You don’t say what your budget is, but a used mobility scooter hoist for a car may be ok.

There are various designs but one with 2 linear actuators would give up and down and rotary motion.
Some have a built in winch.

They have a handset to control the movement. Lifting capacity varies but you can get ones with over 100kg capacity. Obviously depends on how it is mounted. I am thinking of doing the same as you.

Stuart

Pero

I agree with Stuart that a mobility scooter hoist could work well for this job. Something I’ve looked into up to the obtain parts and back of envelope design stage.

My Plan A is to bolt a mobility scooter loading crane of the type intended to be fixed into an hatchback or estate car to a good quality rolling service cart.

The service cart I have is the 6 drawer version found under Snap-On / Bluepoint brands. It is reassuringly sturdy. I imagine other breeds could be up to the task but Snap-On have a well deserved reputation for making strong stuff. (My big Snap-On rolling mechanics toolbox has load ratings per drawer approaching that of a whole similar sized one from some other suppliers.) Many years ago I bought a similar service cart from a budget supplier, Northern Tools perhaps, that is surprisingly rigid when bolted up but unlikely to be up to handling the offset stresses of a crane.

I spent maybe £300 – £350 for the Snap-On cart and crane via FaceBook Marketplace and E-Bay.

Preliminary plan is to fix a short length of scaffold pole to one corner of the cart as a base for the crane pivot device on the existing mounts. Alternative is to mount the crane on a long shaft dropping down into the scaffold pole. At this stage I’m unsure about doing permanent integration, which would be neater, as welded on brackets would be needed.

These cranes have an inherently limited lift range. Probably not an issue if shifting from storage shelf to machine. Even less so if you store the chucks and other things on the cart. If you choose to do on cart storage probably better to have a cart with the deep top compartment and sliding lid rather than the shallow compartment and hinge up lid that mine has. A strong ratchet strap seems good way to get more, adjustable, lift range.

Disadvantage of the mobility scooter lift is that it needs some sort of 12 volt power supply. Car battery would be ideal and help balance things but seems expensive given the limited use. I have an old but still good one on the bench for various jobs so no issue for me.

In the beginning I was going to engineer my own version using a feed screw driven by my 18volt Makita battery drill to drive the lift. Then the penny dropped that I was basically re-inventing the wheel. I imagine an inexpensive hydraulic cylinder and hand pump would work if you chose to engineer your own. Something like the ram and pump used in body repair kits from the likes of Machine Mart for £120 (ish) :-

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-cs10prh-10-tonne-pump-ram-and-hose/

perhaps but these seem vastly over powered for this job.

Clive

I find a folding engine crane works for me but appreciate space and manoeuvrability etc can be an issue with one of those for many places.

As above, Pero’s low weight requirements are easily covered with a basic, cheap, hand-operated winch with a safety brake. Something like THIS . While not necessarily intended for lifting, I’ve seen them used that way as they crank in both directions and the weight rating is five times the requirement.

Using hydraulics or electrics, let alone a combination of both seems like a huge complication(and expense) for such a simple task.