Pitsco Education Boom-I-Lever Adapter User manual

Boomilever Adapter User Guide 57760 V0511
Boomilever
Adapter
User Guide

Boomilever Adapter User Guide 57760 V0511
Materials Included
• Boom-I-Leververticaltestwall
• Mountinghardware
• 2supportbrackets
Items Required (not included)
• Phillipsscrewdriver
• 11/32"nutdriver
• Drillwith3/16"drillbit
Installing the Boom-I-Lever
If the structure tester has predrilled holes to install
the Boom-I-Lever:
1. Usescrewstoattachthe
shortsideofthesupport
bracketstothepredrilled
holesintheBoom-I-Lever
verticaltestwall(Figure1).
2. Placethetestwallupright
onthestructuretester
andaligntheholesin
thelongsideofthe
supportbracketswiththe
predrilledholesinthe
structuretestertabletop.
Attachthetestwalltothe
structuretestertabletop
withscrews.
If the structure tester does not have predrilled holes to install
the Boom-I-Lever:
Thetestwallshouldbemountedononeofthetwosidesthathave
predrilledholesforthealuminumbridgespanblocks.Thetablelegson
thesetwosidesareclosertogether,sothetableislesslikelytotipover
whenweightisplacedoneitheroftheseends.
Itisrecommendedthatthetestwallbepositioned5-1/2"fromthe
edgeofthetabletop.ThisallowstheBoom-I-Levertobeusedwith
cantilevers40centimetersormoreinlength.
Test Wall
Support Brackets
Figure 1

Boomilever Adapter User Guide 57760 V0511
1. Usescrewstoattachtheshortsideofthesupportbracketstothe
predrilledholesintheBoom-I-Leververticaltestwall(Figure1).
2. Drawalineacrossthestructuretestertabletop5-1/2"fromtheedge
youhaveselectedformountingtheBoom-I-Levertestwall.
3. Centerthetestwall
onthelinesothatthe
supportbracketsface
theholeinthemiddle
ofthestructuretester
tabletop(Figure2).
4.Marktheposition
oftheholesinthe
supportbrackets.
Removethetestwall,
anddrilltheholes.
5. Replacethetestwall
andusescrewsto
attachthesupport
bracketstothe
structuretester
tabletop.
Nowthatyouareready,usetheBoomileverasshownbelow.
Illustration of the Boom-I-Lever Adapter being
used to test a cantilever.
5-1/2"
Figure 2

Boomilever Adapter User Guide 57760 V0511
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