Elevator Lifts

These lifts use elevator carts to lift one or multiple balls up a shaft, with the use of pulleys or cranks. If using pulleys with chain or string, there needs to be some mechanism to make it go in two directions, reversing when the cart gets to the top and bottom. This was first done with my forward/reverse transmission, but there are other ways as can be seen below.

Single Elevator Lift


These use a single cart on one end of a pulley system and a counterweight on the other. Sorunome’s version uses an elevator cart that holds 8 balls. The up and down motion is controlled by a gearbox that has forward and reverse transmission, similar to the twin elevator lift. Levers switch the gearbox when the elevator gets to the top/bottom. In total, the lift uses 34 gears. The elevator shaft doesn’t need tubing like some other designs.

Elevator Freefall Lift


This lift uses a different mechanism to change directions. It uses a special gear to lift the pulley, and at the top disengages and sends the cart falling back down. The only issues are a crown gear needs some teeth cut off, and it will be slightly off balance if adding a counterweight, since the cart needs to be heavier even without balls so it falls down correctly.

Crankavator


These use a crank to lift and change the direction of the elevator cart. They can be large cranks, like in the original version in Tartarus, or they can be smaller like mathsboy314’s version. The larger it gets, the more complex the drive system will be since it needs a lot of torque.

Twin Elevator Lift


It’s more efficient to have the elevators have two carts, and one balances the other out, not needing a counterweight. The first one made for Citadel uses two carts to lift the balls, each one carrying 4 balls. It uses a simple forward/reverse transmission to make them switch direction (the gearbox is located in the base). There are two reels of fishing line, and the reels are easy to adjust, which helps to combat stretching of the fishing line. This lift runs smoother and faster than other designs, but it uses tubing and the layout of the carts means a complex shaft with orange-tabbed connectors and splicers.


A simpler version that uses less pieces and no tubing was made by dickheijboer. The carts each hold 3 balls and the transmission is at the top. It also uses chain which is easier to set up. Plus, this version has instructions.

C-pulley Shuttle Lift


This is similar to the standard reversing elevator except it uses a shuttle that runs along a C-shaped track. It uses two chain loops with a rod between the lifts to pull on a string, which is attached to the shuttle.

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