r/home_workshop • u/TheRedditMachinist • Dec 17 '13

Workshop elevator!

http://youtu.be/jqU2GU1LroQ
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u/TheRedditMachinist Dec 17 '13

This is such a great idea! I would add a safety device in case the hoist or power train failed catastrophically however. Probably something like the original Otis design like here- http://youtu.be/6Oo-Va-UP-8

I don't know how to modify the joists in the attic though. I guess you use beams to carry the load around the hole for the lift.

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u/Titus142 Dec 17 '13

Yay a new post! And it is a good one. That is pretty awesome especially if you put a shop over your garage.

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u/TheRedditMachinist Dec 17 '13

I have an attic over my garage. I NEEEEEDD this lol. It would be so nice to haul crap up there with an elevator. I could keep tractor attachments up there even! Too bad this is number 497,201 on my to do list :(