Thanks so much for the reply and hopefully I can explain this better.
This Line Winch is essentially what I'm talking about, except with 4 drums and 40' length.
http://www.thern.com/products.php?loc=entertainment
The beam is on a horizontal plane, as are the drums. One cable comes...
I have a winch to build. This winch has 5 drums spaced equally over a 40' length. They are connected by a common shaft of 2" solid bar. In the center of the shaft/drum assembly is a gear motor turning the shaft.
Attached to the wire rope coming down from the 8" dia. grooved drums is a 40'...
Hi: New to this forum and have a quick question. Hope I'm posting in the right area.
First of all, I'm not an engineer, nor do I pretend to be one but I'm having to settle an argument between two people who think they are.
There is a ten foot diameter turntable constructed of a 2" steel...