My Winch so far

bmr712 · Posted: Feb 01, 2009 3:55 pm Post subject: My Winch so far

I am in the process of building my winch and here is what it is going to look like. Wondering if anyone has any suggestions

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paulmc · Posted: Feb 01, 2009 7:41 pm Post subject:

whats the frame made of?

bmr712 · Posted: Feb 01, 2009 7:49 pm Post subject:

It is made of aluminum but it is a car cargo rack for the back of your car

-Supra- · Frontside 180 Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 356 City: Orlando

it looks good, but I would make it shorter. It looks like there will be lots of excess space on the frame

bmr712 · Posted: Feb 01, 2009 8:00 pm Post subject:

Yeah I can shorten it like 6 or so inches but I'm not shure if I'm guna hassel doing it. I just tried moking everything up today to see how it would look

paulmc · Posted: Feb 01, 2009 8:15 pm Post subject:

looks good, ally should be light but still strong enough, how you gonna mount your spool to the frame? the sides of the frame look a little thin for plumb block bearings.

bmr712 · Posted: Feb 01, 2009 8:18 pm Post subject:

I'm going to get some plates welded in the bottom and then attach them to that but I'm thinking either 1x2 or 2x2 the front setup is wood right now but it's going to be made out of aluminium to

paulmc · Posted: Feb 01, 2009 9:17 pm Post subject:

1 x2 would be okay, i guess just make sure its pretty thick too, since alot of the work and load bearing is done on the bearing mount points

bmr712 · Posted: Feb 01, 2009 9:19 pm Post subject:

Yeah I was going to make shure it was pretty thick since a lot of tension will be on it