This past week I've had some spare time and with a couple engine and transmission projects coming up soon I decided it would be a good time to tackle building my own engine stand. I wanted to make one with a worm gear drive. The gears and bearings I've had sitting around ready for this for a while. Everything else I tried to do with materials I had on hand.
Here is the main gear and shaft. I drilled and tapped the main shaft to except a M12 wheel stud that fit perfectly into the existing whole through the center of the gear.
After threading the pieces together I welded around the perimeter of the gear.
And the main shaft set up in the bearing blocks.
Here is the head of the engine stand with the gearbox coming together. I used 3/16 plate for this stuff, as well as a short section of 2"x3" tube to space the two bearings out. I used the same tubing for the stands base.
You can see the bottom is not totally enclosed, this allows easy access to the lower bolts.
Here is the base for the handle.
The aluminum handle parts. The shaping is a little rough, my plasma really struggles on aluminum that thick, so I used a rasp to smooth things out reasonable well.
And here is everything together. I still need to weld most of the joints after I re-fill my gas bottle tomorrow. Everything is just tacked except the couple joints that Are now hidden. In the middle of the base I sleeved the tube so it can be broken into two smaller pieces.
And finally I still need to add castors and make a faceplate to go on the stand. I already have some fixtures I've made for the engines, transmissions and heads I will typically use this for, so the faceplate will be made to easily attach to those.
Here is the main gear and shaft. I drilled and tapped the main shaft to except a M12 wheel stud that fit perfectly into the existing whole through the center of the gear.
After threading the pieces together I welded around the perimeter of the gear.
And the main shaft set up in the bearing blocks.
Here is the head of the engine stand with the gearbox coming together. I used 3/16 plate for this stuff, as well as a short section of 2"x3" tube to space the two bearings out. I used the same tubing for the stands base.
You can see the bottom is not totally enclosed, this allows easy access to the lower bolts.
Here is the base for the handle.
The aluminum handle parts. The shaping is a little rough, my plasma really struggles on aluminum that thick, so I used a rasp to smooth things out reasonable well.
And here is everything together. I still need to weld most of the joints after I re-fill my gas bottle tomorrow. Everything is just tacked except the couple joints that Are now hidden. In the middle of the base I sleeved the tube so it can be broken into two smaller pieces.
And finally I still need to add castors and make a faceplate to go on the stand. I already have some fixtures I've made for the engines, transmissions and heads I will typically use this for, so the faceplate will be made to easily attach to those.
