On Apr 6, 2025, at 11:09?AM, Doug Speck via groups.io <speckde@...> wrote:

Shinta,

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I had a similar situation in my last shop/garage.? It was a finished garage, but it had an attic access that allowed for adding additional lifting height to the chain hoist.? I used a chain hoist because it allows for almost infinite control of your lift speed.? I constructed a 2x "beam" to spread the load of the band saw onto multiple joists and added another foot to the chain hoist attachment point (see picture).? I lifted the saw using the crate, not the eye bolt that the manual specified as the eye bolt requires a much higher lift height.? Once the saw is erected to a height that the center of gravity shifts to the opposite side of the lift chain, it will stand up on its own weight.? In fact, you will need to support the machine's base to control the rate of descend.? Be very careful at this junction.

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Thanks for the pictures and description of your solution. ?I had not thought to use the crate to lift from but that does seem like it would improve the geometry. ?It appears that the attach point of the hoist to the crate was to the left of the hoist when you began lifting, and the hoist chain rotated counterclockwise through vertical and then to the right as the saw rotated upright. ?Is that right? What point on the saw was directly below the hoist when you started lifting?

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Is that a single length of black pipe supporting the chain hoist? ?How long is the section of pipe between those 2x8's? ?I was advised by our builder not to hang the hoist from our joists as I'd have to drill through the web of the joist and support the pipe there and he wasn't sure it was rated for a load applied like that. ?I'm thinking to build a couple posts, each composed of 2 or 3 2x6's, which I can fit up between the joists to get maximum height, and run the pipe between them. ?However, if the saw & crate have to swing between them, they'd have to be far enough apart that black pipe seems potentially inadequate, plus the posts have to be held solidly upright as the direction of the load moves, so the design gets more complicated...

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Doug