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Cool. What is the background texture? Very nice...
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Thanks Mark I used a .75" ballnose bit and the random texturing feature in Aspire. You can set it to vary the cut depth, cut length. overlap, and angle of the cuts. You can also import or make your own textures.
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I rented it, Dale. It was $155 for a half day. The last one I used was a gas-burner but this one is electric which makes it nice and quiet. It even has a GFCI outlet in the bucket which makes plugging in my hammerdrill hassle-free. The controls aren't quite as smooth as the gas-burner I used but I was only up about 16' or so and the jerking/recoil wasn't too bad.
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This one is super smooth. You can slightly pull one of the control levers and the thing creeps super slow with no jerking. That makes swinging way out to one side nice for a guy who is really scared of heights, such as myself.
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I was just curious, Wayne, about the ease and/or reliability of these little booms. I don't have a lot of need for one, anymore; but the concept of having one that's compact and portable enough to tow behind your work truck, is quite neat.
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Both were easy to operate and put me exactly where I needed to be, The blue machine was two-handed operation for safety so I needed an extra pair to carry the sign up to hang it after the French cleat was installed. My son and I were able to work together in the buckets of both machines since the weight limits are 500# You can tell you're pulling a load when towing. The blue one actually pulled much better than the yellow one, which wanted to sway a little.
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quote:Originally posted by Dale Feicke: I was just curious, Wayne, about the ease and/or reliability of these little booms. I don't have a lot of need for one, anymore; but the concept of having one that's compact and portable enough to tow behind your work truck, is quite neat.
If I may, I have rented a lift like that from my local equipment rental. They have (2) different sizes...a 35' and a 65'. I always try to rent on Saturday, because I can keep it till Monday at no extra cost. The 35' runs me $185, and the 65' runs $315. As far as the lifts, the 35' is a rickety sloppy mess. The bigger one is a little more stable. I suppose because the average homeowner is the one that rents it, and they abuse it, so when I am in it, I always feel like I need a third hand (or a prehensile tail) to hang on.
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Yes, I kept one over the weekend too. The blue one (Genie) goes to 40'. It isn't rickety, but the motion control is not smooth or "zero G": ou push a button and it moves instantly, causing jerk and recoil. With the yellow one, it was a little rickety but the control levers were infinitely variable speed. You could be at maximum height, pull one of the levers ever so slightly and it would creep like a snail.
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Those things look kinda neat for the job....but you won't find this old fart using one!!!
"shaky" and "jerky" and a bit "wobbly" at 30-40' wouldn't make me feel very secure!!!
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I use similar booms regularly. I've used large ones that have allowed me reach in 20ft over a protruding building. They can be a bit jittery but I find after a little time, confidence grows in working in them. I too only rent when necessary as they are a costly tool
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