First post as a new member here. I've been blown away of the SPOOM culture in my little bit of time here.
I'm looking for some help to find some information on a crane and associated bails for a 36" grist mill.
In the last few years I learned about my family having a grist mill in our family and have been working to learn more about it as well as determine how I can restore it and begin using it again.
After doing some research and visiting John at Falls Mill, I believe I have all the working parts of this mill, but do not have the crane and bails to lift the runner stone.
Does anyone know if there is someone who makes and sales some of the crane equipment? If not, I'd like to know if there is anyone who knows the dimensions of any of this equipment for a 36" stone. I believe if I could get the bail dimensions, then I could build a crane that would support moving the stone.
I'd also be open to ideas from this group on successful alternate methods of moving and rolling the stone over to allow for moving and milling.