Hello Listers
Many of you have cranes in the closet and I have a regular Kessler Crane. For the most part, it is a very decent middle of the road unit. I suspect many other crane owners will have the same gripe; once weight balanced, there is no additional dampening on movement. In this case, I am thinking in the vertical component. It seem like no matter what I do or how carefully done, at the end of a vertical movement, there is a little crane movement at he end. A little bump it is. Although not huge, it certainly takes away from the esthetics of an otherwise well executed crane maneuver. Besides it just makes me crazy. On the Kessler, there is a so called vertical brake which is a slotted flatbar with a couple of friction washers and knob to tighten down. Tension can be applied with this, but it just doesn't get that last little bump out of the end of any maneuver. And the longer the tip (crane extension), the more exaggerated this becomes.
Question: Have you seen any crane improvements for dampening in the vertical direction? I am imaging something like a small gas strut shock absorber. I'm certain there would be a monkey factor to get this right; get enough dampening, but not to much. Any other ideas would be appreciated.
TIA
Grant
Many of you have cranes in the closet and I have a regular Kessler Crane. For the most part, it is a very decent middle of the road unit. I suspect many other crane owners will have the same gripe; once weight balanced, there is no additional dampening on movement. In this case, I am thinking in the vertical component. It seem like no matter what I do or how carefully done, at the end of a vertical movement, there is a little crane movement at he end. A little bump it is. Although not huge, it certainly takes away from the esthetics of an otherwise well executed crane maneuver. Besides it just makes me crazy. On the Kessler, there is a so called vertical brake which is a slotted flatbar with a couple of friction washers and knob to tighten down. Tension can be applied with this, but it just doesn't get that last little bump out of the end of any maneuver. And the longer the tip (crane extension), the more exaggerated this becomes.
Question: Have you seen any crane improvements for dampening in the vertical direction? I am imaging something like a small gas strut shock absorber. I'm certain there would be a monkey factor to get this right; get enough dampening, but not to much. Any other ideas would be appreciated.
TIA
Grant