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Clubroom => Tech Talk => Topic started by: mainline on February 22, 2010, 09:52:22 pm
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Just wondering if anyone has made up their own bike stand to use while they're restoring/rebuilding.
I'm not so much talking about your full length bike rack/ramp type of deal, but more the like a bike stand (on castors maybe) but with some sort of clamping arrangement so the frame doesn't try and tip over whenever you re-attach some part to one end or the other.
I've seen a few off the shelf ones, but I've got off-cuts of metal lying around everywhere and a welder and I'd rather spend my $200+ on bike bits.
Cheers
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This could be a great thread :o. Anybody got different designs out there that can be used. Mr Slackwell would havesomthing from his previos life as a machinest/welder/work shop owner.
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i was given a couple of adjustable desk legs ,nice flat base and the top swivels .welded base to an old bread trolleyand welded a a bit of metal pegboard to the top you can fip tie the frame to the pegboard -stops it falling off and cause the thing is on wheels you can just push the whole thing into a corner .you need help to get it down when the bike is finished tho
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I just used a broken desk chair with the height adjustable lever (gas shock) but the weight of a bike pushes it all the way down but i just packed it up with bit of wood.
For a piece of junk i had sitting in the shed.....it has been great and the castors have survived so far on the concrete.
Next time i see a broken chair like these....i'm grabbing them.
(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/hjcoupe/naked.jpg)
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I was just about to post this when news came through of Magoos passing. Needing to do something to take my mind off the sad news I'll keep going......Here goes. :(
I've found a simple solution to the bike workstand dilemna. These simple workstands are available at Bunnings for less than $60 and can easily handle the weight of a bike. When not in use they can be folded and stored away. They can also double as a workbench at the races, an impromtu grandstand, and are a bit handy for dull stuff like painting or trimming the Bougainvillea. I've got three underway in the shed right now. The Cheney shown halfway through the build while the Metisse is on the stand under the blue tarp in the background.
Sorry about the sloppy housekeeping. ;D
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1062154/ebay%202%20031.jpg)
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1062154/ebay%202%20037.jpg)
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Mark
can I come over to your place and snoop through your shed.......
DT
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Sure Dave, as soon as I finish tidying up. ::)
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What do you mean when you tidy up,thats the neatest ive seen it.....lol
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Great use of the bottom shelf there Firko.
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Is that what you raced at the dirt track last weekend Shoreline?? Sounds like it!
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Heres mine, nothing flash but it hold a bike. space either side for nuts/bolts/tools and has a small hydraulic jack in the centre to adjust height. Best part is it being on wheels..
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e82/JakeAA/P1014835.jpg)
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I started off with a bit of steel scaffold weld it to an old solid RHS frame from something else. works well,
to top it off you screw a couple of eyebolts to the ceiling for working on front ends etc.
Cheers Brett
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i'm getting the impression Paul,
that all these blokes have sheds just like yours :D
= non factory.
i don't have a stand.
or the room for a stand.
my back needs the friggin stand for sure!
do the wheels first,
then the suspension,
then the frame,
then just whack it on a normal box.
cause if you come up with some cheapnewfangdangledergonimaclydesigned way of doing things,
i wanna know!
watching this thread with interest. :)
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300 series Everhard stormwater pit Bunnings castors and some timber total cost under $30.
(http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz260/wsclarke/P2060394-1.jpg)
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300 series Everhard stormwater pit Bunnings castors and some timber total cost under $30.
(http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz260/wsclarke/P2060394-1.jpg)
and an immaculate YZ125J work in progress. nice job so far 8)
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Ta just need to master the art of wheel building and I'm done. :D
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Firko your shed looks like mine except mine is much smaller and harder to get around in I might buy a bench like you have they look the go I like cleaning my shed becuase I find stuff I have forgot I had it is clean at the moment but it will get messy again no doubt.
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BIG SOILD PROLAB SPEAKER.WITH RACKET TO HOLD IN PLACE. ;D
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HEY IT WORKS BOTH WAYS. TS 185 77 FRAME & MOTOR. XR FRONT END. RM TANK & SWINGARM. PE SEAT. POOR MANS RM ::) ;D
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there's some interesting options on here for sure. The speaker box would have to win the lateral thinking prize for the time being.
I've got a couple of crates/boxes I use for the complete bikes that are pretty sturdy and don't tip over, but when you have a frame for example, and you bolt the forks in the whole lot wants to fall over.
If I find one elsewhere I like I'll post it here, and I'll make another one for you Vandy (and your poor old back)
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mine is an old office chair with a fabricated plate on the top.. the gas strut is still useable to adjust for height, been quite a handy thing ;)
(http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/1530/abcd0020y.jpg)
Cheers!
Leslie
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this is the sort of thing I had in mind but not as high tech
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/motor-cycle-stand-hyd-lift_W0QQitemZ150417201685QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Motorcycle_Parts_Accessories?hash=item2305905a15
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I think we should turn this into a competition.
The Cheapest,
Most Practicle
Most Elaborate
Most Stable
Most Green (for recycled)
My favourite is.............hmmmmmm
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Along the same lines as my Bunnings folding work stand is the small portable stepladders that can be bought at Sams, The Warehouse, GoLo and most other two dollar emporiums. They're rated for 110kg, hold a bike nice and steady and easily fold away four to a milk crate, ideal for storage and transportation. Tight arses will love the $20 price tag too!
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1062154/camden10.jpg)
Or for the real tight arses out there I fully reccomend the humble milk or soft drink crate. This particular Coke crate has been a part of my family since the early eighties and is still earning its keep with a Honco on her in the garden shed. How many whiz bang stands have given that much service. In addition I have an equally vintage "Captain Quench" soft drink crate under another bike in the shed. Older vintage soft drink crates are more rigid and because of their being a bit larger than the modern milk crate are a tad more stable .
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1062154/dt1fhfirk2.jpg)
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1062154/Maicotrials1.jpg)
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I have a problem with what has been shown so far. All appear to be the balancing on the frame type stands, with the obligatory milk crate thrown in. Mark (firko) idea is great except being alone in the shed how do you get it off without doing a clacker valve. Are there any good stands, with the whole bike on one piece including wheels, that can be purchased or made for a reasonable price
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Jesus Vandy, I didnt know you new words that long!!!!, you could give up the welding and take up English teaching, much easier on the back!!.
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Not sure if this will help but I went down to the local cheap chinese tool store and found this 3 years ago $210, lifts to 1.5mtrs on wheels so when I've had enough i push it in to the corner, I also put some flat bar under where the footpegs go so I could put a thread into it so the bike is locked in place and cant fall on the kids. This to date is probably the best tool I have bought. It's even the right height to lean on for a beer or 3 as Magoo found out one afternoon. I,ve got a photo but can't get it to the forum(any ideas)(http://)
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I,ve got a photo but can't get it to the forum(any ideas)(http://)
http://ozvmx.com/community/index.php?topic=6667.0
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well it looks like this thread choked on it's own vomit and died, so I went and made my own stand using scrap bits and pieces and my own fertile imagination.
I did have to buy some castors with brakes, but I went to a specialist shop so they were fairly cheap compared to hardware store prices. The tray is just an old Dexion shelf with the lip crimped over so doodads couldn't hide under there.
The threaded studs hanging down under the platform are used with along pieces of angle (with holes at either end) to bolt through the footpegs.
I can put a bare frame on this with either forks/wheel at one end, or swingarm/wheel at the other, and it won't tip over.
(http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn38/mainline_bucket/standsm.jpg)
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Mainline, how much are they and are they OHS approved?. :D
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is this for that british thing? :o
good to see you've planned ahead for the oil leaks ;D
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is this for that british thing? :o
good to see you've planned ahead for the oil leaks ;D
Nah, Come on Mick, Mainline is more of a thinker than that - the tray underneath is so your beer is within reach at all times no matter what part of the bike you are working on ;)
Edit - can't spell for crap
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i have one of the cheep ones advetised in just bikes.got ot for my 50th birthday 2 years ago.it is efortless to use and worth its weight in gold when working on bikes.its the bigger of the 2 and hydrolic not air assisted.it has 2 hights with safty lock bars at both.holds bike rock solid.
i have rebuilt on it
hagon tt500
yamaha dt360 and other mx yamahas
cz400
2 honda elsinores on the 3rd one now
worked on my mates xs100 on it
wheel clamp at front (both wheels fit in)
held in place by 2 tie downs
now wouldnt use anything else
cheers
jim
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Mainline, how much are they and are they OHS approved?.
still working on a pricing range, obviously the one in the picture has been painted to look like alloy and would therefore be much more expensive. They've been fully tested by the Ponds Institute and the only time someone was injured was when they lifted a sidecar onto it.
the tray underneath is so your beer is within reach at all times no matter what part of the bike you are working on
You'll note the tray has sides on it to keep the ice in, and room for plenty of beers so you can focus on the job at hand without having to keep going to the fridge
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If you up size the tray a little I can put ice in it to keep the beers cold here in Qld.
Bugger it I'll take one- can I have it in Wasp yellow please? oh and fit an out rigger for the chair.
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no worries, see you at Nudgee. BYO ice ;D