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The new-to-me house has a large area w/ cathedral ceilings. I wanted / needed the ability to safely reach those high surfaces when refinishing the interior. This scaffold permits me to safely touch the ridge when set to maximum height, as-shown in the image. My nearby professional paint store had the Metaltech Jobsite 6′ Baker Scaffold setup in their showroom to spur sales on this product.
Research showed that they also offer many optional accessories. The options I selected / purchased are the guardrail system and outriggers.
This is a terrific system. Even at maximum height, it is VERY secure and stable. Multiple sets may be stacked, up to three units high. I have / need only the one unit.
It is possible for one person to: transport (multiple trips); setup; break down and store the scaffold, all w/o tools. All of the connection points have safety pins / latches to ensure the parts remain secure until intentionally disassembled.
When setting up (solo), what I do is start w/ an end frame leaning against a wall, wheels locked and tabs facing each other. I then latch on the side braces, one after the other, causing the frame to lean inwards until the side brace end touches the ground. Then, standing between the side braces, I lift them up and engage onto the other nearby vertical end frame. The platform is carefully placed onto the side braces. The guardrail ends are carefully dropped into the side brace holes. Everything is safety clipped during the process.
FWIW, the side braces have spring loaded U-shaped locking pins. Those have a great feel and work VERY well during assembly and disassembly.
The parts include: a pair of end frames; a pair of side braces; a work platform; a pair of guardrails (part of the Guardrail System) and four outriggers (part of the 14″ Outrigger System). There are also appropriate quantities of locking pins, toggle pins, casters and an instruction manual for the staging, the guardrail system and the outriggers.
There are 5″ dual locking casters on the staging and on the outriggers. I have found broken down storage works MUCH better when the casters are locked w/ the tabs pointing at each other.
This is a great system that has been working well for my usage. The sellers did no charge deliveries to my home. That was very helpful / useful for me (no pickup truck).
Metaltech 6′ Jobsite Baker Scaffold
Metaltech Guardrail System
Metaltech 14″ Outriggers
Metaltech 6′ Jobsite Baker Scaffold w/ Guardrails and Outriggers at Maximum Height
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Metaltech Baker Scaffold – Setting Up w/ Side Braces Attached to End Frame
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Metaltech Guardrail w/ Safety Toggle Pin
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Metaltech Baker Platform w/ Security Latches in Latched Position
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Side Brace Attached to Frame w/ Locking Pin
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Double Locking 5″ Caster
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Metaltech Baker Scaffold – Broken Down and Stored, Leaning Against Wall
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Interior Ceiling Height
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Reaching Interior Peak While Standing on Scaffold
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That one is nice. I usually only see the single level one but I am digging this one.
FINALLY got all my artwork into my new-to-me home. Also, finally fully emptied / terminated my long-term storage unit (had other stuff / junk besides artwork, two 6’x12′ U-Haul enclosed trailers full).
The method that makes sense to me for placing / hanging artwork is to first have everything on-hand, then move stuff around w/o hanging to first determine placements, THEN hang the artwork onto the walls.
The exception was / is this large ~6′ wide by ~4′ tall canvas painting. There is only one placement for this large painting in this house. Waaay back when the wife and I got this our house was HUGE, w/ a very large two-story tall entrance, PERFECT for properly displaying lots of artwork.
The challenge for me was how to single-person hang this large piece. My solution was to use my Metaltech Baker scaffolding. It worked out great. I was able to select the correct height on the first pass. The first placement was too low, then moved up to just right.
The only issue was that it was impossible to get the hook at exactly the correct height. The first attachment was slightly crooked, one side about 3/8″ too high. A second set of hands was used to hold one end while the hook was lowered slightly. Now all is good.
Too Low
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Just Right
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Crooked
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Just Right
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Sweet, that is an awesome Idea for hanging it, plus it looks great there. I like art work like that with the stage coaches
burbigo4 wrote:
3 hours ago, burbigo4 said:Thanks for sharing! The MetalTech Jobsite 6 wingless scaffolding seems well suited to narrow areas, but you really need to check the stability on the ground and the tightness of the wheels to avoid any play.
There are not any wheel tightness adjustments possible. The wheels (or the alternative flat pads) have square posts w/ retention holes that are secured to the frame tubes w/ U-shaped clevis pins w/ retained clevis pin clips.
This is SUPER stable! I have the optional outriggers to ensure I don’t end up on my head.
When I purchased this new-to-me house the shrubs that lined the back property edge, nearby and parallel to the pool enclosure, were waaay overgrown. I did a first-pass rough trimming of height and width, removing about 1/3 of the height.
A year later they again had LOTS of growth and I removed about 3′ of height and also evened up the width. This time I used my new MetalTech scaffolding and used the top edge of the safety rail set to maximum height as the ruler for trimming the top.
For this project I removed the wheels and instead used the flat pads. To aid me dragging this across the grass, I would lift one end and have the pads on the other end placed on large cardboard sheets.
This whole project was as much fun as it seems. A LARGE part of the fun was cleaning up the HUGE pile of trimmings.
Trimming these shrubs looks like it needs to be an annual effort.
(One future project is going to be placing 120VAC power poles in the shrubs so I can place colored lights for parties.)
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These images show the casters I use on hard / solid flooring, such as inside the house. The images also show the flat pad feet that work well outside on the grass.
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