[swwrobotics]

For the elevator, you could probably even use PVC pipes and just stack them inside each other, like a telescoping device on each side. Or you could get the special c-channel PVC, which I think you can get on mcmaster.com, and make something similar to Wildstang's design. This would probably be strong and save weight (since it's not metal) but our team has never actually made a forklifting device before so I'm not that aware if there would be any major problems of the design.