I've seen small hydraulics used in a lot of scenery automation in
theatre. I don't think there is a regular supplier, but many surplus
shops often have an odd assortment. Princess Auto (a Canadian company)
makes custom hydraulic cylinders. I don't know if they're able to make
them that small though.

Josh
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"Alan B. Pearce" wrote:
> A good place to start is probably an outfit that manufactures replacement
> gas lifts for motor vehicle tailgates and the like. Else any plant outfit
> that manufactures safety guards for equipment that would be big enough to
> require power lifting. The sort of things used on fork lift trucks and mini
> diggers would be too large I would expect.

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