[Shop-talk] Building a service elevator/dumb waiter under a house?

[FRED E THOMAS]

Thomas Jefferson invented them years ago, just a "pulley, rope, and a empty 
box", he called it a "dumb waiter"  :) :) "FT"

> <<I was thinking of building some sort of
>>lift, perhaps using some steel pipes for uprights, and a platform
>>raised/lowered by a small electric hoist or winch>>
>
> I'd like a larger version to get stuff up from the first floor to the 
> second
> floor of my shops....
>
> Any thoughts out there?
> PM