I’m wrestling with how to raise an FB710 bandsaw to vertical beneath a 9’ ceiling. ?The setup guide presumes I have a high ceiling and overhead crane - nope. ?I’ve looked at renting a 2-ton gantry, but even if I were to raise its beam up into the gap between two ceiling joists (basement unfinished as of yet), when I subtract from that ~10’ height the vertical distance from the top of the beam to the trolley eyelet, that only leaves about 1’ to spare for a winch before I run out of vertical distance needed for the saw to stand up in. ?From what I’ve been told, that 1’ isn’t enough for a winch and its attachments. ?I’m now ?considering building a wooden gantry and using a hand-cranked winch, which I think I can make work. ?While I do have a tiny bit of past experience doing exactly that to lift a 600 lb kamado grill into it’s carriage, I’ll probably over-design the thing and wind up with something that will lift a Mack truck. ?I’m wondering if others have dealt with this situation and what their solutions are.
Thanks in advance,
Doug
