engine stand

[robert1839]

this is the engine stand I made in my shop class

[rficalora]

Looks good Tristan.  Are you planning to put wheels on the front?  If not you probably should get it situated where you want it before putting the motor on it.

[robert1839]

yea I will put some on the front when I have some cash to get them

[Moderator]

Very cool project! I especially like the paint job.

[BlownMGB-V8]

Good for you! By now of course you know that for about what it cost in materials you could have bought a decent one from HF but I'm sure that was not the point. I have an old engine stand I made decades ago out of old scrap bits I had lying around. A chunk of pipe for the upright (didn't even trim the upper end) an MG spindle, hub and rotor for the head, and an old timing chain and pinch bolt for a brake. I have better engine stands now but still use it. Today it is out in the shop holding up a transmission that is going in the TR-7, while the other two store bought ones are up on the shelf. It's something you can be proud of and no doubt you learned a few things while doing it that will benefit you in the future.

Jim

[robert1839]

the price to make it wasn't that bad really I put in like 48 bucks for the metal the place I got it from cut it to the right size so I didn't have to buy the whole 10 ft of it and he gave me a thicker gage because it was convent for him so he didn't charge me for it so it will probly hold anything a can fi on there
ether way I built it because I needed one and I needed a project in that class (: