DIY Arcade Game Elevator!

[@HappyAtom]

That was a scary task to take on. Great job on such an efficient and working design right out of the gate!

[@Duke_Togo_G13]

The skate ramp is awesome! You guys make me feel good about being 41 years old.

[@Johnsarcade]

Great job, Adam! LOVE IT. Nice idea.

[@bobbyjack8033]

John's Arcade Game Reviews & Tech I'd just call John to push it up the steps haha

[@Beaps73]

Adam man....that was bad ass. I loved how you worked it all out. I was screaming at the screen 'attach it at the other end would stop the sway on lift' really enjoyed that, thanks for sharing

[@bitrot42]

Your talents never cease to amaze me. Fantastic job on the lift, and the video is very well done, too!

[@onecircuit]

Thanks bud! :)

[@ukxvc]

You can get games up and down those stairs on your own now, I think you did a great job there mate! Well done. Can't wait to see how the games room progresses.

[@jrmcginl]

This is inspiring. You have a problem and you work through it to find a solution. I loved all the planning and forward thinking. I really enjoy your videos. I just wish you would post more often! :)

[@Sypthv8]

Effective approach to an otherwise simple problem. Good job!

[@wildernessgames]

I havnt welded since high school, nice work on the design man; impressive. Great game room, huge.

[@DrBagPhD]

That carpet is beautiful, so very fitting!

[@cousinace3798]

ohhh mannn cant wait for the future board repairs. Another great video Adam!

[@Jones11477]

Awesome job, one suggestion you might be able to use a reese type truck hitch as a quick disconnect system for easy removal and storage! Keep up the good work, I really enjoyed it!

[@ArgonautArcade]

dude, that's great! love the color scheme in the game room

[@Bobbydog66]

That was awesome adam, I know everyone else here has thought up a million ways to help with the slipping, I'll throw my two sense in. I'm thinking instead of worrying about keeping it centered on the tracks, I say have so much width, it doesn't matter. So maybe fabricate like a simple easy slide panel that snaps onto the rails of the dolly. Maybe something with cloth to slide easily enough.

[@neighbordave94]

Watched the video last night, really cool Adam

[@Arcadehollywood]

Hey Adam! Great video and excellent idea!!! Love your game room!!

[@Chuck-RETROGAMECAVE]

love it! I would cut a shallow gutter in the the planks and I would have considered a system that folds out and stays in place. All in all its a great idea. hope to see some upgrades and tweak videos as time goes on.

[@RcGuy4Life]

Nice job Adam. Great idea

[@thejunkman7581]

Cool game lift enjoyed from start to finish :0)

[@edn199]

The guy in the video, you showed for the spa wench system when it dropped the spa, must be the most mellow guy in the world. He didn't even flinch when the spa dropped a story to the ground and wiped the other guy out. .....lol

[@litoyguy]

That carpet and paint scheme is awesome. All you need is some neon lights. Sick game room.

[@robertthenerd8617]

Holy crap that's awesome dude! Way to go!

[@GadgetUK164]

Great job! Very impressed!

[@seansretroverse9082]

Great job, Adam! I also have considered installing a winch, but my issue is exactly opposite of yours. I have to go down basement stairs made of concrete. Still, you've given me some courage to try!

[@bh1992]

Handy Man Adam lol I really find your videos informative, nice work dude. :)

[@ThatTimGuy]

Joy rides? Nice job Adam! Now you can have an excuse to have people help get that place in shape :D

[@lildrumchum]

great idea adam! i think part of the wavering is the spool on the winch....i may be wrong....i love it tho man.keep it up

[@BarrySlisk]

You sir, are a genius !

[@spunkybruiser]

Wow, that was awesome!. Great job !!!

[@POOHBEAR2170]

I enjoyed your video thanks for sharing

[@cybermindarcade5172]

Thanks for the boat bow idea, I want to invent one that I can use for getting the games out of peoples basements and down their outdoor stairs because even with help im doing most of the lifting and its finally taking its tole on my abs and back. only think of is to mount the winch at the bottom of the stairs some how using clamps and a hook run the line up and back down the stairs and have it drive a rubber conveyer belt that actually lifts the machine and you could use it on any set of stairs.

[@cybermindarcade5172]

a ladder with a dolly on tracks attached and the winch attached at one end might do the trick? only thing is would the ladder feet wedge be strong enough to hold while lifting the 500 pound machine?

[@puddingpimp]

With the paddle bits, and generally drilling wood, there are a couple of things you can do to prevent tearout. One is to clamp another piece of wood behind it (which might be a bit difficult there), the other is to just drill through nearly all the way, then go round the other side and finish the hole.

[@fookutube501]

I'll tell you one thing Adam,you have got alot of love on your channel,from your Sub!!!

[@puddingpimp]

Could you route some slots in the accordion rails for the wheels of the dolley to run in?

[@paulcraven3810]

More Vids Adam, your stuff is great!

[@ChezArcade]

Awesome project to see man!

[@mcpit8493]

Nice job mate!

[@D4ftChunk]

Great job, I was thinking why clip it at the top of the dolly but of course you couldn't get upright at the end Scary stuff but well done, lovely house btw

[@robertgreen7593]

Put a lockable clasp at the top of the trolley thing. As it first goes down you clasp the cable to the top of the trolley so the pivot point is high up. That will stop it leaning to the sides.

[@onecircuit]

You read my mind. :)

[@devilmaster73]

and also, in addition to welding an eye to hook to, that is centered, instead of hooking to the axle, perhaps cut a notch on the flat top part of the runners so that the top of the dolley handle could run in a groove to keep it centered, instead of adding wood to keep the runners centered.

[@RobLlewellyn1]

This is where my thought process went too? Love the entire project. Great work

[@nellen55]

i really love you're channel

[@grandis74]

Awesome video. I thought about the sliders boards as well, preventing it from going off. One idea is to cut a groove in the boards, wide enough for the wheels. Then the wheels and the top metal frame of the dolly can slide in its tracks. IE, cut out a little bit in the middle of the slider boards.. I guess the whole board would start sliding then instead, if they are not attached to the staircaise in some way. Hm.

[@grandis74]

Ah, I'm too slow. Already suggested below =)

[@petervachon6989]

Hey Adam, nice work. Do you think the width of the ramps are a bit too narrow? I'd have made my ramps a bit wider to allow for any slippage. I'd have also placed a hook for the top end of the ramp to the top of the stairs so that the ramps would stay in place and not slip. I'd maybe add some non-slip coating to the ramps as well. Overall, a good job. By the way, any chance on converting the winch from DC battery to AC power?

[@johnvictor9071]

What about attaching some triangle blocks the to top and bottom thirds of the runners? This way the runners can still collapse (just wouldn't be perfectly flat), and they would be more stable on the stairs, and possibly lay more square. Instead of just the corners of the stairs taking the weight of the game, some of the steps themselves would be doing the job as well.

[@puddingpimp]

Hmm, what about getting one of those RF momentary remote controls and a couple of 30A relays, and hacking up the winch to be operated by the relays? Then you can have the remote in one hand and the other hand on the top of the cabinet guiding it as it moves.

[@Riz2336]

That's a great idea man.

[@adamcartermi5]

If you use a table saw you maybe able to create grooves for the dolly to follow

[@Compucore]

Usually the corded drills are maximum of 1700 rpms. My suggestion here. The angle iron that your using there if you knew what kind it was for the cutting speed for the material. You could find the proper speed for the bit itself. I used to learn in highschool training as a machinst. For that I know of formula is (cutting speed of material) x 4 / the size of your drill bit. Once you get that you'll have the rpm that you need for your drill bit. Ands any kind of coolant definitely helps to keep the drill bit cool.

[@joakimglysing5178]

Great job Adam, one thought tho. If the hook somehow would slide to one of the sides of the trailer. Wouldn't the game wobble heavily to the side?. Maybe you should make a weld a "center-guide" for the hook.

[@onecircuit]

Right I think I mentioned welding the hook right onto the dolly in the video. Agreed.. just using a hook/carabiner of sorts wouldn't work. It has to be fixed to the dolly.

[@flightofapaullo72]

That was.....Cool!

[@brentneill3501]

I did something similar to this to move a 425lb hot tub up and down stairs except I used a come-along, a manual chain hoist, and a hand truck

[@Neffers_UK]

Excuse the very very crude sketchup, but something like the pic shown would be much better than planks hinged together held by screws in end grain. Having some angle iron that fits inside the dolly to stop it sliding away, connected by some simple to make I frames will not take too long to assemble. You could use coach / carriage bolts (the domed topped ones) with wing nuts just to hold the assembly together while in use. i.imgur.com/auzDKGu.png hope this makes sense / helps inspire ya.

[@lonnymoore2622]

Nice job welding he he looks like some of the welds I did wen I was working for yorozu

[@shovelhedded]

I'm terrified for the first time you forget to stop the winch from turning freely. Pretty cool stuff, though.

[@Vault87supermutant]

It'll be down very fast though

[@Boomer8003]

Wife: honey I think the garbage man is here. Husband: no, it's our neighbor.

[@garysweetland32]

I like it.... But I think I would have made a small swinging Davit crane with that winch, that could swing out and lift a game vertically. And then put a gate in the hand rail to swing it through. You could simply drop the crane into a reinforced hole in the deck when you needed it. And lift it out and stow it when you didn't. Or just put a weather proof bag over it.

[@onecircuit]

+Gary Sweetland Time and money :)

[@garysweetland32]

I here that.... You have a good working sytem now. It was just one of those hindsight moments I had while watching. Keep up the good work. I love the PCB repair videos, not that I fully understand them....... :)

[@bengrogan1992]

You probably should have made the steps wider for the biger games like the ones you sit in just in case you get one just a thought.

[@MadMatty72]

Don't use a hook on top rail, rather create a guide and ensure the cable is within it when you place it down after taking up cable slack(which is probably what you meant) - that will definatly stop it steering off course as you stated. I would have welded up a base plate for the roller and placed it directly on the step and incorporated a spacer as well so as to avoid unsightly spacer and excessive bolt/holes on the stairs. With such a setup, due to cable angles, the roller assy would be pushed into the plank/upright intersect of the top step anyway therefore only needing minimal securing for safety, e.g. only one bolt through the upright (not unsightly and easier to remove).

[@marcelcevani5688]

:) Great one

[@tigheklory]

Came back to ask how the game elevator is doing?

[@kevlarunderwear22]

youre the man adam

[@chuck12-82]

Instead of a hook I would make a U bracket welded to the dolly and the cable would ride between the U and would travel straight down.

[@johnmcgaghey1127]

good video, thanks!

[@robertgreen7593]

I think I would have gone the crane route, with a swing arm and winch on the other side of the platform, with a lift cage thing.

[@thefirstbrianmiller]

very cool

[@robertgreen7593]

Ah, there you go, top hook

[@TheInferno]

cool vid

[@countlesscubes6166]

For the part where the game is drifting, put pieces of wood on the track to keep it from drifting

[@CoindoorDave]

You forgot to mention Omega Race in your intro! We OR owners need to stick together! :-)

[@nateyboy12]

When are you gonna let me be your cameraman again?

[@exhstbearing]

The thumbnail for this almost looks like you are riding the Junior!

[@onecircuit]

I am. :D I climbed inside of it for the thumbnail

[@okkyadit2]

Double Dragon is very valuable

[@therealsupergenius]

I always say bolt when I mean nut, too.

[@JamBurglar]

Haha, that's awesome. By your next video you'll have gained 20 lbs!

[@jerrypaul930]

Make a removal deck floor winch it up from there

[@firebird8600]

51 minutes in, and I'm wondering what you would do if the cable isn't long enough to actually get to the bottom.

[@onecircuit]

I measured before I bought the winch ;)

[@firebird8600]

OneCircuit Good call.

[@Nyhetskanaler]

Nice

[@NukTap]

this is like a colin furze video, but with lower pace and no fire.

[@arcadeworkshop4167]

Adam, i think its time for a ppclone update video...

[@Ineedagoodscreenname]

I would weld/drill an eye bolt at the bottom of the dolly and a j hook at the top so you can unlatch the cable at the top of the stairs to stand the games up (vice versa). This setup would steer it straight on your runners and rather easy to setup. Looks great!

[@Ineedagoodscreenname]

I guess I should of waited until the end :) let us know how it turned out.

[@tigheklory]

Adam you are the best, it's more like a huge dumb waiter.

[@cousinace3798]

haha yea

[@American_Made]

inside rails bro... 1x2 on inside of the flat boards.

[@lbsiuk]

Who else watched the entire video?

[@quicksilver-pk3nc]

Or, you can buy an escalara...