Funny you should mention it. I am majorly into forklifts. In fact, I built a little forklift to move boxes of Klein bottles around the crawlspace under my house. There’s probably a youtube video of it.
I built the frame from plywood; the tilt mechanism is a recycled electric window lift from an old Pontiac. The up-down motor is a right-angle electric drill that I got at a yardsale for $5, and the main drive system are Parallax wheels using windshield-wiper motors. Runs on a 12 volt battery with a R/C hand control. Four video cameras let me pick up a box way under the house. (I made a line-following controller using an Arduino, but it wasn’t necessary)
With a 30 inch high crawlspace, this has saved my back many times.
Cheers,
-Cliff
