found a hoist with wireless remote and 1130lb capacity. Replaced the over travel switch in the hoist. Ran a wire from the original switch to a micro switch that activates relative to the height of the hoist platform. 3d printed a bracket to hold the micro switch.
It's giveaway time! Check the description on this video for a cable hoist giveaway! Be sure to like and comment on this video, and subscribe to the channel, for your changes to win an 880lb cable hoist! See description for more more details!
I would have this installed to make things easier for my husband, who has 2 fully torn, & 1 partially torn, rotator cuff tendons... The drs arent recommending surgery because it would require a full replacement, which typically fails in 10 years & couldn't be repaired again. He's only 49 & doesnt want to lose the use of his arm at 60, so he is working through the pain for as long as he can. His plan is for at least 15 more years. Even with this injury, he still gives 150% in his job as a firefighter, so I want to make things as easy as I can for him at home...
Wow, buying a new home and the stairs to the basement storm room are too steep and treads too short. My 94 year old mother will not be able to navigate them. This lift style will allow easy access to the storm room and basement workshop. Thanks for a great set of videos. I'll be doing bike renovations soon as I'm now retired. I have a 1968 Honda Cub 50, domestic model from Japan. Looking forward to reviewing the Air bag lift!
That's awesome Ken, just keep in mind that my lift isn't really meant to be a people mover, so there are safety precautions that I am not taking with my system that would be a must for someone who intends on using it for people on a regular basis! '68 cub sounds like a pretty awesome project! I'm trying to finish up getting a table refinished so I can reclaim my garage and get back to work on my '81!
Can mount that remote to the top of the red frame and put bungee cords in about 4 places along the cable to retract it as the floor moves up. And put a bead on that cable so at the top of its travel it trips the motor to turn off when you reach the second floor.
Whenever I splice 2 and 3 wires together I offset the solder/shrinkwrap connections so that they don't all line up and make one big dual or triple splice connection.....less chance of the splices ever making contact also.
If I won the contest, I'd use the hoist to install a lift in my garage for easier storage in my attic and to store bigger items safer as my pull down ladder isn't the best or safest option for my tasks.
@@blastworks always got lots of DIY plans! Appreciate your videos on your install! Curious, on your opinion. The way my attic is set up It would be easier for me to install this shorter on the wall width, but longer away from the wall. Do you think that the increased length would put too much weight away from the wall, or would the chains provide pretty good support?
@@DylanGuitar95 I think it would be too far away from the wall if you are using unistrut channels and trolleys. The amount of torque would very likely pull the top trolleys out of the channel with not much weight on them as the moment of inertia about the bottom corner of the lift platform would be more than enough to cause the top trolleys to exceed the accepted limits of force on the channel. which I believe is only 40 - 50lbs of outward force. This is why, even on my lift, I always load things tight to the back of the platform such that there is as little torque on the lift platform as possible! You could also look into some other form of rail/trolley system that could handle those loads.
Your video inspired me to make a lift. Believe it or not I have been working on my barn for 20 years. Work and life has been first as it should be. Now that I’m retired I am finally finishing my barn into a car shop. Only thing left to do is the hoist to complete the lift. Thank for the information on this video.
@@blastworks big enough to make some room.. some my stuff.. mostly the boss' decorations...and through in a table saw or router table. Saw your 1st vid for idea... thank you..
Love the video. I am trying to get stuff together to make a lift for 2 people to stand. I have a disabled sister that comes over, a son born with walking problems, and well I am thinking this would help everyone out. I just have to go up about 4 ft. But has to be build good and sturdy so I don’t shoot them though the roof. Lol thanks for all you advise. Gave me hope I can do this and save a lot of money but still be very safe.
Hey Dale! One thing I'd recommend is some form of safety catch if your intent is to move people with it. I don't mind so much as it is just myself or something like my snowblower. If I were using it to move people on a regular basis, I would have a very robust safety system in place. Good luck in the draw!
Installed a new floor in my 'Mancave' and thanks to you guys and the ideas you have came up with, instead of putting in a new loft ladder, i've future proofed the cave and created a new attic lift, ready for old age!!!!!! Brilliant video footage that has guided me in the decision to create my own lift. Keep up the great work. And 'Hi' from the UK!!!!!
I'm in the design process of building a hoist elevator so that my wife who can't walk very well. She uses a walker to get around and can hardly walk the stairs. Your giveaway hoist I can really use. Thanks, Harry vanSoolen
I am starting a small garage/workshop build for myself. After watching your video on your attic elevator, I believe that that would be the perfect solution for gaining access to the attic area without having to take up space with stairs or ladders. If I am lucky enough to win your former hoist, I am certain that is what it’s intended purpose will be.
I would love this for my bee barn. I have the need to make a lift so I can store all my bee boxes in the winter in the attic of the barn. I am getting older, and lifting them is getting to be difficult. You do a great job of explaining how you made your current lift on the prior video, and I really like that you don't blast crazy music or have a long self-serving intro, but get right into the details of the video. Good job!
wrap a chain, or a towing strap around around the cross beam where your U bolt is then hook it to the lift for redundancy. If your U bolt breaks the chain has it. I have a 3000 pound strap around mine... I feel a lot better because welds to break. : ) Nice build my friend.
I'm so happy to come across your videos of the attic lift. I plan to build a similar lift to create storage above my garage so that I can actually park in the garage.
I’ve been saving parts to build my dad a lift. He has a loft in his garage but is unable to use it as he cannot cary anything up a ladder. I have parts salvaged from a treadmill, refrigerator, washing machine garage door opener... a hoist is all that’s needed:)
I have been looking for ideas for a storage hoist for a couple months. I am just finishing construction on a 30x40 shop with 12 foot walls in Michigan. When I saw your setup, I knew that was exactly what I was looking for, no swaying cables. I will most likely fab up a tube frame similar to yours. Nice work, and great video! count me in.
Congratulations Dan! You've been selected as the winner of the cable hoist draw! Make sure you hop on over to the latest video on my channel to reply to the pinned comment so we can get things ironed out! Congrats once again!
I will use it to Make the Wife Happy. By making a lift to put all Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween and Valentine's day Decorations away in the Garage over head... 😁😁😁😁
I would love to have that. The wife won’t let me turn her pantry into a stairway to the attic but I could put that in the garage for easy access. This looks like a awesome contraption.
Really enjoyed watching your lift video. My wife and I are newly retired empty nesters. We have taken riding electric bikes. We do not have a garage or outside storage. We do have attic space with adequate head room to accommodate the bikes accessible from the back porch. I would love to safely store our bikes in these area to create space.
I would love to have one of these for my garage which is 2 story. My husband & I are getting older and this would help us a lot in moving stuff around.
Found your channel by searching for garage attic lift ideas and watched your videos....so the winch you are giving away will be used for exactly that purpose...another lift . Thanks
Hey Duane! Glad you've enjoyed my videos! Feel free to check out my motorcycle lift build as well, I use a truck suspension airbag as the lifting mechanism! Good luck in the draw!
I have watched both videos and your lift has given me some ideas. I would use your old lift to lift both my existing ladder and a small lift box that would come up the ladder hole.
I have been planning on putting a lift in my garage, I have a large number of Cape Buffalo skulls, etc to bring down, and this will be much easier than my ladder. You give such detailed instructions, thanks.
@@blastworks Completely understand, when I forget words I call it a brain fart......can you please send me the item #'s for those rollers that go into the HD channels......I'm building one of these this spring.....I'm in North Bay Ontario.
This is a great video and I'm going to do everything nearly the same. I'm concerned though about your 2x4 3/16" HSS rectangular steel tube. I am an engineer and ran a structural model of your configuration. A simply supported beam (with one end pinned, the other a roller for all you structural engineers out there). Using Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis software the results show 0.558 inch deflection in the middle. That's where all the point load is concentrated and creates a bending moment force. If your span is 120 inches, then a 1,000 pound load creates a L/215 deflection ratio. You should be ok since you probably won't be lifting 1,000 pounds at a time. I factored in the material weight, hoist, and lift as assumed 200 pound dead load. Happy to run more calcs if needed. Awesome job and I recommend Ne Obliviscaris as the elevator music for your next video. 🤘
If you like Ne Oblivicaris you should check out some of of the very early vids on my channel; I played in a death metal back about 20 years ago in my early 20's :).
Kurt, just as a follow up, some of the other attic lift videos I see on UA-cam have people using the 1 5/8 unistrut channel as their beams overhead. I'd assume that the deflection on something like that (and thus the potential failure point) would be a lot less than something like a 2x4 3/16" piece of HSS. Ultimately I guess it would come down to the length. One thing to keep in mind re: point load is that with this style hoist, you'd actually have 2 points about 5 - 6" either side of the center of the beam where the load is borne. In my initial research, I'd found documents that said load on such a beam would be up around 1500 - 2000 lbs before failure, but as a software engineer, I lack the experience that an (assumed mechanical) engineer like yourself would have. All that being said, I rarely lift more than 500 - 600 lbs, so I think we're good!
@@blastworks I did! I was looking for more of your lift videos and then saw you had a bunch of videos from a death metal band and assumed it had to be your band! You are a true metalhead on stage and in the shop! Canada has really good metal bands and so does Australia, NeO and Belakor are amazing. I was supposed to go to Wacken last summer but that was canceled. Our tickets are automatically transferred to this year if it happens, who knows?...
@@blastworks Yes, you will be all good. I thought about that off-center bracket spacing. Here is the updated calcs for the 1,000 pound scenario imgur.com/djI3s2u and the loads were split one foot off of center. 600 pounds for each point load. The 0.3292 number is in inches and that turns out to be L/364 so that is probably the max. But as you said you are half that loading. Thanks again for your videos, I read a lot of the comments and think I've got most of the answers from your helpful responses.
Great video as always! If I won the hoist, I would use it to have some overhead, out of the way storage for some of my heavier tools. Unfortunately I do not have a attic space with much room, otherwise I would be making a similar lift.
i great idea for the lift,i was wondering how i could do make a lift to put seasonal gear(lawn mower,snow blower,snow tires ) in the upper level of my new shed.I could really put this baby o good use and if i dont win it i know where and how to get one and make it work,great video.
My wife is making me move and our new place has attic space in the garage. I will be creating an elevator lift for boxes and other items to go up there. Kind of like what you have I just have to move and then build it. As I get older my body doesn't do what my mind often tells it and if it does it takes longer to heal ;-). Oh well. Thanks for the videos!
@@blastworks After 30 years that philosophy has saved me countless times and don't forget the ever useful, even when your right your wrong concept. I believe this is why garages and shed were created! Thanks Blast have a Great day!
LIKED AND SUBSCRIBED As per request.. Now then - I’m fat. I’m old, yet I still need safe access to my attic on a regular basis. Currently, I climb a 5’ ladder, balance precariously on the top of the door to boost myself up. Holy hell... I’m lucky I haven’t broken my neck over the years. ...maybe it’ll happen next week without a decent used Princess Auto lift...? - 🤷♂️ who knows ? 😳
@@blastworks you got me there! I can’t even blame auto correct, that was all me lol. I jumped about as much as you did when it happened. Just finished the video, that lift has a good speed to it now. Thanks for posting.
Very nice upgrade. Especially as it now is twice as fast :) My question remains: As you are clearly good at welding, why did you use two chains instead of two welded beams in that position? I like your answer to the safety concerns. The lift is a safe as the one using it. Automated stops would made people less careful. This is not meant as a person elevator. I would not let anyone else use the lift unless I was pretty sure he/she would understand the dangers. I like the construction. Thank you again for your videos.
All great points! I answered your comment on the other video that you commented on; I can take the chains off and lift longer things up if I want to work on them but not necessarily lift them up into the attic. For instance, if I had a couple long sections of heavy steel tube, not having the chains on means I could lift them up to a comfortable working height if I were looking to drill/weld/etc... on them. I've seen plenty other lifts, some made out of wood with wooden supports, some made out of steel with steel strap welded on, all different kinds. This is how I wanted mine!
@@blastworks ahh yes I understand. You use the lift also sometimes as a workbench and then the chains could be in the way and taken off. Understood. Thank you for your real quick answer :)
I'm just curious how your old winch that you're giving away will work with an arduino because that will be a good combination for alot of projects sadly the controller switches are wired in a weird way with a huge capacitor too.
Use high voltage relays! There are plenty of options out there, just check this out! Here is a 2 channel option: www.amazon.ca/SainSmart-2-Channel-Arduino-Raspberry-Electronic/dp/B0057OC6D8/ The same company, SainSmart, makes a 4 channel relay as well. Pretty straight forward stuff!
@@blastworks Thanks for the info! The one thing that I am trying to figure out is the remote, the way the up common and down switches are weird is a bit complicated because even though I kinda get how they're weird, you see wires like the red one hooked to I think the up and down terminals but I am not sure, All I am trying to figure out is how to wire the winch to relays just like how they're wired to the remote that's pretty much all. Thank you anyways!
i was looking for a good video and i found this one that will help me on a diy elevator for a Neighbor home next to my house in puerto rico , she is a 77 year old widow, that just had her lift leg amputated because of diabetes and her other leg not that good also ,her house is a 2 story and shes on a wheel chair and her bedroom is a the 2 floor with a Z staircase so shes living in the living in the living room i and others neighbor are chipping in so we can help her and with a diy elevetor with a Win like this she cute have a good live, hope i can win this giveaway cable hoist for her .
The draw is over and Dan Eastin has won. Congratulations Dan! Enjoy your shiny new 400kg/800kg cable hoist!
found a hoist with wireless remote and 1130lb capacity. Replaced the over travel switch in the hoist. Ran a wire from the original switch to a micro switch that activates relative to the height of the hoist platform. 3d printed a bracket to hold the micro switch.
That sounds awesome, I'd love to see your setup!
It's giveaway time! Check the description on this video for a cable hoist giveaway!
Be sure to like and comment on this video, and subscribe to the channel, for your changes to win an 880lb cable hoist! See description for more more details!
I would have this installed to make things easier for my husband, who has 2 fully torn, & 1 partially torn, rotator cuff tendons... The drs arent recommending surgery because it would require a full replacement, which typically fails in 10 years & couldn't be repaired again. He's only 49 & doesnt want to lose the use of his arm at 60, so he is working through the pain for as long as he can. His plan is for at least 15 more years. Even with this injury, he still gives 150% in his job as a firefighter, so I want to make things as easy as I can for him at home...
Good luck in the draw Claire! It definitely could be of use for you and your husband!
@@blastworks it most definitely could!! Thank you so much for the opportunity to possibly win such a useful item!!
Wow, buying a new home and the stairs to the basement storm room are too steep and treads too short.
My 94 year old mother will not be able to navigate them. This lift style will allow easy access to the storm room and basement workshop. Thanks for a great set of videos. I'll be doing bike renovations soon as I'm now retired. I have a 1968 Honda Cub 50, domestic model from Japan. Looking forward to reviewing the Air bag lift!
That's awesome Ken, just keep in mind that my lift isn't really meant to be a people mover, so there are safety precautions that I am not taking with my system that would be a must for someone who intends on using it for people on a regular basis!
'68 cub sounds like a pretty awesome project! I'm trying to finish up getting a table refinished so I can reclaim my garage and get back to work on my '81!
Can mount that remote to the top of the red frame and put bungee cords in about 4 places along the cable to retract it as the floor moves up. And put a bead on that cable so at the top of its travel it trips the motor to turn off when you reach the second floor.
I would use this to build an attic lift for my parents. It's becoming more and more challenging for them to move boxes into and out of their attic.
That would be a great application! Good luck in the draw!
Whenever I splice 2 and 3 wires together I offset the solder/shrinkwrap connections so that they don't all line up and make one big dual or triple splice connection.....less chance of the splices ever making contact also.
Good tip Paul! I'll try it out next time I'm splicing!
If I won the contest, I'd use the hoist to install a lift in my garage for easier storage in my attic and to store bigger items safer as my pull down ladder isn't the best or safest option for my tasks.
Sounds like a great plan Dy-Life! Good luck in the draw!
@@blastworks always got lots of DIY plans! Appreciate your videos on your install!
Curious, on your opinion. The way my attic is set up It would be easier for me to install this shorter on the wall width, but longer away from the wall. Do you think that the increased length would put too much weight away from the wall, or would the chains provide pretty good support?
@@DylanGuitar95 I think it would be too far away from the wall if you are using unistrut channels and trolleys. The amount of torque would very likely pull the top trolleys out of the channel with not much weight on them as the moment of inertia about the bottom corner of the lift platform would be more than enough to cause the top trolleys to exceed the accepted limits of force on the channel. which I believe is only 40 - 50lbs of outward force. This is why, even on my lift, I always load things tight to the back of the platform such that there is as little torque on the lift platform as possible! You could also look into some other form of rail/trolley system that could handle those loads.
@@blastworks Thats pretty much what I was fearing. I'll keep researching on plans then. Appreciate your input and fast response!
Your video inspired me to make a lift. Believe it or not I have been working on my barn for 20 years. Work and life has been first as it should be. Now that I’m retired I am finally finishing my barn into a car shop. Only thing left to do is the hoist to complete the lift. Thank for the information on this video.
Hey Bob! You're more than welcome! I'm really glad that people are able to draw from the videos that I upload to UA-cam!
Nice upgrade & lift to boot...not commenting for the give-away, just tipping the hat for excellent build
Thanks for the kind words Jeff!
Just cut a 3' by 4' hole in garage sttc floor.. Need to go grab a hoist now and some unistrut or garage door track.
That's awesome James! That's going to be a big boy lift, that's for sure!
@@blastworks big enough to make some room.. some my stuff.. mostly the boss' decorations...and through in a table saw or router table. Saw your 1st vid for idea... thank you..
Love the video. I am trying to get stuff together to make a lift for 2 people to stand. I have a disabled sister that comes over, a son born with walking problems, and well I am thinking this would help everyone out. I just have to go up about 4 ft. But has to be build good and sturdy so I don’t shoot them though the roof. Lol thanks for all you advise. Gave me hope I can do this and save a lot of money but still be very safe.
Hey Dale! One thing I'd recommend is some form of safety catch if your intent is to move people with it. I don't mind so much as it is just myself or something like my snowblower. If I were using it to move people on a regular basis, I would have a very robust safety system in place.
Good luck in the draw!
@@blastworks I totally get what you’re saying. Thank you again for all the wonderful videos.
Installed a new floor in my 'Mancave' and thanks to you guys and the ideas you have came up with, instead of putting in a new loft ladder, i've future proofed the cave and created a new attic lift, ready for old age!!!!!!
Brilliant video footage that has guided me in the decision to create my own lift. Keep up the great work. And 'Hi' from the UK!!!!!
That's awesome to hear Rod! I'm glad that you are enjoying my videos!
I'm in the design process of building a hoist elevator so that my wife who can't walk very well. She uses a walker to get around and can hardly walk the stairs. Your giveaway hoist I can really use. Thanks, Harry vanSoolen
Good luck in the giveaway Harry!
I am starting a small garage/workshop build for myself. After watching your video on your attic elevator, I believe that that would be the perfect solution for gaining access to the attic area without having to take up space with stairs or ladders. If I am lucky enough to win your former hoist, I am certain that is what it’s intended purpose will be.
Hey Talign64! Good luck!
I would love this for my bee barn. I have the need to make a lift so I can store all my bee boxes in the winter in the attic of the barn. I am getting older, and lifting them is getting to be difficult. You do a great job of explaining how you made your current lift on the prior video, and I really like that you don't blast crazy music or have a long self-serving intro, but get right into the details of the video. Good job!
Thanks a ton for the kind remarks John! Good luck with the draw!
wrap a chain, or a towing strap around around the cross beam where your U bolt is then hook it to the lift for redundancy. If your U bolt breaks the chain has it. I have a 3000 pound strap around mine... I feel a lot better because welds to break. : ) Nice build my friend.
Thanks Hip!
I'm so happy to come across your videos of the attic lift. I plan to build a similar lift to create storage above my garage so that I can actually park in the garage.
Hey Joy-Ann! I'm glad that my videos are helpful to you! Good luck with the draw!
I’ve been saving parts to build my dad a lift. He has a loft in his garage but is unable to use it as he cannot cary anything up a ladder. I have parts salvaged from a treadmill, refrigerator, washing machine garage door opener... a hoist is all that’s needed:)
Sounds like you'd put a hoist to good use! Good luck in the draw!
I have been looking for ideas for a storage hoist for a couple months. I am just finishing construction on a 30x40 shop with 12 foot walls in Michigan. When I saw your setup, I knew that was exactly what I was looking for, no swaying cables. I will most likely fab up a tube frame similar to yours. Nice work, and great video! count me in.
Sounds great Dan! Good luck in the draw!
Congratulations Dan! You've been selected as the winner of the cable hoist draw! Make sure you hop on over to the latest video on my channel to reply to the pinned comment so we can get things ironed out!
Congrats once again!
I will use it to Make the Wife Happy. By making a lift to put all Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween and Valentine's day Decorations away in the Garage over head... 😁😁😁😁
It's always the way Wilfredo! Good luck in the draw!
Nice video. Just built a pole barn and am planning a loft this winter. This hoist would work nicely for the lift.
Good luck with the loft build John, and good luck in the draw in January!
I would love to have that. The wife won’t let me turn her pantry into a stairway to the attic but I could put that in the garage for easy access. This looks like a awesome contraption.
Hey Nathan! Happy wife, happy life! Good luck in the draw!
Thank you so much for filtering your welding video!!!
You bet!
Really enjoyed watching your lift video. My wife and I are newly retired empty nesters. We have taken riding electric bikes. We do not have a garage or outside storage. We do have attic space with adequate head room to accommodate the bikes accessible from the back porch. I would love to safely store our bikes in these area to create space.
That's a great idea Mike! Good luck in the draw!
I would love to have one of these for my garage which is 2 story. My husband & I are getting older and this would help us a lot in moving stuff around.
Good luck!
My snowblower will have a new garage attic home once I finish this project ! Thanks!
I just took mine down tonight! Lots of snow over my way this evening!
Found your channel by searching for garage attic lift ideas and watched your videos....so the winch you are giving away will be used for exactly that purpose...another lift . Thanks
Hey Duane! Glad you've enjoyed my videos! Feel free to check out my motorcycle lift build as well, I use a truck suspension airbag as the lifting mechanism!
Good luck in the draw!
I have watched both videos and your lift has given me some ideas. I would use your old lift to lift both my existing ladder and a small lift box that would come up the ladder hole.
Good luck in the draw Wayne!
I have been planning on putting a lift in my garage, I have a large number of Cape Buffalo skulls, etc to bring down, and this will be much easier than my ladder. You give such detailed instructions, thanks.
Sounds awesome! Good luck in the draw!
Very educational... I'm thinking about a lift attached to our back porch that's on the 2nd floor. Doubled this would be a great addition..
Sounds like a neat project Millard! Good luck in the draw!
After seeing your videos on the lift which is very cool. I am going to build one that my parents can use to get go up and down to their basement.
Good luck in the draw!
Love to have the lift to put stuff up in my shed
Unfortunately Sid, the giveaway ended a couple months back now. Stay tuned to the channel for more in the future!
The extra support you added is called gussets....just FYI......awesome channel.
That's the one downside to not preparing talking points or text when I record. Sometimes words slip my mind!
@@blastworks Completely understand, when I forget words I call it a brain fart......can you please send me the item #'s for those rollers that go into the HD channels......I'm building one of these this spring.....I'm in North Bay Ontario.
@@pauleastend4706 There are links to the hardware in the original video description! Check them out there!
Great project for my garage attic, thanks for the video
Good luck Sam!
fantastic shall luk frwrd to ur nxt in an 2021. tnx big guy. frm india.
Thanks Padma!
Great videos. Thank you. Need to use attic space better and this would be helpful.
Cheers Randy! Good luck in the draw!
This is a great video and I'm going to do everything nearly the same. I'm concerned though about your 2x4 3/16" HSS rectangular steel tube. I am an engineer and ran a structural model of your configuration. A simply supported beam (with one end pinned, the other a roller for all you structural engineers out there). Using Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis software the results show 0.558 inch deflection in the middle. That's where all the point load is concentrated and creates a bending moment force. If your span is 120 inches, then a 1,000 pound load creates a L/215 deflection ratio. You should be ok since you probably won't be lifting 1,000 pounds at a time. I factored in the material weight, hoist, and lift as assumed 200 pound dead load. Happy to run more calcs if needed. Awesome job and I recommend Ne Obliviscaris as the elevator music for your next video. 🤘
If you like Ne Oblivicaris you should check out some of of the very early vids on my channel; I played in a death metal back about 20 years ago in my early 20's :).
Kurt, just as a follow up, some of the other attic lift videos I see on UA-cam have people using the 1 5/8 unistrut channel as their beams overhead. I'd assume that the deflection on something like that (and thus the potential failure point) would be a lot less than something like a 2x4 3/16" piece of HSS. Ultimately I guess it would come down to the length.
One thing to keep in mind re: point load is that with this style hoist, you'd actually have 2 points about 5 - 6" either side of the center of the beam where the load is borne. In my initial research, I'd found documents that said load on such a beam would be up around 1500 - 2000 lbs before failure, but as a software engineer, I lack the experience that an (assumed mechanical) engineer like yourself would have.
All that being said, I rarely lift more than 500 - 600 lbs, so I think we're good!
@@blastworks I did! I was looking for more of your lift videos and then saw you had a bunch of videos from a death metal band and assumed it had to be your band! You are a true metalhead on stage and in the shop! Canada has really good metal bands and so does Australia, NeO and Belakor are amazing. I was supposed to go to Wacken last summer but that was canceled. Our tickets are automatically transferred to this year if it happens, who knows?...
Here's hoping! I've always wanted to try to get to Hellfest! Maybe in 2022!
@@blastworks Yes, you will be all good. I thought about that off-center bracket spacing. Here is the updated calcs for the 1,000 pound scenario imgur.com/djI3s2u and the loads were split one foot off of center. 600 pounds for each point load. The 0.3292 number is in inches and that turns out to be L/364 so that is probably the max. But as you said you are half that loading. Thanks again for your videos, I read a lot of the comments and think I've got most of the answers from your helpful responses.
Great video as always! If I won the hoist, I would use it to have some overhead, out of the way storage for some of my heavier tools. Unfortunately I do not have a attic space with much room, otherwise I would be making a similar lift.
Good luck Devon!
i great idea for the lift,i was wondering how i could do make a lift to put seasonal gear(lawn mower,snow blower,snow tires ) in the upper level of my new shed.I could really put this baby o good use and if i dont win it i know where and how to get one and make it work,great video.
Thanks a lot for the words of encouragement Craig! Good luck with the draw!
Would love to put one in my new house, could use this for extra storage
Good luck in the draw Jerry!
I recently starting thinking about adding one to my house and I found your video to be a good one!! Hope I get selected!
Definitely a great project David! Good luck in the draw!
My wife is making me move and our new place has attic space in the garage. I will be creating an elevator lift for boxes and other items to go up there. Kind of like what you have I just have to move and then build it. As I get older my body doesn't do what my mind often tells it and if it does it takes longer to heal ;-). Oh well. Thanks for the videos!
Hey Ray! Happy wife, happy life! Glad you are enjoying the videos, and good luck in the draw!
@@blastworks After 30 years that philosophy has saved me countless times and don't forget the ever useful, even when your right your wrong concept. I believe this is why garages and shed were created! Thanks Blast have a Great day!
@blastworks Awesome video and giveaway! I build BBQ Pits in my garage and this hoist would help me move heavy material around.
Thanks Rod! Good luck in the draw!
I would make a larger lift that I can travel on
Good luck in the draw Brian!
Really enjoying your vids! Thanks again
Thanks a bunch Billy. Make sure you are subscribed and comment how you could use a cable hoist for entry into the giveaway!
Great video !!!!!!
Thanks Johnny!
I would like to add and elevator lift to my garage so I can bring my 200000 Christmas lights up and down for storage
I hear that! Good luck in the draw woodster!
Hey cool giveaway! I just got a classic car needing restored. I would use it help with that!
Good luck in the draw Dave!
LIKED AND SUBSCRIBED As per request.. Now then - I’m fat. I’m old, yet I still need safe access to my attic on a regular basis. Currently, I climb a 5’ ladder, balance precariously on the top of the door to boost myself up. Holy hell... I’m lucky I haven’t broken my neck over the years. ...maybe it’ll happen next week without a decent used Princess Auto lift...? - 🤷♂️ who knows ? 😳
That's a good entry Casey! Good luck in the draw!
24:23 is exactly how guys loose hands winching on the trail all the time.
I think you mean lose, as the last time I saw someone loose hands, someone got knocked out!
@@blastworks you got me there! I can’t even blame auto correct, that was all me lol. I jumped about as much as you did when it happened. Just finished the video, that lift has a good speed to it now. Thanks for posting.
@@CCWSig There was definitely opportunity for me to get nipped there for sure. Hopefully anyone who watches this can learn from that!
Very nice upgrade. Especially as it now is twice as fast :) My question remains: As you are clearly good at welding, why did you use two chains instead of two welded beams in that position? I like your answer to the safety concerns. The lift is a safe as the one using it. Automated stops would made people less careful. This is not meant as a person elevator. I would not let anyone else use the lift unless I was pretty sure he/she would understand the dangers. I like the construction. Thank you again for your videos.
All great points! I answered your comment on the other video that you commented on; I can take the chains off and lift longer things up if I want to work on them but not necessarily lift them up into the attic. For instance, if I had a couple long sections of heavy steel tube, not having the chains on means I could lift them up to a comfortable working height if I were looking to drill/weld/etc... on them. I've seen plenty other lifts, some made out of wood with wooden supports, some made out of steel with steel strap welded on, all different kinds. This is how I wanted mine!
@@blastworks ahh yes I understand. You use the lift also sometimes as a workbench and then the chains could be in the way and taken off. Understood. Thank you for your real quick answer :)
@@computerjantje Anytime! Glad you are enjoying the videos!
I can use the lift on my shop elevator! Hope I win.
Good luck Billy!
I'm just curious how your old winch that you're giving away will work with an arduino because that will be a good combination for alot of projects sadly the controller switches are wired in a weird way with a huge capacitor too.
Use high voltage relays! There are plenty of options out there, just check this out! Here is a 2 channel option:
www.amazon.ca/SainSmart-2-Channel-Arduino-Raspberry-Electronic/dp/B0057OC6D8/
The same company, SainSmart, makes a 4 channel relay as well. Pretty straight forward stuff!
@@blastworks Thanks for the info! The one thing that I am trying to figure out is the remote, the way the up common and down switches are weird is a bit complicated because even though I kinda get how they're weird, you see wires like the red one hooked to I think the up and down terminals but I am not sure, All I am trying to figure out is how to wire the winch to relays just like how they're wired to the remote that's pretty much all. Thank you anyways!
@@rahan573 This is actually something I plan on doing in the future! Maybe check back in a few months time and I'll have something set up!
@@blastworksOh Okay! Thank you very much!
Want to put the hoist in my garage on a unistrut channel trolley. To help me lift things into to garage loft.
Good luck in the draw Espo!
I'd use the hoise just like you have, but in my shop instead of yours! :)
Good luck BellyUp!
@@blastworks Obviously should be hoist, unless of course you're giving away a hoise as well.. LOL
i was looking for a good video and i found this one that will help me on a diy elevator for a Neighbor home next to my house in puerto rico , she is a 77 year old widow, that just had her lift leg amputated because of diabetes and her other leg not that good also ,her house is a 2 story and shes on a wheel chair and her bedroom is a the 2 floor with a Z staircase so shes living in the living in the living room i and others neighbor are chipping in so we can help her and with a diy elevetor with a Win like this she cute have a good live, hope i can win this giveaway cable hoist for her .
Good luck Angel!
Be carful of chines products
Hey Abu. If it weren't for Chinese products. you and I would have far less. Like anything, things are only as safe as the person using them.