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Re: Has anyone got a scissor lift ?

I also bought a second hand 4 poster the same brand as Stuart's. It was 3 phase but I just bought one of those Single/Three phase Variable Frequency Drive thingys off Ebay and it works a treat.

Location: Rokeby, Victoria, Australia

Re: Has anyone got a scissor lift ?

We have a four post lift that we got for free from a freindly garage who bought a bigger and stronger one. It is a KONI 1.5 Ton lift of 45 years old and works perfectly, it even survived the fire in the workshop. We made the runners a bit narrower to run on and off our A30/35 easier and by luck we did it right too for A7's and also the bigger cars we own.

Location: behind the dykes

Re: Has anyone got a scissor lift ?

For anyone following this thread I am now thinking of buying one of the readily available 2.8 t scissor lifts rather than a"narrowed" one and fitting side channels to run the cars straight on rather than to straddle a narrow one.
There are some brilliant lifts available from Bike-lifts Europe but they are about 4 times the price of a heavier lift.

Location: Channel Islands

Re: Has anyone got a scissor lift ?

There are quite a number of plans and examples of bike lifts to be found on line which are constructed using a trolly jack as the lifting ram. It would be easy to adapt and fabricate one of these to take an Austin 7, I have been meaning to build one for a while now but never seem to have the time.

Location: NZ

Re: Has anyone got a scissor lift ?

Ian,I want to be able to do is say work on the propshaft,or drain the gearbox which I think would be difficult using a motorcycle table based lift.
I've considered altering a machine mart motorcycle lift or two (Too wide),to get the gap in the middle. They are less than £400 here.

Location: Channel Islands