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I ran across some photos of a project that I did a couple of years ago, but never posted. It was just a utilitarian project, but the workpieces look sort of interesting.

Anyone care to guess what it is? I'll post a progress pic per day, until someone ID's it.
EDIT: I meant to post this under General Woodworking. But I guess it'll stay here now.

The next pic shows it fully assembled, but not yet installed. The trapezoidal pieces are each attached with two 1/4-20 hex bolts and 10 mm cross dowels.

Today’s pic shows the thing mounted in place. Any guesses yet?

Is it an electrical extension cord or compressed air hose reel mount?

Whatever it is, the workmanship and quality of materials is impressive for what you say is a utilitarian item!

br549 wrote:Is it an electrical extension cord or compressed air hose reel mount?

Whatever it is, the workmanship and quality of materials is impressive for what you say is a utilitarian item!

You're warm .. it is indeed a mount, but not for either of those items.

The material is a red-oak board from a batch that I got on Craigslist really cheap. As for the workmanship, I use this sort of project to practice my technique for things that actually need good technique.

BuckeyeDennis wrote:

br549 wrote:Is it an electrical extension cord or compressed air hose reel mount?

Whatever it is, the workmanship and quality of materials is impressive for what you say is a utilitarian item!

You're warm .. it is indeed a mount, but not for either of those items.

The material is a red-oak board from a batch that I got on Craigslist really cheap. As for the workmanship, I use this sort of project to practice my technique for things that actually need good technique.

I do exactly the same thing.

Hoist/pulley mount?

JPG wrote:Hoist/pulley mount?

DING, DING, DING -- We have a winner!
The hoist is centered over a large hatch that I constructed for access to my garage attic. Much better than lugging heavy stuff up a ladder! 200 lb. radial arm saw -- no problem.

And just so that this sorta make sense in the Maintenance and Repair forum, here's a pic of when I used it to lift my cabinet saw. Even with the table removed, it weighs around 500 lb. I used the hoist to lift and set it on the convertible dolly, for the trip to my workshop at the opposite end of the house.

Very impressive! Was there a reason why you chose KD fittings for mounting the horizontal part to the verticals? From the picture, I think it looks like KD fittings. I am not trying to nitpick here and I don't know the holding strength of KD versus other means of attachment. Just curious...one thought I had was potentially to run a couple of threaded rods horizontally to mate the two up, but this could be overkill.

RFGuy wrote:Very impressive! Was there a reason why you chose KD fittings for mounting the horizontal part to the verticals? From the picture, I think it looks like KD fittings. I am not trying to nitpick here and I don't know the holding strength of KD versus other means of attachment. Just curious...one thought I had was potentially to run a couple of threaded rods horizontally to mate the two up, but this could be overkill.

I think you are referring to the barrel nuts(cross dowels) as KD fittings.

They provide far greater strength resisting the vertical pieces pulling loose from the horizontal base.

Good choice IMO. Actually quite necessary!!!!