Give us a Lift

[the showman 4,074]

As I advance into my mature years I'm finding it harder to pick-up engines and transmissions so i'm looking at making these things easier without spending any money.

I'm looking at making an engine hoist or gantry and was wondering the +s and -s are between them

[Alan 1,273]

Bit late now but you could have used John's digger as a hoist with the grubber fitted instead of the bucket.  Grubber would fit through the shed door and be easier to hook things onto.

[HeadExam 1,783]

Look for a hospital patient lift at auction.

[Stormin 4,458]

An engine hoist would normally be ideal, but you a tied for space. Gantry over your table lift would be best I think.

[meadowfield 1,900]

That's why I built a hoist, makes life a lot easier. Hoist was £30 off that auction site.

 

 

[Stormin 4,458]

Something like that would do. But Chris's workshop walls are not thick enough. Pillar mounted and bolted to the floor might do.

[the showman 4,074]

7 hours ago, Alan said:

Bit late now but you could have used John's digger as a hoist with the grubber fitted instead of the bucket.  Grubber would fit through the shed door and be easier to hook things onto.

I could have parked it on Pam's lawn and put the dipper arm through the window .

3 hours ago, HeadExam said:

Look for a hospital patient lift at auction.

Thats a good idea. 

36 minutes ago, meadowfield said:

That's why I built a hoist, makes life a lot easier. Hoist was £30 off that auction site.

 

 

I want something more manoeuvrable than that Mark

[Stormin 4,458]

39 minutes ago, meadowfield said:

That's why I built a hoist, makes life a lot easier. Hoist was £30 off that auction site.

 

 

 

I see the bottles of beer have gone.

[the showman 4,074]

Had a rummage through my boxes and found my tackles that ive collected over the years ( don't know why ) but here's some photos.

[Chris 642]

Showing off ya tackle Chris

[the showman 4,074]

Made some progress today with the hoist, found a box of caster wheels and luckily a set of 4 heavy duty ones, 2 with brakes.

The box section is thick wall and nice to weld, 4 plates were cut to mount the wheels and then welded to the box section then the uprights were added.

I going to weld a A frame at the bottom to give it more strength and make the top bar detachable so i can fold it up when not in use.

heres some photos of today's efforts 

[Cub Cadet 613]

Nice work! Going to be very useful. 

[Alan 1,273]

Saw some length's of box section like that at John's Chris.   You might have missed them.

[Stormin 4,458]

7 minutes ago, Alan said:

Saw some length's of box section like that at John's Chris.   You might have missed them.

 

Don't be silly!

[the showman 4,074]

Got the top bar made today, haven't put the strengthening braces on yet but made it so it slides on the uprights.

Only takes a minute to assemble it and couldn't resist trying it

[Cub Cadet 613]

Works a treat that Chris! 

[the showman 4,074]

3 minutes ago, Cub Cadet said:

Works a treat that Chris! 

Thanks mate, I'm really pleased with it, got some more to do yet but it's going to be handy.

[Stormin 4,458]

I like it and the way you've made the top bar.  I can see a nice little earner there.

 

BTW. Where did the caution sign come from? Very apt.

Just one observation. I'd fit gussets in the corners of the top bar. Add a bit of strength.

[the showman 4,074]

15 minutes ago, Stormin said:

I like it and the way you've made the top bar.  I can see a nice little earner there.

 

BTW. Where did the caution sign come from? Very apt.

Just one observation. I'd fit gussets in the corners of the top bar. Add a bit of strength.

The sign I found in a men's gadget shop in town and just had to buy it.

ive marked out the gussets but didn't have time to cut them, I also want to put an A frame on the legs at the bottom 

[nigel 1,876]

I like that a lot, two questions though, what was that winch originally used for, and how have you fixed it at the base ?

[Wristpin 400]

45 minutes ago, the showman said:

The sign I found in a men's gadget shop in town and just had to buy it.

ive marked out the gussets but didn't have time to cut them, I also want to put an A frame on the legs at the bottom 

 

A sort of male Anne Summers?

[the showman 4,074]

8 minutes ago, Wristpin said:

 

A sort of male Anne Summers?

The shohttps://www.menkind.co.uk/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4-7QyL_V1wIVwpPtCh0QVAbWEAAYASAAEgK2jPD_BwEp was called Menkind, 

12 minutes ago, nigel said:

I like that a lot, two questions though, what was that winch originally used for, and how have you fixed it at the base ?

I was told it was used for lifting bombs into aircraft, ???.

Its only hooked at the top and its all enclosed in the casing, has 2 speeds and a brake so you can stand where you want, its a real neat thing to use and you don't have chains or cables all hanging over stuff

[pmackellow 2,738]

Looks good Mr Showman, should save a lot of back ache !

 

Love that sign...

 

[Alan 1,273]

50 minutes ago, pmackellow said:

Looks good Mr Showman, should save a lot of back ache !

 

Love that sign...

 

Now he needs something to stop Pam giving him ear ache.

[expeatfarmer 591]

Nice job Chris you have st me thinking, I would be tempted to make a safety bar that would drop over the castor rails to eliminate any risk of the legs splaying outwards under load.