Although in a pinch a child's playground swing set frame has been known to support an engine hoist, the materials used for these frames are too thin and light how to build a-frame engine hoist library support a heavy engine. Standard wood lengths. Metal clamps. Toggle navigation subscribe. Use a drill bit marginally wider than the 7-inch bolts. Grahame Turner has worked as a freelance writer since and a freelance reporter since for Wellesley Patch and Jamaica Plain Patch in Massachusetts.

All rights reserved. You may freely link to this site, and use it for non-commercial use subject to our terms of use. View our Privacy Policy here. Toggle navigation subscribe. Written by Doityourself Staff. What You'll Need. Standard wood lengths. Drill machine. Metal clamps. Industrial metal hook. Measuring tape.

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Now your engine hoist will roll straight and turn left and right. The total height to the crossbar is 6 feet plus 2 inches for each cross connector fitting and the 3 inches for the feet plus the casters. Using chain, hang a ratchet winch from the crossbar and thread the ratchet with 2,pound-test link chain.

Add a 1,pound-test hook on the chain. When the chain is lowered, the hook attached to the engine and the ratchet will lift the engine link by link. Wesley Tucker is a lifelong southerner whose politics are objective, whose sports are many and whose avocations range from aviation to anthropology to history and all forms of media. With a master's degree in mass communications from the University of South Carolina College of Journalism, Tucker has been a writer for more than 30 years, with work ranging from news reports to feature stories.

Homemade Engine Hoist by Wesley Tucker. Casters Industrial supply houses stock large industrial casters with 2-inch threaded fittings. A sturdy hoist frame isn't too hard to build out of some existing materials. The process is similar to building a swing set, but with some modifications to allow the frame to support immense weights. A wooden frame is capable of carrying an engine block. Place the three 2-by-6 planks together, so they create a 6-byinch beam.

Glue the planks together. Clamp the beam down. Use a drill bit marginally wider than the 7-inch bolts. Drill all the way through the beam, then push the bolt through and screw the nut into place. Repeat with the other 7-inch bolts, spacing them evenly along the beam. Lay two 2-by-4 planks on top of one another to make a 4-by-4 beam. Screw the planks together with 3-inch wood screws, then flip the piece over and screw from the other side.

Repeat three more times to make four legs total. Arrange two legs to form the side of an A frame. The top-most corners of the planks should be about 6 inches apart, and the bottoms of the planks should be about 7 feet apart.

Glue and clamp the beams together. Place a 2-by-4 across the bottom of the A frame, so that it meets with both outer corners of the A frame. Trace the bottom of this piece of wood with a marker. Cut the remaining 2-by-6 pieces into four 2-foot planks. Place one of the 2-foot pieces about 6 inches below the top of the A frame and screw it into place with the wood screws. You need at least three screws on each side of the A frame.

Place a 2-by-4 plank about a third of the way up your A frame.

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