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Gawdzilla Sama Offline
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#31
RE: Home Elevator
April 6, 2019 at 6:30 am
(April 6, 2019 at 6:27 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: I'm pretty sure that story is apocryphal.
The above forgot to add about how the ambulance people were laughing so hard they wrecked, further injuring the guy.
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#32
RE: Home Elevator
May 17, 2019 at 2:35 pm
About a month ago I contacted National Lifts to arrange for a site visit and a quote. After weeks of waiting for a reply I received an Email telling me that they have too big a workload to take on a job in my area. I then contacted two of their affiliates, one in Hartford and one in Albany with no results. This evening I will send an Email to Residential Elevators of Massachusetts. They carry the make and model of the home elevator I'm looking for. I hope I get some results soon. I'm getting tired of shopping around and expected the project to be, at the least, scheduled by now.
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#33
RE: Home Elevator
May 17, 2019 at 4:29 pm
Imagine a Segway with 6 wheels....


The wheels would be on a Y shaped yoke - 120 degree spaced - with a wheel on the end of each arm of the Y.

The Y would have a rotary axis - on the convergence of the three arm.


This would allow the Segway to climb stairs. The wheels would draw the unit inwards to the riser of the stairs - then the yoke would rotate - lifting the unit to the next step.

It would use torque sensing to initiate the climb - and descent of the unit up and down the stairs
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The gyro system would keep the whole thing on level.
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#34
RE: Home Elevator
May 17, 2019 at 7:32 pm
It's a goofy name, but this wheelchair climbs stairs. Don't know about cost. Audio is annoying, though.

More links here- https://www.google.com/search?q=wheelcha...e&ie=UTF-8



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#35
RE: Home Elevator
May 18, 2019 at 6:52 am
Should we merge these elevator threads?





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#36
RE: Home Elevator
May 18, 2019 at 7:31 am (This post was last modified: May 18, 2019 at 7:39 am by Gwaithmir.)
(May 18, 2019 at 6:52 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Should we merge these elevator threads?





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As far as I know, there's only this one. "They Fixed the Elevator" is about a sit-com.
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#37
RE: Home Elevator
May 18, 2019 at 7:40 am
(May 18, 2019 at 7:31 am)Gwaithmir Wrote:
(May 18, 2019 at 6:52 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Should we merge these elevator threads?





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As far as I know, there's only this one. "They Fixed the Elevator" is about a sit-com.

Hence the Smile.
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#38
RE: Home Elevator
May 18, 2019 at 12:45 pm
This thread has utility. The other offers nothing.
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RE: Home Elevator
May 18, 2019 at 12:54 pm
(May 18, 2019 at 12:45 pm)Fireball Wrote: This thread has utility. The other offers nothing.
The other one has too many ups and downs.
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RE: Home Elevator
May 24, 2019 at 7:02 pm
At long last, I've finally discovered why I was getting few or no replies from local elevator companies in regard to having a pneumatic elevator installed in my home. This type of elevator has not yet been approved for use by the present building codes in Massachusetts.  Doh

I'm now investigating different types of stairway lifts and shaftless elevators.
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