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Hi... anyone who attended the march nano may have seen my door cradle in action. Although it worked quite well I did find that on the slightly uneven grassy ground the base of the cradle tended to be just a little bit too high leading to 2 problems... it was difficult to get far enough under the door to support it as well as I wanted (tended to be a bit "tippy" towards hinge end of door). When pushed under as far as it would go (60%..) it tended to rack slightly on the 2 hinge pins a bit making it difficult to lift off said pins... (corrected by easing the cradle out slightly... bit close to balance point of door but it lifted easily then could be slid back slightly ... as much as door loom would allow...).
Anyway today I put some thought into it and at next nano you should be witness to a height adjustable cradle... involves incorporating a pair of wheel jacks.... when I get a chance I'll post a couple of photos of my idea... any constructive thoughts or comments are welcome...

Well... it's finished - should work well...
Roll on next nano in May...

Hi John.
That should do the trick perfect, we need to allocate the jack winding to someone one of those guys who walk about with their hands in their pockets, very ingenious

Yes well done John worked well at the last Nano and given the amount of times doors get taken off it is a great addition to the toolkit !

OK ... so now I'm after another guinea pig to trial my updated door cradle at the next nano meet... anyone interested? Date is 14 & 15 May....

John, As am in need of fitting a set of powefolds I don't mind being the Guinea Pig.

By the way the MK2 looks the business ☺

No Probs... will catch up @ nano...

Hmm ... I wonder if I could use a seat forward/back motor to drive the jacks??? (just joking !)

One thing I am thinking of adding though is a small end stop at front of cradle to accurately locate door at the front lower edge, so that could be used as a reference for quick alignment for refitting door...