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How to Convert to a Hook Lift

Lifting an object up off the ground can easily be done by using a hoist or a lift that has a hook. You can convert a section of the ceiling in your garage or workshop into a lift station by making your own hook lift. You can use a manual crank winch that is attached to a nearby wall or by pulling on a rope by hand.

Things You'll Need

Stud finder
Pencil
Power drill
Eye hooks
Pliers
2 pulleys
2 hook cables
Chain crank winch

Instructions

- 1
  Determine where in your garage or workshop that you want to install the hook lift. One place can be in a corner or near a bench.
- 2
  Find the joists in the ceiling by using a stud finder. Run the stud finder along the ceiling, if your ceiling is finished, and make a mark with the pencil.
- 3
  Measure along the length of the ceiling joist with the tape measure. Make two marks that are six inches apart.
- 4
  Drill a 1-inch deep pilot hole on each mark by using a power drill. Insert eye hooks into each pilot hole and tighten by turning the threads counterclockwise with the pliers.
- 5
  Place the loop of the pulley onto each of the hooks. Close the eye hook by bending it closed using the pliers.
- 6
  Thread a hook cable from the chain crank winch through each of the pulleys. Raise your hook cable by turning the handle on the chain crank winch.

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