Comments on: Cheap-Ass Tools: HF’s Electric Winch

By: Kurt Schwind

Kurt Schwind — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:21:13 +0000

I’d need to buy a power converter for this to use it. When they say ‘for use in the shop’ how do they plan on powering it? Do most people have a 12v power supply sitting in their shop? Maybe I’m just the odd-man-out on this.

By: Matt Lapointe

Matt Lapointe — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:09:01 +0000

just lettin ya know that Costco has a Champion winch 3000 lbs for $50…comes with roller fairlead and snatch block too.

By: David

David — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:54:58 +0000

I bought one of these from Canadian Tire here in Ontario. I use a winch to raise and lower my snow blade on my ATV. The switch burned out after a couple of months. The current going through the switch is too great for the design. The contacts were pitted and scored so badly, it would not work. I used my dremel to clean the contacts to get it running again. During the summer I will look into a better switch.

By: Chuck Cage

Chuck Cage — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:23:20 +0000

A friend of mine used a 120 VAC version to build a little “overhead rail lift” over his lathe to simplify chuck changes as back problems make it harder for him to lift the chucks.

By: nrChris

nrChris — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:51:08 +0000

My first thought was that this could really easily be adapted to an overhead lifting system for a garage or workshop, but the 12v puts a serious cramp in that idea–at least for me.