Fine-Tuned Scissor Lift

By Charles Miller Issue 252 - June/July 2015

I was about to install a complete set of kitchen cabinets, and I wanted a better way of lifting and positioning the upper cabinets. With that in mind, I purchased a used scissor-lift jack from an auto-wrecking store for $10 and welded a 3/8-in. bolt to the handle end of the jack. Using a drill fitted with a socket, I’m now able to raise and lower the jack quickly and precisely.

—Dan Jensen, Tigard, OR

Edited and Illustrated by Charles Miller

From Fine Homebuilding #252

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JustACabinetGuy | Jan 27, 2018 10:25am | #1
This is silly.
cocarpenter | Sep 23, 2020 04:25pm | #2
I don't install a lot of kitchen cabinets, but when I have I have just used pump clamps, reversed as spreaders.

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