Continuing on with the crane work today. its a case of design, draw, build, test. reject ! design, draw, build, test. reject ! Ok, so its a bit of trial and error at this particular stage, as im trying to get the boom to elevate now. Ive got the rotation worked out now, as per the video clip in previous post.
I have decided against having a working winch, as there is too high a risk of the cable cord getting sliced due to rotation movement of the main base unit, so boom will have a fixed lenght winch cable setup, so it will simply raise the boom to a preset height, lifting its, er "cargo" clear of the deck and then swing over the side...................... and back again of course !
Sorry, but no pictures yet, not untill section complete and fully operational, afterall, if i show pics now, then change design, its a waste of a post and spoils things.............
"watch this space " as they say.