During a recent trip to Mexico, I bought a pot that I
would like to hang in my front window. The problem is
that the pot is heavier than I thought it would be when I
was negotiating with the vendor. I haven't weighed it,
but I make it out to be about 25 pounds. Add the weight
of the plant, the water, the mix, etc, and it gets pretty
heavy.

So, I've been thinking. What if I distribute the weight?

I could hang it off a hook and anchor it to the window
sill. By my logic, half the weight would go to one place,
the other half would go to the other place.

Am I wrong?

I also don't know whether it makes any difference how high
the anchor is. I used to know these rules, but I have
forgotten them.

--
Harry

(The Other Harry) wrote:

During a recent trip to Mexico, I bought a pot that I
would like to hang in my front window. The problem is
that the pot is heavier than I thought it would be when I
was negotiating with the vendor. I haven't weighed it,
but I make it out to be about 25 pounds. Add the weight
of the plant, the water, the mix, etc, and it gets pretty
heavy.

So, I've been thinking. What if I distribute the weight?
-snip-

The block & tackle plan would be interesting as a conversation piece,
but I'm betting you can put a 1/4 inch stainless eye bolt in a joist
& be rated for 4-500 pounds with no danger of someone unhooking 1/2 of
your contraption & being hit on the head with pottery.

Jim

[On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:08:49 GMT, Jim Elbrecht
wrote:]

The block & tackle plan would be interesting as a conversation piece,
but I'm betting you can put a 1/4 inch stainless eye bolt in a joist
& be rated for 4-500 pounds with no danger of someone unhooking 1/2 of
your contraption & being hit on the head with pottery.

That's probably what I'll do in real life.

--
Harry

Well I misread that whole thread!

The original post said "I could hang it off a hook and fasten it to the
window sill".

Which I took to mean; "I could hang IT off a hook 'AND' also fasten IT to
the window sill". 'IT' being the pot? Right?

So, some of the weight would be hanging from the hook and some of the
weight, IT (the pot), being fastened to the window sill, would be taken by
the window sill!

So I started thinking about the diameter and weight of the pot and the
leverage due gravity on a cleat fastened sideways to the window sill....!
But;

It wasn't that complicated at all! Although the thought of a multi pound pot
swinging up against the window sill on a windy night?

Visions of someone out there in their pajamas trying to unhook that pot in
the pouring rain .................! Maybe an anchor or two, laterally would
be a good idea?

BTW 'pot' did refer to the container not the contents? :-)

Let me confuse you further. You want half the weight on the window sill, and
half on the rope?

How about if the rope is too long? Then all the weight is on the window (and
the rope is loose and droopy). How abut if the rope is too short? Then all
the weight is hanging, and the pot is up off the window sill.

I think you better think it out again.

--

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"The Other Harry" wrote in message
...
During a recent trip to Mexico, I bought a pot that I
would like to hang in my front window. The problem is
that the pot is heavier than I thought it would be when I
was negotiating with the vendor. I haven't weighed it,
but I make it out to be about 25 pounds. Add the weight
of the plant, the water, the mix, etc, and it gets pretty
heavy.

So, I've been thinking. What if I distribute the weight?

I could hang it off a hook and anchor it to the window
sill. By my logic, half the weight would go to one place,
the other half would go to the other place.

Am I wrong?

I also don't know whether it makes any difference how high
the anchor is. I used to know these rules, but I have
forgotten them.

--
Harry