[FC] Service Lifts for a home shop

[N2VZD at aol.com]

there are hoist options on the harbor freight site...jack i have , i can  
not find right now. i am not at home with all of my photos available until  
monday. mine is NOT a lift , but a heavy duty air powered end lift JACK, 
which  can be also used as a table to lift motors from the floor to the bench.
remember i work alone most of my life!
regards, Tim Colson
more soon.
 
 
In a message dated 10/21/2011 1:37:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ronh at owt.com writes:

The low  rise model for $200 less is probably plenty for most residential  
garages.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vairtec  Corporation" <Vairtec at optonline.net>
To:  <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 8:30  AM
Subject: Re: [FC] Service Lifts for a home shop


> Tim  Colson wrote:
>> I looked into hoists when i built the new shop.  there was one at the
>> nationals i should have purchased. it lifted  from the side , had the 
pump
>> (110volt plug in the wall) as a cart  separate. it looked very stable 
and 
>> portable.
>
>  From this description I cannot be certain, but it sounds very similar
>  to a lift that I intend to get, because I had one for a short while  and
> loved it.
>
> A friend in my local Corvair club had  one, and during a household move
> he needed a place to keep it while  they got settled in to the new home.
> The place he kept it was my  garage.  He's lucky that I gave it back!
>
> It can be seen  here:
>
>  
http://www.gregsmithequipment.com/Atlas-TD6MR-Portable-Scissor-Lift-p/attd-6mr.htm
>
>  For Corvair use, it has only one disadvantage that I can see:  If  your
> car is lowered, it may not clear the lift when driving into or  out of
> the garage/shop.  For my friend's lift, this issue was  solved by placing
> wooden runners on either side of the lift.  For  stock Corvair 95
> vehicles this is not an issue.
>
> Also,  while it operated on 110v, make sure you have an adequate circuit,
> as  it does consume a fair amount of power when being raised.
>
>  While technically it is portable, figure on keeping it right where you
>  use it, as it is heavy!  It took two of us, working like the  ancient
> Egyptians building the pyramids, using levers and fulcrums, to  load this
> lift into a trailer for transport.
>
> It's an  excellent unit at a very favorable price, and its design is
>  well-suited to Corvair work in a home garage.
>
> --Bob  Marlow
>
>
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