Comment on Are you looking for sketchy overhead storage you can roll up? Look no further (and don't stand under them)!

madnificent@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Thanks! The cable is supposedly rated to 350lbs BUT the worm drive awning box is rated to ??!¿Lbs. It held me + the shelf load and my tools as a “proof load”. I am looking into adding a spring loaded latch of some kind so it hooks in automatically but I don’t have that 100% figured out yet.

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  • mech@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    There are more points of failure there than the cable snapping.
    This needs some redundant safety if you expect to ever walk or stand under it.

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    • Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      No question there. I’m working out how to do a spring loaded pin or latch system.

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