show your home made work stand!!

[scrumblero]

I have suffered long enough without a real work stand, and it just wouldn't be the same if i didn't make it..

lets see some pics of your home made stand so I can steal some good ideas!! :lol:

 

[udallcustombikes]

This post has links to several other post when the topic came up in the past.
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=27265&p=268689&hilit=work+stand#p268689

 

[scrumblero]

thank you!!! :mrgreen:

 

[BrunneCustoms]

This may sound a little dumb but my stand is a bongo drum stand. Adjustable height. I need to modify the clamp a little to hold the bike better and then it's perfect.
It looks like this one.

 

[Mark13]

Simple but effective. Made from bits of wood lying around.

 

[scrumblero]

:shock: :!: (rusty gears squeak slowly into motion)

 

[utilityart]

There are some good ones in this thread viewtopic.php?f=3&t=19971
Today I just clamped a piece of1 1/4" square tubing to my welding table and put a towel around it. I could hook the saddle on it or put the frame on it. Not real stable but fine for what I needed.

 

[motopsyco]

Being naturally thrifty I am currently building an adapter to turn an old unused engine stand into one using a set of modified pipe clamps and some scrap metal. Will post a pic if I get time to finish it this weekend.

I'm not knocking them if you can afford them but the price of a commercially made stand is outrageous.

 

[motopsyco]

A minor miracle happened today, I got a few hours alone in the shop! :mrgreen:
This is what I have been using for atv repair but it's overkill for a bicycle and does not hold it still for sanding

Besides every old hot rodder probably has an engine stand somewhere...

Just get a 3/4" pipe clamp setup and modify the clamps with whatever you have on hand. I just happened to have some aluminum plate but wood or plastic works too. Then drive a 1/2 x 13 nut into the pipe end and weld it into place. It helps to put a generous coat of anti-seize on the bolt and leave it in place while welding. If you're using galvanised pipe be sure to remove the galvanizing by either sanding or dipping it in muriatic acid before welding.

Then bolt it tightly to the engine stand

And here it is with my latest project clamped in it.