Watch: Making an Electric Hydraulic Bottle Jack

This is one video that didn’t force me to turn off the sound due to horrible music, and once we get to the end, where the electric motor starts jacking up the car, it almost seems to be pumping to the beat.

This guy starts with a standard hydraulic jack and uses it and some other stuff he had lying around, including a 12 volt windshield wiper motor, to conjure up an interesting creation.

Imagine a bottle jack that pumps itself! Well, here you have it. Not that it’s particularly practical (especially in light of all the weight it adds to the jack), but it definitely does the job.

If nothing else, it might provide some inspiration for what you can build for yourself around the home or homestead.

In the end, it’s pretty cool.

Russ Chastain

Editor & Contributing Writer Russ Chastain is a lifelong hunter and shooter who has spent his life learning about hunting, shooting, guns, ammunition, gunsmithing, reloading, and bullet casting. He started toting his own gun in the woods at age nine and he's pursued deer with rifles since 1982, so his hunting knowledge has been growing for more than three and a half decades. His desire and ability to share this knowledge with others has also grown, and Russ has been professionally writing and editing original hunting & shooting content since 1998. Russ Chastain has a passion for sharing accurate, honest, interesting hunting & shooting knowledge and stories with people of all skill levels.