Hi List, I like screw jacks better than the ratchet type. There is more control, and it is more stable. Mine cost $10 Cdn. each, at an auto salvage yard. Just my opinion. Regards, John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Meyer" <cmpiano@comcast.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 11:51 AM Subject: Re: Hydraulic Grand Jack Plans > > Sorry, no hydraulic jack. How about a bumper jack? Easy and safe. Cut > off to a height just slightly less than the height of the piano from the > floor. Put a pipe of the correct diameter over it and go for it. Safe > since the jack can't collapse more than the height of the original post. > Here's a picture. > > Carl Meyer Ptg assoc > Santa Clara, Ca. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Lindquist" <rrlindquist@g2a.net> > To: "pianotech-ptg.org" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 9:25 PM > Subject: Hydraulic Grand Jack Plans > > > > List: Does anyone have plans that use a hydraulic bottle jack for > > lifting a Grand to work on a leg ? > > Thanks, > > Ron > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ---- > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.538 / Virus Database: 333 - Release Date: 11/10/2003 > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ---- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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