Weekend tinplate photos/videos 6/16/17!

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Picked up a rusty Marx light tower and one of their newer derricks with a rusty roof. A little paint and then combined to two into a tall gantry crane. This is my second one. My first one used the earlier crane unit and needed no painting..

Steve

Hey Steve. I have the components to make one of these. Does the crane rotate on the marx base or is it  stationary ? 

Chris Lonero posted:

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Picked up a rusty Marx light tower and one of their newer derricks with a rusty roof. A little paint and then combined to two into a tall gantry crane. This is my second one. My first one used the earlier crane unit and needed no painting..

Steve

Hey Steve. I have the components to make one of these. Does the crane rotate on the marx base or is it  stationary ? 

Chris

I use some spacers to get the crane just over the tower railings and then a single screw with a nut and washers where the original eyelet was. This allows it to be rotated manually.

Steve

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Picked up a rusty Marx light tower and one of their newer derricks with a rusty roof. A little paint and then combined to two into a tall gantry crane. This is my second one. My first one used the earlier crane unit and needed no painting..

Steve

great idea Steve