The next job involved the car lift. The control unit is very neat but it's too tall to fit under the run of units I am making.
I decided I could and should do something about that - here it is before I started - you can see how high it is (I've taken the top cover off).
I cut the top unit off and made a panel to fit on the front of my units and started transplanting the controls
Here they are all transplanted - I tested it and it all still works nicely! Most of the wires reached the new panel without any problem. However I had to extend the power wires. No big deal
Then I cut down the top unit and welded it back together again - mainly to keep dust and crap away from the internal electrics. After taking this pic I taped up the holes just to keep the dust out
Then a coat of hammerite on the panel and it's all looking quite smart
But I couldn't leave well alone. Along with the lift there are 4 thick rubber blocks that you put under the car before lifting it. I wanted a place for those and the bottom half of this panel seemed ideal
I found that the 50mm square tubing I used to build the framework was ideal to create slots to slip the rubber blocks in. Cut 4 to length, took one face off and smoothed them out a bit
Part way through combining everything
And finally with the slots welded in - prior to paint
I have done a few coats of hammerite. Not a great finish as I got fed up sanding off the previous coats, but it will good enough for now.
I'll pop another pic up when it's painted up and in place