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Quickie engine stand?
I'm looking for suggestions for a quickie engine stand.
Fastest is probably one that holds the engine verticle, flange down. doesn't need to be waist high. Wood is probably my best bet. I'm planning on lifting the engine (A-65) off the tires it's currently laying on so I can mount the exhaust, carb., etc prior to mounting it on the a/c. Suggestions? Smarter approach?- Mike |
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Is $39.95 too much? If it will hold a V8, I suppose it will hold an A-65.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=32915 Vaughn "Michael Horowitz" wrote in message ... I'm looking for suggestions for a quickie engine stand. Fastest is probably one that holds the engine verticle, flange down. doesn't need to be waist high. Wood is probably my best bet. I'm planning on lifting the engine (A-65) off the tires it's currently laying on so I can mount the exhaust, carb., etc prior to mounting it on the a/c. Suggestions? Smarter approach?- Mike |
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Vaughn wrote: Is $39.95 too much? If it will hold a V8, I suppose it will hold an A-65. Price is fine; if I had the time I could build a nice substantial stand, but I'm looking for a fast and nasty for Sat. morning. Currently thinking of bolting a 4' length of 2x6 (or 8) in place of the prop,lifting the engine and then bolting the 2x6 to a 4x4 frame made of 2x4 with some kind of re-enforced corners. I'm trying to visualize the twisting the engine weight might place on that 2x6. - Mike |
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(mhorowit wrote)
Currently thinking of bolting a 4' length of 2x6 (or 8) in place of the prop,lifting the engine and then bolting the 2x6 to a 4x4 frame made of 2x4 with some kind of re-enforced corners. I'm trying to visualize the twisting the engine weight might place on that 2x6. - Mike I build theater sets. Never hung an engine on stage though. :-) If you are in a garage with rafters, run a 9' leg UP to the cross rafters and secure - attach flange mounting board to leg. Build two legs like a ladder if you would feel more comfortable with that set up. (One leg should do it though) Flange board can be a couple of pieces of 2'x2' plywood screwed together for strength. (Will a 2x6 be wide enough for the bolt pattern?) Engine will end up being mounted on the boards(s) the normal way - horizontally like an engine stand. To strengthen the leg going up to the rafters, attach stiffening boards up the two sides - it'll look like a rain gutter or a flower box. 1x3's will work fine here. Pre-drill. Too much work - grab some scrap 2x4's instead. g I'm thinking an 8' long board (2x4, shelving material, plywood sheet, whatever) on the floor will lay flat so you can park something heavy on it - car, motorcycle, brother-in-law? Floor board can run away from the engine - opposite what an engine stand looks like, where the bottom piece with the wheels is under the hanging engine. 1"x2" cross bracing would be fine here. No bracing would work too, just put a small 2x4 block on either side of the flag pole leg, then attach the blocks to floor board. Give yourself about 2' on the engine side and 6' feet on the brother-in-law side. He can sit in a chair, so long as the chair is on the floor board. It sounds more complicated than it is. In the shop we could spit this out in 3 minutes. However, in the shop we have all the boards, screws, saws, drills, quick-grips, etc right there :-) Again, this is for a garage with exposed rafters. However, anything up on the ceiling that you can attach the leg to will work. We're not talking that much weight/force/torque up there, so long as you have the floor board in place preventing the bottom from kicking out. Good luck. Montblack |
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