Workshop jib crane/hoist

[jack_c]

Thinking of making myself a jib for use in the workshop.

Load would be around 250kg max,

Was thinking of buying a cheap electric hoist and making up the jib myself and mounting it on its own post then bolting it to the upright in the centre of the shed.

Has anyone on here done similar?

Will only be used by myself or dad so no issue with employees using it. Thinking I would thank myself later in life rather than straining to lift/move items that are too heavy to manage.

 

[Alfie]

Search "swing jib crane" on eBay. Just had a look and there's loads on there. Also some good YouTube videos of Morton Buildings in USA where there farm "shops" are something else!

 

[Dave W]

Make sure whatever you do, do it properly and big. It's the sort of thing you'll use way more than you could imagine

 

[tinman]

0.5T hoists can be picked up cheap enough on the bay times but they will be 3ph, an inverter might fill the gap if you dont have 3ph.
installing, or near finished installing a track type system here for a tool room, its good for 1 tonne but more than what you want.
2 pics below from feb of this year. theyr not great but an idea of what i done in a small space.

the single post in the middle of the floor would be handy but needs some thought, i have "plans" to build one here in the workshop, i picked up a pipe for it last year, iirc its about 14" in dia with a 10mm wall, it would need a damn good base (not just a concrete floor unless its a serious depth) to keep it.
i know your only looking to lift 250kg but when your at it another couple of kg's could be handy at times.
if you could mount a column somewhere that could be tied back to something solid in the exiting shed and then make a swing jib for it youd have 180dgs of swing.
get a roller unit to run on the swing jib and mount your hoist to that.

i have an old hiab crane that came off a telecom lorry, i often considered pouring a lump of a stand for it somewhere to the side and mounting it solid to it, it id make for a more flexible unit and run it off a hyd power pack, i think, i havnt given it enough thought for cons if there is any.

 

[Tim Howard]

My 2 hoists have transformed my work shop and i wouldn't want to be without them. You will need to think big though.
I have a 1ton over my work area and a 1/4 ton over my drills and mill.
The 1/4 ton has a 4 mt arm of 8"rsj with a stay above to take the strain, it has a tube with bushes ether end about 3' long with a 2" pin for a swivel The post for that one was a 12" tube and has been mounted against a 40' container.
My big hoist has a 5mt arm made from an 18" rsj cut down the middle and turned to give 8" at the outer end and 28" near the post with a big gusset at the post end. That one has an 80mm pin threw a 11/2 mt length of tube.
Not sure how big the post is in your workshop but expect to beef it up, you'r talking about some serious strain.

 

[JohnBoy]

if you do some google images searches on things like jib crane dimensions you'll find links to crane manufacturers which will often give beam/pillar sizings.

handy unless you're an engineer

 

[astra]

Would one with a wheel one one end and it to pivot of one RSJ upright be of any use? If one was carefull planning it,it could cover a lot of a workshop and fold back against a wall when not in use!

 

[Nearly]

@Alf has a biggy to sell.

I've a couple of overhead chain hoists. Electric would be a luxury.

 

[Clockwatcher]

We have a runway beam built into the apex of the roof so that the chain blocks can travel the length of the workshop
Cw

 

[Alf]

2006 , 5 ton .28 ft .been in storage most of it life . £4600

 

[jack_c]

Thanks for all the replies, I’m considering reducing my span. The moments involved with any sort of weight would be significant.
I can just do any of my fabrication within reach of the shorter jib.
I plan on putting my post in with a good large base then tying it to the upright which has steel work behind tying it to another upright. I might also put a beam in up high to tie the 2 uprights of my shed as the roof is a wagon roof type.
I can then limit the weight further out on the job.
Anything heavier I will just lift with the telehandler. The plan of the hoist is to save the back from lift weights that are too heavy for one man.

 

[TripleSix]

I watched this the other day.

Food for thought.

 

[spanners and hammers]

I like the ally clamp/jig for setting the plates on rsj

 

[davedb]

They are certainly making a meal out of that, think I could of had them web stiffeners cut and welded in by the time he’d traced them onto that computer

 

[JohnBoy]

I like the ally clamp/jig for setting the plates on rsj

It's an ad for them, they're mighty clever yokes to be fair. I'm not sure about the engineering though, that's a hell of a crane hanging out of a dozen screws into the ceiling

 

[spanners and hammers]

oh rite does that mean you can buy them

 

[davedb]

That bottom taper roller bearing isn’t really suitable for a dirty workshop environment either I’d just use some good big bushes with grease nipples on

 

[Alf]

2006 , 5 ton .28 ft .been in storage most of it life . £4600

sold

 

[Alf]

sold

But I have a newer one for sale

 

[Tim Howard]

But I have a newer one for sale

I'll raise you ten.
I have a 5mt 1 ton jib beam outside but in good condition, looking for a good home.
I had to move workshop and I didn't have enough head room to fit it. It was fitted to a 40' container and will take a chain or electric hoist but you will need a carriage and a long 80mm pin.