Not a direct C body project, but after putting in the lift last year, I decided I needed a stool to sit on to work under the lift.
I bought a lift last fall understanding that I wouldn't be able to completely lift my Chrysler up into the rafters, but I could get it high enough to store my Barracuda under it. If I were shorter, it would be fine, but really, I figured that a sitting position would be ideal.
So.... I built a stool. The prerequisites were that it had to be built without any trips to Home Depot or the hardware store. It also had to be tall enough to get the job done (obviously) and stable with casters big enough to roll well on the garage floor. There had to be a place to toss my tools and junk as I worked too.
The lower frame is just some 2 x 4 scraps I had laying around. The sides are from a wooden case that one of my guys at work made for a long granite straight edge (a 48" Rahn Planekator if anyone is interested). It was something that wasn't done right, and I was going to try to fix it, but we found a better solution. Most of the screws came from that too.
The top and bottom were a door from wooden cabinet in my garage that I replaced last year. The casters came from a broken Harbor Freight dolly. I put a piece of 3/4 wooden dowel (from my son's old hockey equipment rack) for a paper towel that hangs under the seat. The seat was a remnant from a dog vest that Mrs. Big John made a while ago and the foam left over from doing the seats in the '53 Windsor I had.
Magnetic strip on the side (an afterthought) came from my son's old pizza shop. It was above his work counter and held knives.
Out of pocket was zero... It took me back to my days of scrounging to build stuff when I couldn't afford it.
I bought a lift last fall understanding that I wouldn't be able to completely lift my Chrysler up into the rafters, but I could get it high enough to store my Barracuda under it. If I were shorter, it would be fine, but really, I figured that a sitting position would be ideal.
So.... I built a stool. The prerequisites were that it had to be built without any trips to Home Depot or the hardware store. It also had to be tall enough to get the job done (obviously) and stable with casters big enough to roll well on the garage floor. There had to be a place to toss my tools and junk as I worked too.
The lower frame is just some 2 x 4 scraps I had laying around. The sides are from a wooden case that one of my guys at work made for a long granite straight edge (a 48" Rahn Planekator if anyone is interested). It was something that wasn't done right, and I was going to try to fix it, but we found a better solution. Most of the screws came from that too.
The top and bottom were a door from wooden cabinet in my garage that I replaced last year. The casters came from a broken Harbor Freight dolly. I put a piece of 3/4 wooden dowel (from my son's old hockey equipment rack) for a paper towel that hangs under the seat. The seat was a remnant from a dog vest that Mrs. Big John made a while ago and the foam left over from doing the seats in the '53 Windsor I had.
Magnetic strip on the side (an afterthought) came from my son's old pizza shop. It was above his work counter and held knives.
Out of pocket was zero... It took me back to my days of scrounging to build stuff when I couldn't afford it.
