Lowering staircase

[Onoff]

1 hour ago, pocster said:

I’ve got something to hand that’s larger and heavier I could use …

 

[Pocster]

@joe90 almost at test point 

50kg of outer weight sand to add . Ran out of swivel fixings . The put lock not particularly effective ? . Side arm is because pickup is to the side . Perhaps a fixing in the top of the concrete just to stop it sliding ?

Any final words before I test ??

Edited October 4, 2021 by pocster

[SteamyTea]

6 minutes ago, pocster said:

Any final words before I test

Or 

6 minutes ago, pocster said:

final words before I test

 

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

 

or 

 

 

[Pocster]

50kg of sand being elusive - rocks will do .

Knocked a timber in to stop that leg sliding . Couldn’t get that clamp out  - those Fischer bolts are real crap . RS ones are brilliant no issues .

Ridiculously short power lead a pain . Testing imminent  

[Pocster]

Ffs! Winch is (expletive deleted)ed ! Motor grinds up and down just do down !!! ??

[Pocster]

Ducking ebay shite ! New one ordered 

[Onoff]

3 hours ago, pocster said:

Any final words before I test ??

 

Yeah, video it.

 

Easiest £250 you'll have ever made standing up!

Edited October 4, 2021 by Onoff

[Pocster]

51 minutes ago, Onoff said:

 

Yeah, video it.

 

Easiest £250 you'll have ever made standing up!

Nude ? 

[Pocster]

Whilst waiting for the winch I decided foolishly to get the metal stringer round from the front of the build to the back and in position . Taken me a good few hours on my own - wish I had some friends .

[SteamyTea]

2 minutes ago, pocster said:

wish I had some friends .

So do we.

They you would waste less time on here trying to become a Mod.

[Big Jimbo]

11 minutes ago, SteamyTea said:

So do we.

They you would waste less time on here trying to become a Mod.

Yeah but he is "Going Underground" to be fair

[SteamyTea]

7 minutes ago, Big Jimbo said:

Yeah but he is "Going Underground" to be fair

Been listen to Paul Weller's Walls Come Tumbling Down.

 

https://youtu.be/k5HfOipwvts

Edited October 5, 2021 by SteamyTea

[Pocster]

Love you guys ! (expletive deleted) 

[Pocster]

Got the new winch . Struggling too see how to lift it . Hook to large for holes . Straps to large for holes . They supplied some hooks ( assuming they are for lifting ) but don’t fancy my chances with them . Really need to lift it ‘ on its end ‘ rather than flat as it currently is …

Is there some other ‘strap’ type thing that would suit this better ?

Edited October 8, 2021 by pocster

[Pocster]

[Pocster]

These things again ?

 

https://www.safetyliftingear.com/products/1000kg-stainless-steel-dee-shackle/stain-dee-1t?gclid=CjwKCAjw2P-KBhByEiwADBYWChoQQeXqzF5Mr7wh48KrnAAhNXgDgzCdTgUvfCwAvls0qQQLFpWzShoC8JQQAvD_BwE

 

Got some somewhere from the shower tray - just need to find them ….

[Pocster]

Got it down . But rotating it’s the issue as I thought 

[Onoff]

"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world" - Archimedes

 

Bolt or clamp something to the stringer that sticks out like an arm at right angles then you can carefully rotate the load. Even one of the treads maybe. Sit the bottom of the steel on some timber too or a rubber mat even better. To try and stop it slipping & protect the paint.

 

As you say it'd be easier if you had any friends! ?

 

Mind that thing doesn't slip off the top. Tie a strop on it.

Edited October 8, 2021 by Onoff

[Onoff]

Didn't I send you the Basic Combat Engineering book ages ago?

[Pocster]

5 minutes ago, Onoff said:

"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world" - Archimedes

 

Bolt or clamp something to the stringer that sticks out like an arm at right angles then you can carefully rotate the load. Even one of the treads maybe. Sit the bottom of the steel on some timber too or a rubber mat even better. To try and stop it slipping & protect the paint.

 

As you say it'd be easier if you had any friends! ?

 

Mind that thing doesn't slip off the top. Tie a strop on it.

Idiot diagram required ! 

[Pocster]

Just now, Onoff said:

Didn't I send you the Basic Combat Engineering book ages ago?

Probably. But the only combat I’m having is against myself . Anyway who reads books 

[Pocster]

6 minutes ago, Onoff said:

"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world" - Archimedes

 

Bolt or clamp something to the stringer that sticks out like an arm at right angles then you can carefully rotate the load. Even one of the treads maybe. Sit the bottom of the steel on some timber too or a rubber mat even better. To try and stop it slipping & protect the paint.

 

As you say it'd be easier if you had any friends! ?

 

Mind that thing doesn't slip off the top. Tie a strop on it.

I think I know what you mean - but diagram required before I attend hospital 

[Pocster]

Tied a shoe lace to stop it sliding 

Not happy about that 

 

 

Perhaps this and a crap Fischer bolt into the top of the wall is better 

[Pocster]

@Onoffso you saying fix a tread near the top and use that to lever it ‘upright ‘ ?

Edited October 8, 2021 by pocster

[Onoff]

7 minutes ago, pocster said:

@Onoffso you saying fix a tread near the top and use that to lever it ‘upright ‘ ?

 

On those lines yes. Clamp a long timber etc.

 

Get a helper would be best!