Went on a roadtrip yesterday to see the ‘superstore’ of a shed manufacturer. Disappointing – they do not make anything but very standard sheds, and best they could do was design one that involved putting two of their normal sheds together, that would result in a post right in the middle of the largest working area. Disappointing too – despite the simplicity of 2 basic sheds, it was in the same ballpark as the one in the earlier post (and that is with a 20% discount this company is currently offering!)
As a distraction, I dropped into Hare & Forbes which was just around the corner.
A massive collection of machines – very impressive. Woodwork & metalwork machines. Some awesome industry-sized machines. Drool.
Found one thing that I am very keen to have in the shed. I was looking at how to fit in an I beam for a chain hoist, but that doesn’t have a lot of versatility (being linear only). This stand can lift and move along an I beam, and is wheeled to boot, so you can position the hoist where you need it. It looks awesome, and a real back-saver.
I have the chain hoist already, so along with this mobile rail, I only need the carriage. Would be great if I had one of the MLAY 1000×3 from MagSwitch – that would really cap the whole combination off!
Don’t even know if these are in Australia! Very cool though – imagine swinging my tablesaw around the workshop!
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