Diy Wood Gantry Crane Plans
You can build a simple gantry crane that is portable.
Diy wood gantry crane plans. 1 ton 2 000 lbs. Up to two tons or more. Small gantry cranes can be used on building sites to lift bags of concrete pallets of lumber or any miscellaneous parts that are too big to lift by hand. Download 2d cad drawings and diy gantry crane.
It is a little wobbly now that i ve built it. Mar 17 2016 homemade gantry crane constructed from wood and powered by an electric winch. Frank mentions that he s not a structural engineer but as a diyer he wanted to. Mar 17 2016 homemade gantry crane constructed from wood and powered by an electric winch.
Gantry crane plans with lots of options for height and width. Adjustable legs can be extended for proper height. You can buy a gantry crane for 500 to 3 000 or build one yourself like frank howarth did in the video above. Build it to fit your needs.
Gantry cranes can also be used to lift engines transmissions or other heavy parts used by mechanics. I haven t put the wheels on the ends yet. Here is the model yellow line is 1ft of the gantry crane i used to build the real life model. The decision you make will affect the durability levels your gantry crane will need to possess before it is able to be used.
Make your gantry large or small from steel or aluminum wide or narrow heavy duty or light massive or small. I m afraid of traversing a drop off with a load like this. 500 pounds typically a gantry crane built from wood 1000 pounds. Light gantry crane plans homemade gantry crane.
Pretend there are wheels and a chain hoist. Woodworking projects diy diy projects electric winch gantry crane amusement park rides welding table homemade tools workshop ideas diy table. Plans include lots of information with graphs and charts showing engineering options.