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Does it have a hollow spindle? If it does then you might be able to get a threaded chuck adaptor and use a draw bar. Or just weld a suitable piece of threaded rod to the end of the existing chuck arbour. An oilstone would be better than a file for dressing any high spots.

You could always try it, and report back with your findings :-)

You can get hydraulic versions, which have the advantage of not having to have the winch etc at the rear, so might be ideal. And you can bolt the pillar to a suitable plate set into the floor. Going back to your original winch idea, have you discussed it with whoever designed the roof? I am...

Forklift is a good shout. For the height you want a car lift is unlikely to be high enough, they generally only go to about 7 feet.

Apologies, when I suggested this with scaffold tubes I hadn't realised you had already suggested the same thing.

Which takes me back to the car lift suggestion. Much more robust, and many use a screw to lift rather than cables so very little to go wrong. Safety measures already built in . Would be capable of lifting far more than the OP's future proof weight. Pic for illustration you could just use one...

Hamster Jam makes a good point. Whether buried or not makes a lot of sense to put it in a conduit, you never know what you might want to add later. Good idea to put a pull cord in with it as well.

A really simple way would be just to have two cables and eye bolts attached to the platform with the cables running through them, just to keep it centred in the hole. For light loads this ought to be fine, and is probably the very simplest solution. Just depends how rigid you need it to be. If...

Solid mounted with cupped wheels would not be a reliable way of holding the car on a roller coaster, they would also wear very much more quickly at the sort of speeds these things travel, hence the three flat wheels. And of course they have to deal with substantial lateral forces, not an issue...

The advantage of cupped wheels is that you would only need two, ideally one in front and one behind above and below your platform. In fact for the relatively low weight you could just use one in front below the platform and one behind above it, I'm assuming two uprights and the platform being...

In fact the cheapest thing to use would be scaffold tubes, and suitably sized cupped rollers, one in front of the tube and one behind. One set a the bottom of your platform and another above it then it will run up and down to your hearts content. You could probably find fixed wheels from a...

Bearing in mind if you are going to use a hoist then you are just talking about guides, you could just use two lengths of say 30mm tube, and cupped wheels on your platform. Look at something like a roller coaster, this is how the cars are held on. You could just use short pieces of tube that fit...

I was thinking along the lines of just using one pillar, oriented so the leg is parallel to the wall. How much weight do you want it to lift?

Mine are Chubb conquest models. I think they are about £130 new. I was given the first one by my dad, the second one I bought at a car boot for £20 odd. Not as good as the real top of the range stuff, but still enough to give someone trying to get in pause for thought. Needs to be fitted to a...

IF your power supply to the shed is up to it, as detailed in previous posts, then it is not expensive. You can buy wall sockets and plugs from Screwfix, then just wire them in with suitable cable. I have four dotted around my workshop for the kit that needs them. If you are not confident get an...

Could you repurpose a car lift? I am thinking of the type with free standing pillars either side of the vehicle and arms that swing out under the jacking points. You can buy second hand ones quite cheaply

Ideally you want double braked castors, so they lock the wheels and also the swiveling action.

I have wired glass windows, with bars behind. Sufficiently obscure that it is difficult to actually see through them to see what is inside, but still let in light. Best security is to stop them getting in in the first place. I use beams across the doors. If you break the beam, or if you were to...

Never have understood people's liking for OSB for internal walls. You can solve all your spacing issues by using 18mm t&g water resistant chipboard flooring sheets. Just put them on horizontally and stagger each run like bricks. Even if you go to 22mm it is still cheaper than OSB or ply. Stud...

Similar arrangement at Norfolk and Norwich hospital, but I think with the chit from the ward it was actually free.