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For the average lathe that needs leveling, id imagine a two collar cutting test and/or indicating from the saddle to a test bar in the headstock socket would be the goto. The machine would be new and checked in all ways from factory, its known good, so set machine in place, bolt down, tweak...

Nice one OP, iirc (0.0005" in 10") is a 10 second level, yours is a bit more sensitive and more than enough to set a machine up and check for wear/twist etc. Used as a comparator you can check point to point for global flatness, across surfaces for twist/coplaner and riding components as a quick...

I love a bridge jack but they can get in the way if its your only option, and depending on setup some lack stroke (8 - 10") which can be a problem if you want clearance enough over the runways to use a high torque or bar bottom arms etc. Nothing that cant be overcome easy enough tho (y)

How about one lift and leave the other side clear, say for long term project or other stuff where you need some space? A mechanic buddy has one of these, single bay and gets on really well with it. Ive done front struts on a mini on it, up on scissors with runways lowered off, easy job. He uses...

nothing to fear but fear itself eh

If youve got the ceiling height, have a think about what sort of work youll be doing and go for it (y)

Love the optionality of wheel cribs, made mine stackable and use odd blocks as required (y)

The cribs I knocked up are stackable so you can vary height, can go under the wheels or body/frame as you need, 3/1 height base ratio is a nice max. Much more stable than stands and all but impossible to slip off. Why? Optionality, comfort, ease of access, room to bar use impacts fully, room to...

thats what my little lifts wanna be when they grow up 😌 (y)

Cheers man, Ive never come across one of those in the uk before.

Not so bad bud, those bolts are partially threaded M12, grade 8 (allegedly 😅). Offset rollers are a normal design but usually tucked away out of sight and mind in a column. Them failing is way down the list of my concerns :ROFLMAO: That electric effort under the van, not so sure that spitting...

Haha yeah, these entry level jacks are rated to 800kg each (£200 each), that bimmer is only about 300kg per corner on the front so they arnt really working that hard. The frames seem beefy enough, but sloppy made, nothing that cant be put right by shimming the uprights but shouldnt have to eh...

Every now an then you get lucky with this stuff, but the pair o china jacks i just bought must have been friday night efforts. The uprights runout about quarter inch at the top causing the carriage to bind even worse than it does at the bottom, and with the jack mechanisms caked in paint and...

The right lift you say :unsure: . Sounds like you be trollin the various disciples 👊😌

I think the OP said hes 9' ceilings in the back garage where he wants to work, so that rules out walking under the job. Re the videos i prefer the first tbh, not in terms of kit but thinking. In it he throws wheel stands (nice stable looking steel efforts) under the front wheels after lifting...

Could use a couple of mobile wheel lifts and 4 wheel stands at whatever heights you need, cribs also an option. Lifts are available in manual - screw - hydraulic at prices to match, gives you optionality at sit down height and can easily pack out the way when not needed.

Spent the evening bodging my LR3. Had a problem with the Steering angle sensor sending the whole car into spaz mode, turns out to be the drive plate (I use that term loosely) had spun on the steering column. The design is complete shite and far as I can tell only comes as a complete unit, the...

What!? I can do much better than that! Heres the back end of a 1 ton van jacked centre on them 6x2s, now that did have me feeling a little weird 😅(y) In reality they're rock solid at that small overlap from the edge, but the pita is the boards have to stay put once its up. If poss, for that...

Ah yeah, if anyone try's to con you into changing a door handle on an R56 mini, charge it up! Inner panel, glass and regulator all have to come out with all the nonsense that that entails. The reward outside of $ is that you can marvel at the true greatness of 'mini' engineering 👊😌

Ive always resisted the temptation but finally caved, the lure of the cheapy chinese 'air bag' jacks was just tooo great and curiosity finally won out. Tbh, they're not bad actually 😌. After buying one and deciding they're not complete shite I had to get another, logic being you can use both at...