[layout of hoisting system] Hello to all fellow woodworkers/CNC enthusiasts! This is my first post, but, I have benefited hugely from a lot of the experience here. So, I’m hoping someone can help. My shop is a double car garage with a bedroom over top of it. I have a lot of equipment, my onefinit…

ihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJUb-Qscfdw&t=323s I too live in Ontario and I needed and did the same thing. I used an electric winch and a pulley system to lift my cnc to the ceiling. works great. I made a shitty youtube video to show it off. hope it helps!

Thanks so much!! I’ll send a message! I currently have a flip top cart that I built from Youtubes Fisher’s Shop. But, I find it still too limiting. Frank

[image] Woodhead: From the research I’ve done I found that you are allowed 30 lbs per sq/ft load for a dead load and 40 lbs per sq/ft for live loads These values depend on a few factors and but would be the minimum allowed by current code, and apply to the floor above. These values are also …

[IMG_20240112_220819] I sent frank this pic. I made sure every bolt hit a truss (in my case) to hang hoist. I added aluminum angle past one truss on either side, cut holes for heavy ratchet straps to use as a fail safe as it did worry me it might fall over time. It has never budged. Also alumi…

Depending on which way the joists run, if you could bolt a couple of lengths of wood or metal angle perpendicular to the joists that would spread the point loading. It may be simpler to just put a couple of beams on posts to transfer the load to the shop floor. There are lots of websites that will …

In my shop the logical place to set the CNC would be on top of the table saw.

So, i have some much needed info to share. I needed to replace a piece of plywood on the floor in the bedroom over the garage. When I pulled it up, I was surprised to see that the ceiling in the garage is not the floor in the bedroom above it. There is a space of about 18" between the floor of the b…

Thank you for the info. i just posted an update above of what I found when ripping a piece of plywood up from the bedroom above the garage. I appreciate your expertise. Hopefully bolting a few lengths of wood perpendicular to the joists will suffice in light of the new info. Frank

I thought so as well, but in order to have 8’ behind the table saw, it is stationed right under the garage door opener, so i can;t raise the CNC to the ceiling at that point. That would’ve been ideal. My table saw weighs 500 lbs, so, it’s plenty sturdy for the CNC movement.

The house was built in 1998-99. I bought it when it was new. So, the builder built it that way. I was thinking I’ll put 4 or 5 2x6 lagged perpendicular to the ceiling joists and hopefully that will suffice to spread the load.

Hoisting my onefinity jourenyman elite to the ceiling when not in use

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RockingMallet (Joshua) January 13, 2024, 2:55am 2

Here is one guy. Search of "ceiling " pulled this right up. Thought i seen this before. And thought about doing something similar but went with a flip top table instead.

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