Well I received my doll in March of this year and I have yet to do anything with her. My wife had to help me get her out of the box and eventually hang her. She just hung in the closet for 7 months. The problem is her weight. I knew when I ordered her she would be 74 lbs; but I cannot lift her. I have some buyers remorse for this. Anyway I read some guides with tips on how to mover her. Even watched a YouTube video on how to move. These younger guys even had trouble moving the dead weight.
So I thought about it for a couple of months and came up with a solution to move her without using my back at all. I made a custom doll rack that allows me to roll her around and raise and lower her as needed.
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It took a couple of iterations but the above works well. The first version I hung the doll centered between the upright bars but quickly realized I could not put her on chairs or the edge of the bed because the vertical bars hit the item. Thus I created the offset or cantilevered version. The original base was designed to be able to roll into a traditional closet (US). The original upright (5/8" Unistrut) with the cantilever worked but seemed it could become unstable. So I replaced the uprights with 1 5/8" Unistrut; much better. We decided to not use a closet for storage so I made the base a little wider for more stability. The power winch carries 120 lbs with single line.
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This photo demonstrates getting close enough to put the doll on the bed.
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Sable in the stand to be moved. Note there is a 360 degree swivel connector between the winch and the S hook.
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Preparing to put Sable in a chair to watch TV with me. I pre-position the arms and legs before lowering her. Note one side of the base is open to allow the stand base to go under furniture and straddle furniture legs.
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Sable in chair.
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The winch was $96.00 Amazon
Steel and connectors ~$150.00 Home Depot Unistrut in electrical section
Swivel wheels ~$16.00 Home Depot
Heavy duty shelf support ~$10.00 Home Depot For the cantilever
I used a hacksaw to cut the steel, just takes a couple of minutes.
I am making this design available to anyone. I have more pictures that show the details I can post if needed. I hope is saves someone else's back.
Cheers!
