Panel lifter?

**greenie512** · 16th April 2006, 05:01 PM

I’ve had this plan for a sheet panel lifter for a while and a few weekends ago I built some office work stations for my sister-in-law so while I had the gear out I built this.
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My saw horse table was higher than the original design so I increased the radius of the curve accordingly and also made it wider. Pic’s of the first test – just a half sheet of MDF. I didn’t want it collapsing on me with a full sheet of 18mm thick stuff. Actually a bit of weight make it a lot firmer.
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Increasing the dims has made it a bit bigger than expected but it’ll save my back when shifting sheets around.

**Wood Butcher** · 16th April 2006, 05:50 PM

Fantastic Idea Greenie!!
Greenie for the Greenie

**Auld Bassoon** · 16th April 2006, 08:29 PM

Very nifty idea Greenie - I think that an idea like that befits your tag - so one coming

**Harry72** · 16th April 2006, 10:59 PM

Better change your name to Wallace like your avatar.
Looks very helpful, if you could make the support leg so it folded/hinged off the frame...

**Peter36** · 16th April 2006, 11:08 PM

Good idea Greenie . I still manage to get sheets onto my saw by hand but the buggers way about 100Kg now wheras 10 years ago they only weighed about 35Kg . I might pinch your idea if you don't mind

**graemet** · 16th April 2006, 11:15 PM

I knew there had to be a better way than anything I've ever tried, particularly with an 8x4 sheet of 15mm MDF. Worth a greenie!
Cheers
Graeme

**namtrak** · 17th April 2006, 12:37 PM

That is a great jig. Why not fix a swinging leg to either end which drops down once you have the panel horizontal, then your panel lifter could be your saw horse.

I see uses for doors, tabletops, benches all sorts of cumbersome things

Great idea

**greenie512** · 17th April 2006, 01:18 PM

Guys’ yep it’d be really useful to have drop down/hinge legs and it is a bit inconvenient popping in the tube prop.

I was about to say that’d make folding the lifter flat a bit awkward but if you raised the folding side flaps off the front with offset battens and adjusted the depth of the top locking bar; that’d be okay. It’d just make the rig a bit deeper when folded up.
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Who wants to build version 2.

**greenie512** · 17th April 2006, 03:37 PM

A second thought ... the folding side panels could be moved in slightly and the legs could sit on the outside. This wouldn't effect the folded depth of the lifter.

**Buzzer** · 17th April 2006, 06:45 PM

Simple, yet very effective, just what I like to see. The little wheels are a top idea.

**namtrak** · 17th April 2006, 07:11 PM

Originally Posted by greenie512

A second thought ... the folding side panels could be moved in slightly and the legs could sit on the outside. This wouldn't effect the folded depth of the lifter.

That's what I was thinking, they could of drop down as the panel is rolled up

**knucklehead** · 17th April 2006, 07:50 PM

I like this idea a lot.
I'm thinking that a panel could be wheeled to the table saw with it in the vertical position. Lifted on to the table saw and then be used as an out feed for the cut product.

Very versatile

**Wongo** · 17th April 2006, 10:57 PM

Good idea mate

**Hickory** · 18th April 2006, 02:44 AM

Great idea. First thought that came to mind: "Is it the same height as the Table Saw?" Sure would make ripping a full sheet a lot easier.

I could see putting rollers on the top so the sheet would slide off onto the TS with ease. Casters would make it easy to move around the shop from the storage to the work area.

Thanks for the posting, I will store this in my "Someday I'll make" file...

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