Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=tceP0spHEuk Many of you may recall my stove installation. We had to lift the 750lb Progress Hybrid stove up to the 3rd level via my back deck. My house is on stilts, and the great room is on the top floor with a nice view of the Great South Bay and Atlantic ocean on the south shore of LI. A few pics of the installation: Well, when I first decided to install my stove, part of the plan was to also install a hoist to bring all the wood up. Carrying a hundred pounds of wood or more per day up 3 flights of stairs is no fun. And the white painted walls in the stairwell don’t like it either! Of course the older I get, the harder it will become. Hence, my hoist design started. First, I measured everything and drew up the basic design: Then I purchased a hoist motor and suitable hoist bracket from Northern Tool, as well as fabricated a hanging pulley on the bracket (since it’s normally used to hang the motor on): Hoist motor: http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_420551_420551 Hoist bracket: http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200485108_200485108 Next I designed a horizontal hoist motor box/mount which is thru bolted into the joists above the deck. continued next post....
Part 2: Next, I designed “firewood basket” to hoist the wood in, and had them both made by an aluminum fabrication shop. Then I ordered 3 custom 1” Tie Down straps (max load 883lbs each), notice what I had printed on them? http://customtiedowns.com/product2....d_length=0&webbing=cw1-y3pe&catlist=1&store=1 Next I opened up the ceiling and mounted the hoist motor box, and cut a 2” x 4” hole in the overhang for the hoist cable to go thru. I sealed the wood in the hole with epoxy/fiberglass to keep water intrusion out. I then mounted the motor in the box and fed the cable thru the hole. Next I rented a bucket lift and installed the hoist bracket above the deck, and then fed the cable thru the pulley assembly. The hoist bracket is mounted to some kindorf type steel bars, which is then in-turn thru bolted into the joists(the lower one), and the upper one is thru bolted right into the inside of the house (it goes across 2 studs on the inside of wall) all using galvanized 3/8” x 10” bolts. continued next post.....
Part 3: Now attach the straps to hook on the cable, and done! The basket holds about 6 full sacks of wood, which ends up being between 200 and 250 lbs of splits. That is what I used to carry up every 2 or 3 days. When the basket gets to the top, you just swing it in, release the gate and unload the wood onto the deck and into the stove room which is right there. This will save me ALOT of work over the years! Here is a video of it in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=tceP0spHEuk
Talk about engineering and fabrication, this is incredible! What a great job you did. The research, the drawings and the actual mechanics in place to make it all happen. I love it.
Very impressive system Machria !!! I'll bet you'll find lots of other ways to use that over the years too, lifting things up or down. Great job!
Thanks guys. It was a lot of work, mostly planning and measuring and re-planning... I didn't want holes in the house in the wrong spots... which would be my normal course of action. You know, measure twice, cut once, F it up, and start over.... Already did! We came home from BJ's yesterday with lots of bulk stuff, cases of water..., dropped it all in the hoist. .
Super cool! The aluminum fab work is great! Great job on doing something that most would only dream of!
Great idea ! Neat, clean. well engineered & well made . Thought it was gonna be a conveyor belt , this is much nicer !
"Plan your work" "Work your plan"................. Really sharp looking installation. As Stinny says, you'll find a lot of other uses for it as well. Well done..............
