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DIY Gear-Driven Plywood Panel Lift

An impressive design-build by Frank Howarth

By Rain Noe - May 22, 2018

in Tools & Craft

Here's a great piece of practical prototyping. Frank Howarth is finishing his ceiling with plywood panels, meaning a lift would be handy. Why buy when you can DIY?

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We know Howarth as an architect and designer, and here he pulls out the mechanical engineering muscles too.

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Here he walks us through the design and execution of this project:

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I now want to build one, even though I have zero use for it. There's a name for this disease, yeah?

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Impulsive making? Non curable... :o)

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