Cunning required to avoid a heavy lift

**old_picker** · 27th November 2006, 02:55 PM

I need to lift a 47 kg benchtop disk / belt sander from the floor to the bench.
It is just me and I have a crook back. I wanted a good machine but they didn't tell me the gooder it is the heavier it is with lots more cast iron.

This is some god damn heavy machine if i dropped just the cast table on me foot it would bust me toes.

Does anybody have a cunning way of levitating this machine from floor to benchtop??

Oh and I cant swing a block n tackle off a beam as I dont have one in my 10 foot square zincalume garden shed. Also being a stubborn old coot I would like to achieve this feat with cunning instead of grunt if possible. I don't want to use teenage stepson as he will blab to swmbo about the new expensive looking addition to the workshop.

**Gra** · 27th November 2006, 03:08 PM

pick out larest one of step sons mates, pull him aside and say, I know what you did, and I wont tell anyone, if you move this machine......

He is bound to have done something wrong and his guilty consience will betray him... or is that saying more about me.???

**Scribbly Gum** · 27th November 2006, 03:46 PM

Hi Rayc,
One of our members, cunning Caliban has been using a motor trolley jack designed for lifting car motors, to move things around his workshop. From memory he got his from Supa Cheap Auto and he swears by it. I believe it also has a telescopic arm that might suit your purpose.
Send him a PM for details.
regards
SG

**Groggy** · 27th November 2006, 03:55 PM

Set up a 'see-saw' type arrangement (a tall one). Tie the sander to one end and put weight on the other until it is lifted.

Make sure the rope holding the sander is long enough that when you do raise it you have enough play to push it over to the bench.

**echnidna** · 27th November 2006, 03:58 PM

Hold a forum barby.
You might be lucky and get someone with a strong back and a weak mind

**DJ’s Timber** · 27th November 2006, 04:17 PM

Where abouts in Melbourne are you? Have a portable engine lifter

**scooter** · 27th November 2006, 04:24 PM

DJ is on the money, ray, where are you? Posting your suburb might get a few volunteers from nearby.

Cheers...............Sean

**arose62** · 27th November 2006, 05:04 PM

Use a saw to shorten the legs of the bench

Remove legs from benchtop, and place benchtop on ground.
Move/slide/whatever sander across onto benchtop.
Start loop:
Lever up one side of bench (acts as a 2nd order lever for sander).
Pack up lifted side of bench.
Move to other end of bench.
Go to "Start loop" - repeat until benchtop is high enough to reattach legs.

Cheers,
Andrew

**arose62** · 27th November 2006, 05:07 PM

Think like an Egyptian?

Build a ramp from floor to benchtop.
Use rollers under sander.

Plan C:
Hire one of those adjustable height work trolleys.

**old_picker** · 27th November 2006, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by arose62

Think like an Egyptian?

Build a ramp from floor to benchtop.
Use rollers under sander.
Plan C:
Hire one of those adjustable height work trolleys.

ahah! yes!! Eureka!!
With the added refinement of a piece of rope tied to machine and looped back to the bench, then back to me at control central I could kinda nudge and pull on the rope and keep adding rollers to the front... mmmm just might work. In fact thinking a little further the rollers may make it more complicated. Thinks 47 kg cast iron machine slipping and sliding around off the rollers and ramp onto me toes.

**old_picker** · 27th November 2006, 07:36 PM

Ramp worked its in the hole!!!
1st foot was a bit of a grunt but after that easy until i nothiced the 4" nail stickin up out of one of the ramps. Just gave it a little lift over it front and back and it was up there.

Trouble is I measured width but not hieght and it is blocking the outffed side of he TS. I think I have figured that out and another 1/2 hour of grunting and all will be well.

I havea 10x10 workspace with 2m bench, bench mount TS, 14" BS, router table [ts wings], floor drill press, small dusty, and now the sander. Quite a challege to get it all in andhave room to work + space for hand held tools, pile of wood, hardware tins of fiinish etc etc etc.

No room for a mess though and i guess that is the reward....

Thanks for the advice.....
Now to see if the teenager can figure out how a stupid weak old man like me could lift that heavy lil sucker from the floor to the bench top.

RAOFLMAO!!!

**lesmeyer** · 27th November 2006, 11:35 PM

In fact,
look at this on you-tube and see how extremely heavy items are lifted and put in place. This is amazing.

Les

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRRDzFROMx0

**old_picker** · 28th November 2006, 12:01 AM

With all those fancy fandangles driven by egines around we forgot so much.
Just turn on the motor instead of turning on the brain.

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