Recent content by Ratfink11

My apologies up front if I am being stubborn, or difficult, or whichever I should or would be labeled. I am strictly interested in getting an existing design that will lift anywhere from 200 - 2500lbs of 5x10 steel sheet. Don't need a PC controller, Battery back ups, Safety features, There...

I have about 500 pounds of 10 gauge, 12, gauge, 14 gauge, each of insulated copper wire. Literally tons of iron... plus a machine shop, I can build anything just need a halfway decent drawing of a coil... I can even copy an existing design if I can find a drawing and or schematic of lifting...

Hi Everyone, not sure why it is so difficult to find any info on how to build a simple electromagnet with diagrams or plans... but it is! I need to lift sheet plate... thousand poinds or more... something like a 2 car battery design electromagnet for lifting... Please, Please, don't tell me I...