Old Otis freight drum boy 🥁 NYC. Left one was gutted years ago, right one is still operational.Dec 2019 ⋅ beefstuart ⋅ r/Elevators
First month on the job and we’re building these car freights. Also got to do an escalator inspection. I think I’m in a position to learn some good stuff with these guys.Nov 2019 ⋅ Pun_crazio ⋅ r/Elevators
Call came in “elevator was stopped a little out of level” I guess that was technically true. Gearless traction elevator was unable to relevel with near capacity load. I think they worked several hours to try and get this machine out of elevator before I arrived.May 2019 ⋅ ItsDaElevatorMan ⋅ r/Elevators
Couldn’t have done it if they tried. Dropped from this floor and hung up just below.Aug 2019 ⋅ jb2x ⋅ r/Elevators
Elevator fans.. earlier at work 46 stories in the air after a gradual stop going to floor 50. I was stuck for 7-10 minutes in an Otis Elevonic 401. The 3 black rectangles seen below the floor indicator lit up with red text. I did not read the text as I was panicked. What do those do & say/mean?Dec 2019 ⋅ PissyPantsAmity ⋅ r/Elevators
Look what my amazing husband brought home from doing a mod today! We're going to make it into a mailbox post. Have any of you used elevator parts as decor?Mar 2019 ⋅ jenngib81 ⋅ r/Elevators ⋅ #x-post
TK Twin. 40 of these being installed in NYC right now, Hudson Yards. I counted 7 buffers and 5 comp sheaves.Dec 2019 ⋅ ItsDaElevatorMan ⋅ r/Elevators ⋅ #40 #7 #5
32 floors down. Got to love Metal grating. And for extra points, its removableMar 2019 ⋅ abraksis747 ⋅ r/Elevators ⋅ #32
This is an IN GROUND hydro on the 23rd floor of a building!Sep 2019 ⋅ SaucybOy420 ⋅ r/Elevators ⋅ #23
Wiring my first controller ever, working on a Waupaca lift that I have been installing from the ground up with my father.Jul 2019 ⋅ Sub_Omen ⋅ r/Elevators
Why replace when you can rebuild it as part of your maintenance contract?Nov 2019 ⋅ BlueBlazeRunner ⋅ r/Elevators
Is he small or wtf? (Not mine, someone sent to me)Jun 2019 ⋅ anelevatorengineer ⋅ r/Elevators ⋅ #Not-mine,-someone-sent-to-me #someone-sent-to-me #Not-mine
Helper explaining why the car is in the overhead and in the safetiesJul 2019 ⋅ Elevat0r_Guy ⋅ r/Elevators
Sometimes you get so involved in what you are doing you forget about that ladder.Jun 2019 ⋅ Zasdfr ⋅ r/Elevators
When you ask to leave some plastic on the door for protection...Aug 2019 ⋅ Californiadude86 ⋅ r/Elevators
It’s the little things! Mods guys been on site - new landing lock releases with a little stopper so you can’t turn it the wrong way. We, the service department salute you 👌🏻May 2019 ⋅ EpicMrLove ⋅ r/Elevators
Haughton elevator machine. Brakes have no coil, there are fields in each arm that energize and pick.Aug 2019 ⋅ elev8torguy ⋅ r/Elevators
We all know those mechanics who should have retired 20 years ago but they're still kicking around!Jan 2019 ⋅ pressthebest ⋅ r/Elevators ⋅ #20
I'm a guard, I shouldn't be here. I don't know much about elevators but here's our bottom drive freight elevator.May 2019 ⋅ TitanActual56 ⋅ r/Elevators
The condo building I used to live in had 2 elevators side by side.... It was only 5 years old then I took these pics in 2013. They had nothing but problems with these elevators. At one point, one of the elevators stopped halfway between the 1st & 2nd floor and the door opened, no one was in it....Dec 2019 ⋅ johnvosh ⋅ r/Elevators ⋅ #2013 #2 #5 #1
Over 100 years old, yet still runs better than most modern elevators!May 2019 ⋅ SaucybOy420 ⋅ r/Elevators ⋅ #100
OTIS Annunciator @ The Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, PA. (Installed either 2016-2017)Apr 2019 ⋅ NathanCE227 ⋅ r/Elevators ⋅ #Installed-either-2016-2017
“Hi you’ve activated the emergency alarm, do you need help?” “Yeah, I’m trying to get to __ floor.” “Are you stuck?” “No, but I’m trying to get to __ floor.” “Sir, I can’t make the elevator move.”Feb 2019 ⋅ trashiest_trashpanda ⋅ r/Elevators
(Escalator) Schindler 9300 bullgear off to the machine shop.Mar 2019 ⋅ OvinceStPierre ⋅ r/Elevators ⋅ #Escalator #9300
Failure in an Otis Gen2 inverter. We finally found the problemFeb 2019 ⋅ anelevatorengineer ⋅ r/Elevators ⋅ #2
Old Gurney Elevator at 801 Market street Philadelphia, Pa. I believe it was used by strawbridge’s to lift entire trucks full of retail merchandise, now its used for trash lolApr 2019 ⋅ DaddyDankSack ⋅ r/Elevators ⋅ #801
Vendor recommends replacing our controllers; building is 14 years old. Current ones no longer supported. Does this make sense?Apr 2019 ⋅ marklyon ⋅ r/Elevators ⋅ #14
Does anyone have any advice for getting this astragal in the door ? We've tried three types of lubricant and can only get it about a third of the way downFeb 2019 ⋅ Redmageking ⋅ r/Elevators
I’m a simple man. If I see a glass machine room, I spend then next ten minutes gazing into it like a kid looking into a pet store!Jun 2019 ⋅ SaucybOy420 ⋅ r/Elevators
Time for some cartop work! Got that new Samsung S10+ for some crispy wide angles!Mar 2019 ⋅ HIstateAnonymous ⋅ r/Elevators ⋅ #10
Lobby Hall Doors, former location of Federal Reserve Bank Kansas CityFeb 2019 ⋅ ItsDaElevatorMan ⋅ r/Elevators
Today’s haul was a very average $0.26 from 6 pits. What is the most awesome or crazy thing you’ve found in a pit?Oct 2019 ⋅ jb2x ⋅ r/Elevators ⋅ #m #26 #0
Just your standard ThyssenKrupp fixtures, but I still think they look so cool!Feb 2019 ⋅ ZeroVector0518 ⋅ r/Elevators
Anyone know what this room circled in blue is for? Can it be moved easily?Feb 2019 ⋅ thegavel ⋅ r/Elevators
An absolutely BEAUTIFUL 1920s Westinghouse geared machine!!Apr 2019 ⋅ SaucybOy420 ⋅ r/Elevators ⋅ #1920
Replace now? Or perhaps never? These overhead sheaves for an old OTIS basement machine are expensive to do now as part of a mod but more $ to do later. But the really low use quiet building only has 32 apartments. Might have a few more decades of use left in the bearings. Thoughts?Mar 2019 ⋅ BlueBlazeRunner ⋅ r/Elevators ⋅ #32
What is Y on a position Indicator? Had floors identified as 1 2 3 on the bezels.Mar 2019 ⋅ OvinceStPierre ⋅ r/Elevators ⋅ #3 #2 #1
Best way to do a cable job . 9 stories 6 cables, same timeDec 2019 ⋅ beefstuart ⋅ r/Elevators ⋅ #6 #9
Can anyone here identify this button? Installed on a Dover but they don't look like Dover buttons.Feb 2019 ⋅ OvinceStPierre ⋅ r/Elevators
We still didn't make the front page, but good to see it gaining traction!Mar 2019 ⋅ CrocodileTeeth ⋅ r/Elevators
Those are two piece roped hydro jacks. Each section is 17 ft long and they aren't going in the ground. In other words, Insane.Jan 2019 ⋅ abraksis747 ⋅ r/Elevators ⋅ #17
Massive Montgomery COP. The 66 button was above my head and I’m 6’ tall!!Jun 2019 ⋅ SaucybOy420 ⋅ r/Elevators ⋅ #m #66
That will make your butt pucker when you hear that banging down the hoistway from 19 floors above you.Jan 2019 ⋅ abraksis747 ⋅ r/Elevators ⋅ #m
