Harold B Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I'm thinking of building a complete rack for my MH's and T-5's possibly with the ability to raise and lower. Just wondered if anyone else hase used these parts to build a light rack? Thanks Harold B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arminius Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I built one out of aluminum channel but much more cutting is involved cutting - and riveting and/or welding. The EZ tube stuff is pretty easy to work with, just a bit heavier and more expensive than channel, however it is much more sturdy. You could do a ceiling mount pulley system - they make tiny pulleys for aircraft wire that are quite strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arminius Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Like these:[ATTACH]13397[/ATTACH] They are cheap at 'Depot and can be hung from a board attached to the ceiling between joists. A wire looped over and run down to a bar that connects 2 "y" legs of wire (or an "H" to stand-offs) and a bar that connects the top ends could pull down and attach to the top of the rack - no loose ends, nice clean even pull down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold B Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 I plan on a raising /lowering rack was thinking of pullies with two wheels though so I could go from all for corners and eye bolts to add adjustibility for leveling. Similiar to La fish guys viedo but not so cluttered and more clean looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Talk to Brad (reefnjunkie) or Rick. If you send Rick a PM he might jump on here but haven't heard from him in quite awhile. He might have a build thread on his if you dig a bit, but it was pretty nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold B Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 ooo... thanks for the info I'll look around. I found a couple on RC but want to see as many designs as possible. That is truly some great lightrack making material IMO.Whats Ricks forum name ? or is it just Rick? Thankyou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 ooo... thanks for the info I'll look around. I found a couple on RC but want to see as many designs as possible. That is truly some great lightrack making material IMO.Whats Ricks forum name ? or is it just Rick? Thankyou Just Rick Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefnjunkie Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Mine that I built are nothing fancy, just the aluminum angle metal from HD held together with self tapping screws. I made the frame(s) to hold the heat sinks and can slide the sinks along the rails that they sit on. I picked up ratchet type pulleys from SWF that he in turn got from sunlight. So I can raise and lower as I need to. I saw Rick's set up it was a lot more involved with weights and pulleys so, he just "lifted" the canopy and the weights worked to hold it up. Sort of a cantilever system with weight at one end- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold B Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 Ahh ya i bet thats cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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