Located at Penitentiary
Glen
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When I got to Daves' place he was already working on the hydraulic drive rotating the end bell of the cyclinder to match the mounting he made. I helped Dave with the drilling of the 1" x 3" x 13'-0" lg. tube we are using for the rails for the car lift. |
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We started by driving the steel spacer rods through the two pieces we drilled to form a "ladder". When we were sure that the rods were flush with the outside of the tube Dave welded the one side in place. |
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Using wood spacers to keep the top tube from sliding down the rods, Dave proceeded with the welding. We then rotated the frame 180 degrees and clamped several blocks to keep it true between the frame where we had to extend the one tube by a two foot piece. |
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Dave then welded the rod ends on this end after doing the butt joint of the tube for the extention on one side. Our rails are 13 feet long and the stock comes in 24 foot sections, that is why we had to weld on extentions to this set of tube rails. |
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A view of the progress of the lift up to today. The verticals are all welded in place and the sheet metal box to weather proof the hydraulic hoist mechanism is still clamped and tack welded in place. |
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The end of the frame where the carriage wheels will be mounted. We have a bearing problem for the cable pulleys which have a larger bore for the axle shaft than what was called out in the catalog by 30 thousands. One will be mounted inside the end of this tube with the cable coming out of the hole in the top of the tube. |
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The formed box that will house the hydraulic pump and cyclinder with the mounted pulleys on its frame. A view looking down through the end of the box assembly which will be eventually closed up with sheet metal. |
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