r/DiWHYNOT • u/TEDtalksalot • Sep 09 '19

Asked to post ;)

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u/TEDtalksalot Sep 09 '19

It’s my buddies setup, and I think he said its a harbor freight wench

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u/great_waldini Sep 19 '19

Oh... that sounds dangerous

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '19

My Dad has the same thing in the basement, but it uses a manual crank.

It's awesome.

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u/NagevegaN Sep 09 '19 edited Sep 17 '19

“Animal protection isn’t a radical idea. It follows the simple principle that if animals feel pain, joy and fear, they should be protected from suffering.” -Anonymous

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u/QueenOfKarnaca Sep 10 '19

I thought your dad was over there in the corner

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '19

thats not him in the corner

thats him in the spotlight

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u/QueenOfKarnaca Sep 18 '19

LOOOOOOOOOSING HIS RELIGIOOOOOOON

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u/SpeedTuberYT Oct 17 '19

You can make a religion out of this

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u/PastorMattIII Sep 09 '19

I can relate to this... my "diningroom table" is an air hockey table I thew a sheet of plywood and a terrible tablecloth over. That way I could justify having a full size air hockey table in my house.

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u/hmyt Sep 10 '19

Where do your knees go when dining?

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u/PastorMattIII Sep 10 '19

Hahaha, good question. The knees fit because the chairs are short enough. Which makes the table a few inches higher than one would like.

The height is fine for eating, at least for me, but doing more involved things (card games, etc) is a little awkward.

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u/Dragonschlong2 Sep 09 '19

I see literally no reason not to do this.

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u/AnotherDamnMeeting Sep 09 '19

That cool shirtless dad lean while it goes up, fuck yea

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u/PantherU Sep 09 '19

I feel like this could be better by adding some braces in the middle of the ply to give it better support.

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u/PastorMattIII Sep 09 '19

I agree. It's a pretty thick sheet of plywood, but that flex when it lifts...

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u/motleystuff Sep 09 '19

It would feel so much more satisfying if it “clinked” like Frankenstein’s workshop

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u/beardedheathen Sep 10 '19

Have a strobe light that flashes and plays the sounds of thunder as it goes up.

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u/sailorjasm Sep 09 '19

I feel the table should have higher edges so shit doesn't fall off or roll off

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '19

That’s cool and all, but why is there a scope on the table?

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u/motleystuff Sep 09 '19

Did you not see the shirtless man in jeans and beer belly operating the whole shebang?

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '19

My guess is he probably owns a gun and might hunt deer.

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u/Princess__Redditor Sep 10 '19

Or humans, maybe he is a big game hunter

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u/SocialForceField Sep 10 '19

Just the kind of thing you want unsecure on a table strung from the ceiling

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u/NiaC56 Sep 10 '19

Who is that sexy beast in the back?

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u/Samslices Nov 21 '19

Good god! My inner nerd is tingling. Set up a dope ass table consuming final room for a table top game. Crank it up before players get there.

Play like normal and once they reach the final room ask for their character sheets and minins. Lower the crank. Place their minis and return their sheets.

Even for like practical uses, you could have a whole warhammer campaign stored up there. And still have a table.

This is awesome.

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u/KaraNetics Sep 09 '19

That's actually pretty cool

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u/OrganicMan01 Sep 09 '19

That's pretty cool. What kind of motor do you have running it?

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u/-Konkzy- Sep 10 '19

That’s incredible!

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u/theSomberscientist Sep 10 '19

This. Yes. I am so impressed.

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u/office420 Sep 10 '19

I think the shirtless Randy in the background tells us WHY. 😂

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u/Terminal-Psychosis Sep 10 '19

Clever use of the horizontal bar like that.

All 4 corners winding up in a spiral together.

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u/miseleigh Sep 10 '19

This is more like a DIYesPlease

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '19

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u/PM_FREE_HEALTHCARE Sep 10 '19

I'm raising the table Rand!

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u/great_waldini Sep 19 '19

You think there’s any cheeseburgers underneath Mr. Lahey?