Deft question, but given I don't own a trolley lift, what's the easiest way to get the legs, rails and backbox hinges off at the same time for powder coating!? Ordinarily to get the legs off I would tombstone the game. But can't do that as the head would fall off without the backbox hinges! Do people just drop it to the floor?
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Removing metalwork from a pin
- Thread starter jonathan
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a couple of old chairs will do instead of a trolley lift
David retro
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In the workshop we use folding platforms quite cheap from b and q they work great
https://www.diy.com/departments/magnusson-folding-work-platform-h-500mm-l-960mm/5063022555663_BQ.prd
https://www.diy.com/departments/magnusson-folding-work-platform-h-500mm-l-960mm/5063022555663_BQ.prd
better than my chair option and cheap enough too at £25 - when you consider a lift trolley is £300 these days.
David retro
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We bought I think 6 pairs so we could run 6 pins in the workshop they work great and don’t have the need to keep putting legs on and off
Like you say also cheaper than a trolly
Good idea. Do you use wood panels across the top? Is the platform higher or lower than the base of the pin?
Im curious - and I can envisage a "doh" moment.. but how do you get them onto those ?
They look lower than the gap under the pin IYSWIM
They look lower than the gap under the pin IYSWIM
David retro
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We place two under the middle of the pin lift the front remove the legs and rest on the front plinth and then the same with the back if they were on legs or we use the dolly and can put straight onto them
David retro
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They sit like this basically
Wondering if it's easier to work on with it being a bit lower.
David retro
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It dose make them abit easier to work on in my opinion we had 6 games set up like this in the workshop if you have a dolly you can use them to go from the side and lift up to move about if needed as well
I put it on a spare set of legs.
Ant-H
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This is what I do as well. Always good to keep an old set of legs for this kind of job