Self Leveling 4 Point Pulley Lift System Diy

Cut two 2 by 4 s to 8 feet long and five 2 by 4 s to 3 feet 9 inches long.

Self leveling 4 point pulley lift system diy.

See more ideas about pulley block and tackle mechanical advantage. At about 40 lb per boat the 10 ft 60 lb hoist is a good match and takes a reasonable amount of effort to lift the boat. Use low friction pulleys and add a centered hanging weight to the center to lower the overall center of gravity that way it will lift level. In this case it was removing the roof from a tractor similar can be done with 8 pulleys and 1 draw rope giving 16x lift advantage on the rope.

Below i ll discuss another style which is a platform style supported by 4 points. For my table i ended up using roughly 60 feet of cord. It works because of the 4 point lift system 2 on each side of the load as compared to only 2 lift points 1 fore and 1 aft used by lower cost systems. Like anything there can be even more fancy or elaborate systems.

You should use two screws at each end of the shorter pieces for a total of 20 screws. Oct 10 2018 explore bob defoor s board pulley systems followed by 165 people on pinterest. Check out step 10 for a formula that will help you determine how much paracord you will need pine board 8 wide x 10 long x 1 thick 20 these are cut and combined to. Same image i used before for a similar question.

Paracord 10 used for hanging the table the ammount you will need will depend on the size of the table you make and the height at which you want the table to hang.