Anyone made a bike stand/bench for restoring bikes?

[mainline]

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

[ba-02-xr]

This could be a great thread . 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.

[shorelinemc]

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

[monaro308]

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.

[firko]

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.
         
         

[211kawasaki]

Mark

can I come over to your place and snoop through your shed.......

DT

[firko]

Sure Dave, as soon as I finish tidying up.

[bazza]

What do you mean when you tidy up,thats the neatest ive seen it.....lol

[Curly3]

Great use of the bottom shelf there Firko.

[EML]

Is that what you raced at the dirt track last weekend Shoreline?? Sounds like it!

[490Jay]

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..

[oldyzman]

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

[vandy010]

i'm getting the impression Paul,
 that all these blokes have sheds just like yours
= 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.

[wmc83]

300 series Everhard stormwater pit Bunnings castors and some timber total cost under $30.

[Hoony]

300 series Everhard stormwater pit Bunnings castors and some timber total cost under $30.

and an immaculate YZ125J work in progress. nice job so far