I've got some general designs on paper and as soon as I flesh it out a bit
more I'll start crunching numbers for loading and stress for beem sizing
and such. I plan on over building the 'dumbwaiter' but not stupidly
overbuilding it

Bill

Mr Otis figured out a safe simple mechanical solution:
http://video.google.com.au/videosear...en&sitesearch=

or type: secret life lift
in Google Video, to get full 24min version or 3 smaller versions.

The inherent safety of hydraulic lifts is also demonstrated.

Jordan