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[LXdamo]

i made one at work about five years ago.had about fifteen engines on it and no problems.it was built with a bit of overkill(everything is twice the size it needs to be),but it works fine.




the front wheels are from a wheelie bin,and the back one is a lockable castor.
as you can see it is also used for putting spare blocks on when they r in the way.
the handle is just a crow bar or what ever is handy.the shaft that goes through the tube is a twistlock spigot.just a piece of 6mm plate cut at 400mm square with some 3/4 bolts holding the arms on.
pretty simple stuff,but it works
Damo

[RIM-010]

Cheers guys.

Joshua, yours looks pretty similar to what I wanna do.

Cheers, RIM

[RIM-010]

I'm gunna bump this, my first lesson is tomorrow.

Give us your worst (and more importantly, your best).

Cheers, RIM

[RIM-010]

Anyone?

RIM

[orangeLJ]

I rekon you have a good thing. Add a tool tray, maybe removable so its not always in the way (maybe flip down/up) the drip tray would be EXCELLENT! cant tell you how many tiimes i have used our engine stand and had to lay newspaper down underneath it (and still need to clean up later) so when pulling off sumps and stuff you dont put oil and shit all over the floor. Is it possible that you can put a small winch system and make it so that the actual mounting point, and therefore the whole motor can be raised or lowered (dropped to lower tray to store motor, or raised for easier acess to other parts of the motor.)

[RIM-010]

How tall do I want it? I'm 6" tall.

Also, how long is a red 6, and how heavy are they? How heavy are 253/308s?

How thick should the tube be?

Still need pics of the 'head' where it bolts to the engine.

Decided on using a magnetic strip and a socket rack instead of a tool tray, and am looking into buying an oil drip tray.

Cheers for your help guys.

Tim

[RIM-010]

Anyone?

Tim

[RIM-010]

Come ooonnn... Anyone?

Tim

[RIM-010]

ANYBODY AT ALL!!!

How tall do I want it? I'm 6" tall.

Also, how long is a red 6, and how heavy are they? How heavy are 253/308s?

How thick should the tube be?

Still need pics of the 'head' where it bolts to the engine.

Please, help us out here.

Tim

[RIM-010]

Gday again.

Can someone get a pic of the 'head' on their engine stand, with a few measurements? Like how long the arms are, how long the holes in it are, how thick the plate is, etc etc.

Cheers.

Tim

[toryman76]

Tim i will go out to mine sometime today and get some pics for ya and take some rough measurements

Leigh

[RIM-010]

Awesome, cheers.

Tim

[toryman76]

heres a couple of pics. did you want me to draw it up as a technical drawing for you? or do you just want the rough measurements i took?




Leigh

[RIM-010]

Tech drawing would be awesome!

Cheers for that.

Tim

[toryman76]

this is very rough and a few dimensions have just been made up to show roughly what it looks like. if you require specific dimensions then give me some more time to go out and get them. for instance the angles have just been made up aswell as the positioning of the slits. oh and the upright has just been put in there for representation sake. i think thats about all that had been made up. the rest of the dimensions i actually measured off the stand.
hope this helps ya mate! let me know if you need further assistance.



Cheers Leigh

[RIM-010]

When you said 'technical drawing', I thought you meant a pic with some dimensions, but this is great. Cheers heaps for that, Leigh.



This is why I love this place.

Tim

[toryman76]

lol! nah mate i dont do things by halves! i am studying engineering at uni and i speant a whole semester doing this sort of stuff so i just whipped that up in about 10 minutes. its actually a 3D object that i used to make the drawing with.

Cheers

[RIM-010]

Yeah, I know, I've got a full CAD drawing of the whole stand already, except the head...

Tim

[toryman76]

ahh ok. what program are you using? AUTOCAD? we have been taught how to use Solidworks if you have ever heard of that... i have autocad but havent been bothered to learn how to use it yet

[RIM-010]

Autodesk Inventor, I think it's called...

Tim

[toryman76]

yeah never heard of it anyway hope that helps you and as i said if you need any more specifics let me know.

Cheers Leigh

[RIM-010]

Nah, that's great. Cheers.

Tim

[RIM-010]

What material is used for the arms?

Cheers.

Tim