Need mechanical ideas... OK you DIY guys...

The collective brain powah of the FHC members is needed, badly. My pea brain can't come up with even one gizmo / contraption idea for these two old elec actuator rams and I REALLY don't want to just toss em. They came off a med bed my Mom had years ago and they ought to be useful for sumthin other than a boat anchor. Ram travel is a little over 6"... slow and very quiet (almost 30 sec travel)... each ram has in & out with travel limits set (stops auto at it's limit)... guessing maybe a 200 lb max load, dunno. So..... anything come to mind? Here they are. Hammer is for perspective... tube is not bent, that's just a skeptical delusion... What say you?

 

How about a beer growler pourer?


There. Got beer in the thread..

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I know your back bothers you, maybe for lifting something in the garage or near the stove? I have one of those in my garage and I haven't found a use for it. Mine is 12/24 volt D.C., I'm assuming yours is 120volt AC. I know how handy you are, you'll find a use for them!

 

I also have 2 of them I saved. When you figure something out I will copy it. I have had them about 10 years now in the cabinet. I build Halloween props and they are just to slow for anything. They have decent power, just way to slow. Ah someday I will find a use.

 

... my honey just said... "whew, you guys are all nuts"... ... I have no idea what she's talkin about...

 

My wife doesn't get it either, but she spends all night on Pinterest, Facebook and who knows what else.

 

Solar panel aiming rams to follow the sun? Set it up on timer to move as needed?

 

Use one to close the bathroom door and the other to turn the exhaust fan on
when the wife goes in...

 

... I was hopin' for any ideas... even while yer sittin on the pot...

 

They'd shine for that Bo... slow, quiet, etc... hmmm... not sure if they'd stand up to weather tho... look like inside only. Do solar panels work inside?

 

Use them to lift the toilet seat! Patten that and become a millionaire

 

Could make a mini lift with one ram, to get me off the ground... and the other to open a release that drops me like a stone... ...

 

One idea I had (prolly never happen) is a cooking swing arm, out over the firepit with one ram... and raising / lowering with the other. Hmmmm...

 

Kevin in Ohio ... any ideas? Might as well ask the master...

 

If you did a gearbox, the speed could be adjustable.......or a couple pulleys and belt like on a drill press. Possible? I dunno...........

 

Yup... lots of geometricallafragilisticexpeeallidotious possibilities... ... and I can't think of one...

 

Would seem to me you could one for and adjustable wedge on a wood splitter. A little slow, but no plumbing or valve needed on an existing unit. You could increase the travel distance by making it a double arm set up. A secure pet door opener? Or maybe a lift for a hospital bed.

 

Xacly wut I wus thinkin'.
Oooh, how 'bout a telly lift gizmo, so the TV can be a hideaway, until you need to watch somethin' important like.......well, I can't think of anything important to watch on TV but you get the idea, right?