We’ve never met a doctor who will actually prescribe “garage therapy” as a way to beat the blues, but any gearhead knows that ...

[consciousflesh] does away with both those for his DIY hydraulic artificial muscles ... check out the load test in the video below as the muscles lift and lower 5 kg (11 lbs) each.

The PTFE slider/spacers [Andy] needed a compact motorcycle lift for his small workshop ... For other lifting applications, check out this hydraulic workbench, and this forklift for moving stuff ...