How to make an elevator in 'Scrap Mechanic'

“Scrap Mechanic” is an early access game on Steam which currently provides an open world sandbox in which you can create. It provides over 100 pieces you can mix and match in order to create almost anything your heart desires. Whether you want to make a house with secret passages or a robot, with enough patience and trial and error, you can create one in “Scrap Mechanic.”

One thing that is infinitely useful when building a house or other tall object, is an elevator. It makes it easy to get to the top of your creation in one go instead of hopping up things or making staircases all the time. Today I'll teach you how to make an elevator. I am making this on the outside of my current 3-story house in order to easily reach the roof so please pardon any stray wiring that is visible in the pictures; I did my best to keep them out of it.

These elevators can be used indoors as well; I have one going to the third floor inside my home.

Step 1: Place a single building block on a solid wall.

Step 2: Place a bearing on the face side of the building block you just placed.

Step 3: Place more building blocks attached directly to the bearing; make a rather long line. The length you will need will depend on the size of the item you are using the elevator for so measure or just experiment until you get it.

Step 4: Connect the bearing to a nearby controller.

Step 5: Place a bearing on the face of the end (opposite end of the last bearing) of the bar you created.

Step 6: Create another bar that attaches to the bearing; it will be the same length as the last bar you made.

Step 7: Connect the new bearing to the nearby controller.

Step 8: Place a bearing on the face of the end of the bar you just created (on the same end as the first bearing).

Step 9: Create another bar that attaches to the bearing. It will also need to be the same length as the first two bars.

Step 10: Connect the new bearing to the nearby controller.

Step 11: Place a switch down and connect it to the controller.

Step 12: Take note of the numbers of your bearing.

Step 13: Edit the rotation using the controller. The first should be -90. The second should be 180. The third should be -180.

Step 14: Press the switch and make sure your bar unfolds cleanly and reaches the height you need for whatever you're building in “Scrap Mechanic.” If you find it's rotating the wrong direction for some reason, swap the rotation using the controller again. It may need to be 90, -180, 180 if the rotations got switched around.

Step 15: Bring the elevator bar back down. Place one final bearing on the face of the end of the last bar you created.

Step 16: Make a bar coming down from it; I like to do a two or three block bar. It needs to be pointed straight down to the ground.

Step 17: Create a platform on the base of this new bar. This is going to be the elevator floor. Make it large enough to fit a chair or saddle seat and for you to stand on it with the seat.

Step 18: Connect the new bearing to the controller.

Step 19: Place a chair or saddle (or a toilet if you want to be a bit humorous).

Step 20: Connect your seat to your switch.

Step 21: Use the controller to change the rotation of the fourth bearing. It should need to be at 90. (If you had backwards rotation issues on step 13, set it for -90.) Send it up once without you sitting on it to be sure everything unfolds properly and the seat is right side up when it reaches the top.

Step 22: Take a seat on the chair, push 1 on your keyboard and you will be taken upward. You can get off and hop onto your rooftop or the top of whatever you are working on.

Adjust this method to work for the size of whatever you need to get to the top of in “Scrap Mechanic.” Some people may not need three bars of length and others may need more; I decided on three since I was going to the roof of a 3-story building. The interior elevator I created only needed two with the third bearing being the seat rotation. The method is the same any way you need to do it. Just make sure nothing blocks the rotation.  

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