My garage was designed with high walls and a cathedral ceiling to one day accommodate a home lift system. I don't need one just yet, but am always keeping my eyes open for a bargain that would make m
I am very much not an expert. You can, assuming you can get the manufacturer of the lift, probably get their floor specs off their website or call them to get them. IIRC, most of the ones I've seen
If this is a 2-post lift, that usually calls for 6" of concrete. 4" is fine for a 4-post lift. If you're planning to store your car, what you want is a 4-post lift that supports the car on its wheels
Buy the lift. It is probably an excellent opportunity. You have two options for the floor. #1 is to saw cut a rectangle and pour that section deeper after doing the calculations to size it. However,
6" x6" Welded Wire Mesh, I don't know what the w1.4 means, but it is the size of the wire used in the mesh. I read this to mean that there is no rebar in your slab. You might want to check with an e
You forgot "then trip over that f*#king plate every day for the rest of your natural life, hating the fact that you didn't just replace a rectangle of the floor. Mark _______________________________
Measure it first, and compare to a residential lift. I also chased a few commercial lifts until I realized how much larger they were. (these were four posts) The extra width is nice in theory, but it
No I didn't. My lift has the cables running on the slab under the domed plate between the posts. I trip over that regularly, although I did finally cut the wedge anchor bolts off after tripping over
If the commercial lift is a two-post lift, t will take extensive anchoring to make it usable. If the lift is four-post, it can stand free on the floor without any anchoring. Costco has a four-post l
according to www.rebar.ecn.purude.edu/wwr 6x6 is the spacing of the wire W designates smooth wire not deformed wire 1.4 is the cross sectional area of the wire in hundredths of an square inch a conc
John, John, John - That's Purdue - as in one of the foremost engineering schools in the country and alma mater to at least two of us list members. This might be what you meant: http://rebar.ecn.purdu
My reply sounded kind of wise-ass - but I was just trying (poorly) to be funny. Sorry - I really didn't mean to be a jerk, although it's kinda congenital with me... __________________________________
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Thanks everyone for the great advice. I am now a whole lot smarter than I was this morning. Unfortunately, it turns out to be a false alarm, as I just called the seller again and learned that he had
SHHH ! Some of us don't like to talk about it. Randall _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Shop-talk mailing list http://autox.team.net/m
Hey - I didn't name anyone - you came out of the slide-rule case all by yourself !! Karl _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Shop-talk ma
Hmm, oughta dig that out one of these days. "Back when I was your age, calculators didn't need batteries, nor solar power neither!" Randall _______________________________________________ Support Te
Did require the log-trig tables, though. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Shop-talk mailing list h
Only if you had the cheap model without the log & trig scales. Randall _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Shop-talk mailing list http://
Author: "Galt, Stuart A" <stuart.a.galt@boeing.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:49:47 -0700
Nah! You just used graduate students (slave labor) to do that for you! _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Shop-talk mailing list http://