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Engineer Figures Out How to Unload a 400-Pound Pallet From Her Vehicle Without a Forklift

Amy Qian's clever series of solutions

By Rain Noe - January 17, 2022

in DIY

Mechanical engineer Amy Qian purchased a cabinet-style SawStop table saw, which was loaded into her Honda Element on a pallet by a forklift at the store. When she got home, she then had to figure out how to get the 400-pound unit safely out of the vehicle—by herself.

Qian's clever solution utilizes the built environment, two elements she fabricated herself, two tools she had lying around, and some 2x4s:

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Amy Qian's fucking awesome. She's got a video on laser-cut mechanical flexures that's really cool as well. https://youtu.be/YEz-r8KDY-0

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