
I pretty much want a building designed to be able to have a bridge crane and just have the bottom floor room walls support the second floor to get open floor
If you need is a bit taller why don't you build up the concrete it's sitting on? I'm sure you could get a piece of steel rolled to jacket the concrete and stop it bursting. The base probably wouldn't need to be much larger than the base of the crane.
Nice. The only one I've seen that serves the same purpose is in Andrew Camarata's Container Castle. I guess he made a bridge crane?... but it's a bait and tackle set on a girder that rolls from one side of his shop to the other, and of course it moves across the girder to so it will cover his whole shop. Is that a bridge crane?
Yes, AC’s is a bridge crane. And I’m assuming that wonderful spell check feature got you on the “bait and tackle” description 😁. Of course we all know you meant “block and tackle”.
It’s official. I like the cut of his jib.
Noce
Very punny!
Dennis Miller ???
Well played
Good one dad
Awesome book that gives you step-by-step photos ruclips.net/user/postUgkxTNB_zFBSnTo_O1PqfVUwgi7ityw0JlKt and directions to make every day project. I can see myself making a few of these projects and giving them as housewarming and holiday gifts!
I watch your channel for so many reasons, but one of them is, most certainly, your gift for story telling. Thank you for your wisdom and generosity.
You my man sure have made and definitely will leave a lasting imprint on many people
One of the coolest indoor cranes I ever got to work with was the polar crane, set up inside the containment buildings for nuclear reactors. Because the building is round, the giant W-beams, that acted as the bridge, rode on tracks, mounted on top of the outside wall. Then of course the trolley would travel back and forth along the W-beams, to access virtually any location in the building.
Wicked - never thought of that, though it is entirely logically obvious 😅😅😅
What a wonderful way to spend my sabbath. Laying in my portable recliner sitting in a campground in Tennessee watching EC. Heaven on earth for sure.
Many, many years ago I had a bridge crane at my business. Completely changed moving heavy loads!
I’m just finishing up on construction of my dream shop. A 2500 sqft hand built steel pole barn behind my house. It’s 35’x60’ with an additional 300 sqft lean-to on the back side. I incorporated a 8” I beam spanning 25’ just inside the roll up door to use for a trolley hoist/crane. This was my #1 priority as I was designing my building. Can’t wait to start using my shop.
I just ordered the encapsulated insulation yesterday, getting close.
As a construction engineer, we had recently installed the crane 2 inches anchor bolts for a 30 stories building, all 24 bolts have to be exactly located, pretty challenging.
U wood thik some engine engineneer guy could come up with a jig so they would be placed just right... they use a jig for light pools that only use 4 bolts
@@51-FS Nah...wing it!!!
Kreig probably makes one already
I just shared that a biz partner & I acquired a similar jib crane for a shop addition I designed & built.
The crane took 3/4" studs, as I recall & lots of rebar. I made a plywood temp, based on a dimensional drawing I was able to get from the manufacturer, (we got the crane at salvage).
Then I fabricated & welded a rebar & stud infrastructure we embedded in the slab of the shop addition. I think we also made a 4" concrete 'platform' slightly larger than the crane's base.
It was a challenge to fab the infrastructure. Even though it was bolted to the base, it still wanted to move from the welding.
It only took a slight bit of sledge hammer pursuasion to get it to seat, in the end, & that was due to not being able to precisely lower the base, vertically. One side got down a little & it jammed on the studs.
Fortunately, didn't bugger the threads.
W/ an electric hoist on a trolkey, that crane was a dream. After our biz ended, my ex-partner sold the shop, but moved the crane.
It's still in service, today. He's gone & his son-in-law is an idiot, but there's hope my partner's grandson will find inspiration in his grand dad's hot rods, & put the crane to use, when he's older.
You* are not going to beat that, sharing your knowledge is a mighty legacy, those willing to listen and learn will always benefit. Thanks for the content
Great story!! At 77, soon to be 78, I have long said: A satisfying life is a life >>ABOUT & WITH
I'm putting together a portable jib crane for my two story concrete flat roof, so I came across your video. I'm not a religious man but I do believe that God put us here on earth to take care of each other and when I came across your video here, I can tell that you that you renewd my faith in humanity.
One of my last millwright jobs before retirement, I got to set up a jib crane in a local factory. I had set up dozens before. This one was nearly as challenging as yours. I had to cut mine down in hieght. With a single cut go between two electrical conduits in 260 degrees of swing. Too short ruining the jib crane for the customer all together. One misses by two inches. While placement handling three jobs. I was very satisfied in my measurements and accomplishment. I do believe yours wins in this comparisment.
Craftsmen with tough-guy skills like yours aren't often cognizant of how to conjugate certain verbs (like "Swing"), nor do they care, nor does it matter much. When one does care, it's very impressive. It tells me, "Not only is this man a tough guy, he's also a bit of an intellectual -- both strong and smart, the kind of man I always aspired to be. I doubt I ever achieved it but at least I can watch the man on RUclips who did. Thanks for a well done video and a good example of what being a man means.
E/S is some of the Essential Watching on RUclips, Scott is a great guy who has a vast amount of knowledge and experience. In the construction trades and other industries he both describes how he’s going to do a task and he will tell you why he’s done it that way. Scott gives a fascinating insight into the history of how or why the particular job he’s doing was done in a certain manner. He’s a great guy that I respect his knowledge. Ty for sharing this video with us. Phil. 🇬🇧
What does "E/S" stand for?
Great story, easy to listen to. I’m starting a crane for my small shop against a 2x6 wall. It’ll only be 8’ but I have a gantry crane and tractor loader as well. This will help move things to the lathe / mill mostly. Starting with a snappy pile of steel and a few bearings.
This one feels like Robert Frost explaining Richard Feynman concepts. Or vice versa. They both had a sense of humor. :)
This is the shop that I am envious of having into my later years. Your video of "shop skills" has inspired me, sir. I can only hope I can convey onto our youth what is necessary.
Thank you. Prayers, and thank you.
You are such a great speaker.
I'll listen to you talk about anything.
As a sailboat sailor I can promise you that’s a boom. In the shop where I work, they also call them jib crane.
That's a sweet setup, smarter not harder.
Man, I've been watching you videos for the past five years or so.
I've found it to be very instructive and informative.
You are very Knowledgeable and generous to share your years of craftsmanship skills with others.
May God Almighty, continue to keep you and bless the work of your hands, so that you can be a source of productivity and positivity to a world that desperately needs such characteristics!
I am in the process of building my 30x50 metal building and before I install my 2 jib cranes I have installed a uninstrut monorail. The couple of days it took me to build has been a life saver. In total I will have 4 cranes in my small shop because I have bigger dreams than I do strength now a days. Great build.
As a retired crane inspector and a Wash State certified structural welder, the thought of a monorail craneway made of unistrut is frightening. Unistrut is for mounting pipes and wireways to a building and was never intended as a structural member. In my time as an inspector, I red tagged several shop made cranes that used unistrut. It is an accident waiting to happen.
Love this guy, he has worked so hard to have the things he does
6:33. Plenty of space. Carroll Smith (racecar driver/ engineer) would say “credit card clearances”. 😊.
This was great to see! I don't have a permanent shop yet, but I do have a cargo container, and installing a 1000lb jib crane with a 7 foot swing is one of my project goals. I hope to be able to use it for everything from moving an anvil in and out of storage, to working on small engine projects.
Great way to start my Saturday. Thank you and your family for all your hard work.
This is perfect. All the thinking I have been doing and someome has done it explained it, just flat out thank you!
I have used and built several of these cranes.
I don't know why but they can be hard to sell to people who have never used one.
In my opinion best choice for a small shop
As good as a mile, that inch! No problema!
More than anything, your back thanks you!
Scott, tell Travis to make a video of his involvement with the foundation design. The engineers want to see it!
So true, when we live our life so that we are a blessing to others, our life is blessed as well.
Thats awesome! And if its an awkward piece you can use the crane on your truck to help out balance it out with the jib crane in the shop
My dad built a new workshop when I was a little boy. He put in a bridge crane. It was used to lift anything from John Deere to Roe deer.
Thanks! Another item I need to have now. 🤔
NAVFAC P-307
the dept of the navy's bible on weight handling equipment. i believe their is a catagory for jib cranes.
in total the naval shipyard i worked at had over 800 cranes from those 2ton jib to a 300 ton bridge crane in machine shop , to 100 ton multi hoist portal (dry dock).
and a variety of cherry pickers, mobile, crawler, and derricks ( which could add ballast to tanks around the perimiter to change capacity)
Google it.
very dry but a ton of useful info
I grew up with that crane in my dads shop. Broke many a truck spring.
Very nice story.
That Jib crane was meant to be yours all along.
Patience won the day.
Very nice upgrade to your shop.
Certainly meant to be.
You seem like a well deserved man.
Just found your channel.
I have subscribed to your channel.
Thanks for sharing.
Take care, Ed.
Great message at the end of the video!
Thank you for posting this video, I always wanted to hear more about that crane.
A thing of elegant beauty.
Respect to you Sir .Sincere greetings from the UK.
That’s close. ❤
Great video again. I see the nice old chain block was replaced with electric. The old ones are only good for a wall display now. Amazing how much smaller the new chain blocks are. Have a great day all.
I love my bridge crane! Best tool in my machine shop!
That last point is so valuable.
Scott, your imprint is indelible.
Great. Now I want one!
Can't beat his presentations@
And then there is my tractor fork crane. Nice work Scott.
Nice looking welds
As a civil engineer, that looks good! Only *slightly* concerning thing is the pin connection where you cut the notches out on the I beam, did you check that for net section fracture? I think it should be way fine though as its in compression. Nice.
Haha that whole system is way overkill for 2 tons just looking at it offhand. The controlling factor is probably local flange bending on the boom. That’s the way it is with 90% of hoist beams or jib cranes in my experience.
Mechanical Engineering student here. I googled 'net section fracture', and from my search it looks like that is where the stress concentration creates a line fracture from the hole to the edge of the member. Is that correct understanding? Or is it more about the flanges being cut reducing the cross-sectional area? Just trying to better understand your comment.
Thanks!
@@broad_cat Your first assumption was correct. The jib boom would be in compression under load, so that pin that makes up the swivel connection at the column would be checked for shear yielding and rupture (fracture). The pin connection of the tension rod at the top would be checked for tensile yielding and rupture in the connection plate and for shear in the pin.
@@21rhocke Awesome, thanks for the breakdown!
of course you have done!, also wish to visit you in your workshop some day no loger than a year.
You make things happen, strong will
Great to have in the shop. I have a design in mind for a bridge crane for my shop. I just need it strong enough to lift and engine and transmission at the middle of a 20' span. A jib crane would not work in my shop as they take up too much space.
Hi we have one in our shop in the corner we love it
We are all waiting for Matt on the Diesel Creek channel to put up big bridge crane he won at an auction a good while back. It's actually too big for his new shop so he is going to have to modify it. That's going to be quite a project.
I just notice that the floor of your shop is a loose material. Could you make a video about floor choices in a shop. I love that you have hard, flat surfaces in some places but not all. It creates an interesting flow.
Always make a top job cheers for showing the excavation
Congratulations on the new acquisition!
Man, you are ambitious!great job!!!
i had the same problem, but a swing crane turned up, only a 1 ton lift but thats plenty for what i needed.
it's all about teaching and learning together! groovy video
Thank you
Gantry crane is better than nothing (or an engine hoist), but needing to keep clear floor space on both sides of all the equipment / areas you need to service and clear paths at a set gauge so you can move it around gets real old real fast, Jibs a whole lot better, but of course engineering in a tresel is the gold standard. My uncle installed a homebrew one ton aluminum track unit in his machine shop, it ties into the truss roof system, has 4 cantilever gate extruded tracks to manage a 28' span and services over 75 feet of his shop. after 25 years of use it is doing great, not so much as cause a crack in the ceiling drywall. the best part is the whole thing including the hoist is very low profile, tracks are 3", spreaders are 2.5" square tube, and the trolley beam is another 4 inches, no reason to oversize, the gate trucks are dynamic, they both resist lift and droop, makes for a system that can nearly lift to 1" from the finished ceiling. perfect for the kind of shop thats moving around 500-1000 lb loads on the regular.
What a great piece of equipment. Dang... I would love to have that
8 years, you slow rolled the owner for a $1600 item?! You sir have incredible skills, but asking your family for a special birthday gift is not one of them. Haha. Enjoy your crane. We’ll all enjoy watching you work.
Outstanding
Nice job 👍
Your best video.
Thank you for youre amazing show.
Special thanks in the manner you present all of youre work and the show. You are a role model to me . Keep up the good work😂
Cool deal, thanks for sharing.
Inspirational, as always.
Been looking into making what amounts to a small Jib crain for my mom. She needs just enough to move around 50lbs up to the second floor of her house so she doesn't have to carry it. Frankly she probably needs less capacity but I've been doodling out one for her that would move a sewing machine, or a basket of laundry as needed. Though I admit I intend to test the darn thing out to closer to 200lbs but won't be telling her that.
Always enjoy your content. The "imprint" reference hit home. Retired and feel a need to learn, "help out", and accept.
Turned out great 👍
Have you ever given serious thought into building a new larger shop with a concrete floor? It would set you up for those days fast approaching when you can’t work outside, climb roofs etc🤷🏻♂️ From a senior citizen , great channel👍
Thank you so much for your videos.
Love your work 👍
Scott i installed a used Gobell jib crane in a basement , And the boss said we are not cutting the floor to put in a dedicated footing just dill it and fasten it down with anchor bolts , i have to say there are a lot of anchor bolts holding it down but its still there ??? in service years latter
Thanks for the awesome content and great videos!!
Good video bud
Thanks dad
Good stuff!
The powers of manifestation is incredible.
you have made a good impact on me+
That's the best health insurance you ever bought
I see some cheap used jibs out there. That concrete base make my head hurt just thinking about building it.
@07:40 golden
Didn't you need a crane to install this crane? And what kind of crane did you use to get that crane in place?
I find just the opposite happens when I start thinking about something. I get an idea about getting something I've seen in the past or that I now need, and then it is nowhere to be found. Every once in awhile I'm lucky enough to find the thing I was looking for but now there seems to be a universal interest in it and I can no longer afford it.
Andrew Camarata's crane is perfect. Don't need to worry about the pivot and having to clear a bunch of stuff, and having to build quite the footing either.
The span and load considerations of that installation did not enjoy a strong endorsement by several engineer-type commenters.
A key point may also be Admitting to yourself what you Don't know, Can't do ..... and what you probably can do! Also where to go when you are wrong! ;o)
If anybody near the southeast wants to get rid of one of these I’m a buyer
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2:10 for me it’s the opposite. If I was you, I’d have seen jib cranes for free on the street once a week until the day I decided I needed one. Then, they’d either disappear or jump to $20,000.
I pretty much want a building designed to be able to have a bridge crane and just have the bottom floor room walls support the second floor to get open floor
If you need is a bit taller why don't you build up the concrete it's sitting on? I'm sure you could get a piece of steel rolled to jacket the concrete and stop it bursting. The base probably wouldn't need to be much larger than the base of the crane.
Nice. The only one I've seen that serves the same purpose is in Andrew Camarata's Container Castle. I guess he made a bridge crane?... but it's a bait and tackle set on a girder that rolls from one side of his shop to the other, and of course it moves across the girder to so it will cover his whole shop. Is that a bridge crane?
Yes, AC’s is a bridge crane. And I’m assuming that wonderful spell check feature got you on the “bait and tackle” description 😁. Of course we all know you meant “block and tackle”.