Use Car Jacks in the Shop to Lift & Level
Woodworking is the art of crafting wooden items from raw timber. Woodworking has a lengthy background, the roots of the craft can be traced back as far as 10,000 years.
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I have long used my car’s scissor jack for house and shop projects including lifting a settled deck and leveling workbenches. And when I needed to install a new set of cabinets in my shop, I realized that a pair of these jacks would be perfect for positioning and leveling them.
I picked up a second scissor jack and clamped both to a scrap piece of 3 ⁄ 4 ” stock to provide stability. I also blocked them up so the scissor extension was sufficient to lift the cabinets into position. The arrangement above shows the jacks on my workbench, securely holding the cabinets. I can easily raise and level the cabinets with just a few turns on the jacks. I now use these whenever I install cabinets.
The benefit of a scissor jack is that it is strong, lifts smoothly and can be precisely adjusted. And you won’t strain your back hefting heavy cabinets. You can pick up a used jack or two at an auto salvage yard for a very reasonable price. – Bill Wells
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