08/12/2026
My refined scissor mechanism. Added a wide base with brackets, shoulder bolts, nylon washers, brackets and an extra scissor section.
While testing with a skeleton torso, the vertical piece of wood was bending. So I added a scrap piece of unistrut to the back side to keep it rigid. I now know why there are typically built out of metal. I'll have to learn how to weld at some point. So for now, I added my year round garage ghost for testing.
I still need to paint it black, bolt the pneumatic cylinder and add a place for weights.
After this is done, I'll move on to the 2 bar lifting mechanism.