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The old decor was 1960s corporate standard issue. All painted steel; seafoam blue and DOD grey. Got a new sit / stand desk to try and take some stress off my lumbar spine, a new side table for the printers and laptop, and some decent lighting for a change.
A buddy has put hydraulic lifts in his garage floor. He'll be painting the floor and remodeling everything. When the lift s not being used there are no posts in the way!
I see you are also one of those people who secretly wants others to refer to your office as "Mission control".
Hehe.
It's not all that excessive. The small PC monitor on the left is a computestick showing me status from both transmitters. Two normal monitors on my desk, and then TVs on the wall for all of our stations. Actually, I need to add a sixth TV now that TBD Network is on the air...
Originally Posted by sixshooter
A buddy has put hydraulic lifts in his garage floor. He'll be painting the floor and remodeling everything. When the lift s not being used there are no posts in the way!
That's the way to do it right there. Nice. Are the hoses in conduit, or did he bury them in the concrete?
That's the way to do it right there. Nice. Are the hoses in conduit, or did he bury them in the concrete?
4in conduit within the concrete. You can see the trench he cut to the left in the elevated picture. The power unit and control panel is over by the wall. He's also got an air line run through the conduit so an air hose can be connected at the base of the lift. He says it is to keep from tripping over hoses but whatever hose he plugs into it will just be laying on the floor anyway. I didn't have the heart to tell him right then.
Taking this machine in on trade if anyone is interested. Runs well and only $125k.
The same guy owns this monstrosity (complete with a Procharger) which wouldn't be able to drive onto a lift that sits above floor level.
Not a fan, but to each his own.
I first saw those buried scissor lifts a few years ago when we were all debating about 2 post vs 4 post. Fell in love, and will definitely be doing that if I ever own a home with a garage.
In other news, I love working in a place where, when someone leaves a couple of 12 packs of beer in the studio behind the wireless rack, nobody objects except to question their taste in beer.
I'd have a hard time ever re-adjusting to a normal / office corporate gig. It was one of the things that drove me out of NC. Where else do you get to do this pretty much every single day?
Tipping my virtual hat to some of the hardest-working stagehands in television.
These particular lifts seem to be very, very heavy. The thicknesses of the lifting pads are surprising. The arms are solid rather than fabricated tubes. He claims they are near 1k lbs apeice with the cylinders and they are rated for 7k vehicles.
The big problem with scissor lifts from my perspective is that you can't park another car underneath it.
Spent the weekend using my lift to do clutch & flywheel on the FD.
--Ian
I agree with it being nice to keep extra cars underneath. But a four post means you have to have a jack on your jack to do suspension work. I see you have them.
I would like a two post lift. And I do know they are famous for denting doors and occasionally dropping Lotus Elise cars on the floor.
I agree with it being nice to keep extra cars underneath. But a four post means you have to have a jack on your jack to do suspension work. I see you have them.
I would like a two post lift. And I do know they are famous for denting doors and occasionally dropping Lotus Elise cars on the floor.
I have them, yes. I'm actually doing transmission work in that photo (swapping clutch & flywheel), the car is on jackstands on the lift so that I can use one of the roller jacks to support the nose of the diff (FD has a PPF like a Miata, but you're not supposed to dangle the diff by just the diff mounts) and the other one as a transmission jack.
The main reason I don't have a 2-post is that they're 2-4 feet wider than 4-posts, so you can't really fit one in a standard 20x20 garage and still have enough room to park another car next to it. A 2-post would also have required substantial concrete work, and they're less stable if you live in earthquake country.
Based on your ceiling height, what type of car will even fit under an occupied hoist?
Ceiling height is 10 feet, the Miata & the FD stack nicely. The tape measure says the Audi will fit underneath, although it's pretty marginal and I've never tried it.
I've heard the whole "but I can park another car under the first car" justification many times. And who knows, maybe for some people this is a major factor. For me, permanently assigning the lift the role of "parking aid" kinda defeats its primary purpose, which is as a shop tool. Can't see the appeal in owning so many cars that I don't have enough area to park them without compromising my work space.
Also, ask a German person to pronounce the word squirrel. You're welcome.
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