MisterBeast
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Joined: 6/26/2007 Status: offline
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Well, to throw in my .02 here, I am a welder and a machinist, so I do know a thing or two about what we are talking about here. I can see why people are aprehensive about plunking down the money for a big fancy ass 304 Stainless suspension ring, It is 50 bucks, If you have no fabrication skills, the argument I would make is well it is way cheaper than a visit to the ER. Really though anything worth doing is worth doing right. And if you know how to do things, the possibilites are limitless. Testing things with dummy loads is a good idea. 5 gallon buckets full of water weigh about 41 lbs each. if you can put 6 or 8 of em on your hard point and kick em around with out it ripping out or making bad noises, your probably doing somthing right, or you could be like me and just make everything out of carbon steel and weld it out with E7018 or TIG and use things like gussets that reinforce structural lines of force. but I am kind of crazy like that. Any hardware you get should be quality stuff, look it over, there is so much junk made in china today that you have to be careful. Somthing that has not been brought up that I feel is worth mentioning is that many store bought fasteners are made of low grade steel then galvanised by some commie working for peanuts half way around the world. Often times these coatings can chip and flake off, creating a sharp edge that can cut some one, or give them splinters. Not to mention leaving them needing a tetnis shot badly. Also, check out things other people have done, I know people love to show off thier creations, get some one talking about what they have built, and they will probably talk your ear right off, get them to show you what problems they had, and where things went wrong, there is a whole weath of information in what others have done wrong. In all actuality your talking about rigging that if your supporting a female who is height and weight perportionate, your looking at a load that is between 100 and 135lbs for the most part. Doing this really isnt rocket science, just build it right and take your time. Also somthing no one has sugjested in a while is using a chainfall. They last forever when neglected, and they are mechanically opperated, as well they can pick up weights up into the thousands of pounds depending on the model, and they need nothing more than a good eye bolt in the celing to hook into and can be taken down easily.
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