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longlast:
Well the build is on making a table lift for the bike, you could call this stage 1.
I've been looking at the lifts then thought hell I could make one so it begins. I did check first with my insurance first though I asked the Q,....."if I was to be working on my bike off the lift table and it fell off would I be covered" they put me on hold and came back with a yes I would.
I'll add more pic as it progresses, I'm not busting my chops on it
J.D.:
I like your idea. Looking forward to seeing progress. :2vrolijk_21:
Dan_Lockwood:
--- Quote from: longlast on April 07, 2019, 09:13:58 AM ---Well the build is on making a table lift for the bike, you could call this stage 1.
I've been looking at the lifts then thought hell I could make one so it begins. I did check first with my insurance first though I asked the Q,....."if I was to be working on my bike off the lift table and it fell off would I be covered" they put me on hold and came back with a yes I would.
I'll add more pic as it progresses, I'm not busting my chops on it
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I would add a cross plate at the point of the forward casters on the floor jack. The plate should be welded to the lower main frame of the lift assembly. This way you'll be lifting, or spreading between two points on the lift, not the floor and the lift. Without the cross plate you're really only then supporting the weight of the lift/bike on the jack lift pad and it could tip.
Just one more piece of 1/4"x6" full width will do it for you. Also on that same cross plate, weld a couple short pieces of 1" angle iron 1" long vertical and they will guide and locate the two from casters so you know you're in the right place to lift.
But depending on how you have your lift upper cross bar places, when your jack goes up, the jack pad will come back towards you, but the cross lift bar should also come back as you're lifting, so they may stay in sync. Check that out before you get too carried away.
Good luck with the project.
longlast:
--- Quote from: Dan_Lockwood on April 08, 2019, 04:59:41 PM ---I would add a cross plate at the point of the forward casters on the floor jack. The plate should be welded to the lower main frame of the lift assembly. This way you'll be lifting, or spreading between two points on the lift, not the floor and the lift. Without the cross plate you're really only then supporting the weight of the lift/bike on the jack lift pad and it could tip.
Just one more piece of 1/4"x6" full width will do it for you. Also on that same cross plate, weld a couple short pieces of 1" angle iron 1" long vertical and they will guide and locate the two from casters so you know you're in the right place to lift.
But depending on how you have your lift upper cross bar places, when your jack goes up, the jack pad will come back towards you, but the cross lift bar should also come back as you're lifting, so they may stay in sync. Check that out before you get too carried away.
Good luck with the project.
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Cheers for the input :2vrolijk_21:
I got what you mean, the peace laying in the middle is for just that. Angle will run off the cross box section that the casters of the jack will sit on and that will all be tied into the fram.
The lift bar is set into each lifting box section arm that is floating/ pivots as it raises then the bar will be inside a box section that will have flat plate welded to keep the Jack pad in place. This will help spread the lift load across the length of the lift bar.
I have had it working up and down with things just tacked into place as a test run "like you say " to check that things are in sync and to my surprise the Jack pad stayed in place on the cross box with out the bits of flat plate welded on after 4 times up and down.
Any input is welcome I'm just winging this as I go :)
longlast:
Couple more hours spent on the table lift today sorting out the lift legs positioning. :nervous: :drink:
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