In case anyone is as tight (or stupid) as me, here's my new bike stand.
Cost was about $50 - mainly for two used jacks. Probably paid too much, but was kind of in a "buy now" mode when I happened to pass a place that sold them. The guy thought I was mental when I asked for two matching jacks.
The jacks are unmodified so could be re-used, re-sold or whatever one day.
Due to the scientific principle of "side-standus leanoverus" it's easy to use, as only the lower side really needs to be wound up, and the jack-handle barely needs to be used.
To be honest, it's really only a prototype - I'm hoping to eventually use my Fathers welder (and my Father) to make a more "solid" one.
It works. I caught up on some lubricating.
The jacks sit in a depression planed into the wood, with more wood screwed over the top to hold them down. The things in the top that hold the bobbins, are upside-down T's (left over from an old computer desk) which I clamped together and drilled a big hole in (half each).
(P.S. Thanks to "Number 5" for help with the bobbins.)
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Originally Posted by vifferman
Hard to beat for simplicity.....Mind you, you need a timber deck...
Opinions are like arseholes: Everybody has got one, but that doesn't mean you got to air it in public all the time....
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