Re: yardsalin' again

"Snag"  wrote in message news:vbiuea$1oo4o$1@dont-email.me...
On 9/7/2024 4:45 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:

Gym weights...

   Where does one come across those weights ? I've seen a few of the
sand filled injection molded plastic units at yard sales , haven't run
across any CI units . I come across projects where a chunk of cast would
be a better choice than mild or stainless or whatever I have on hand .
   My RT chuck adapter is made from a scrap aluminum lost foam casting .
It's been a couple of thou off center since the day I mounted it 20
something years ago . But since I only use the 4 jaw chuck on it  it
doesn't really matter .
Snag
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I bought some on sale at Walmart many years ago, when they switched from plain to fancier styles or brands. I don't know what's sold now, I get my exercise from manual hoisting gear, firewood and wet lumber.
Weekend flea markets have been good sources for me, I found a repairable mobility scooter that I could need soon, a 5/8" x 96' arborist bull rope, a j-bar and industrial electronic test equipment. The rope's only defect was being 4' short of standard length, the test equipment can accurately measure the resistance of an inch of 10 AWG wire, or switch and connector contact resistance. A j-bar is like a toe jack on wheels, for moving heavy machinery etc. Part of my first full time job was helping load newly built machines onto a flat bed truck with one. The batch of logs I'm cutting up have weighed up to 4500 Lbs and I don't have powered equipment to lift and move them, or clear space to maneuver it if I did.
A neighbor tried to stack the logs with his tractor but about all he could do was show that it hadn't lost its rated 900 Lb bucket lift capacity, the logs were mostly heavier. Then he replaced several failing hoses. I stacked the logs with the tripods and gantry hoist which at the time could lift and move 2000 Lbs. Since then I've upgraded the gantry to  >3000, and with improved baseplates two tripods can lift and slowly move at least 4500.
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