I haven't been able to use my rotary since I got it because I had no way to get it in and out of the machine. I looked at a few of the solutions available (die carts, engine hoists, etc) and wasn't crazy about any of them for various reasons. I didn't like the idea of sliding the rotary off a die cart and not being sure there weren't any chips under it and the cherry picker seemed nice but took up too much floor space in the shop. (I have about 1200sf and do all my motorcycle fab work here)
Anyway, so here is the crane. I tested it with my 900 lb weld table, then stood on it to add another 200lb. The base flexxed a bit bit but I mostly wanted to test the cable. At nearly 5x the load I was satisfied with the harbor freight cable and winch assy.
I designed it to straddle a 12ga cabinet I rescued from work and made the boom fold flat so I can store it up against the machine and take up no floor space. everything works great so far.
Anyway, so here is the crane. I tested it with my 900 lb weld table, then stood on it to add another 200lb. The base flexxed a bit bit but I mostly wanted to test the cable. At nearly 5x the load I was satisfied with the harbor freight cable and winch assy.
I designed it to straddle a 12ga cabinet I rescued from work and made the boom fold flat so I can store it up against the machine and take up no floor space. everything works great so far.