Engine stand

[Kevin54]

IIRC my nephew told me he made this stand in a shop class. It is one heavy duty engine stand and I have never seen another like it. What makes it nice is that not only can you roll the engine over, you can stand the engine up on end. This makes it handy for dropping in a cam without the chance of nicking the bearings and also handy for cleaning different oil galleys and draining them back out. I thought I would post up some pics of it if anyone is interested in a homemade project. I don't have any pics of it with the engine rotate straight up though but you can see the pivot points on it. If I get out to his place I can probable get some dimensions and sketch of it.

 

[nolatoolguy]

Looks pretty good. He might just have a future in the industry.

 

[Davo J]

Nice design, Havn't seen one like that before.
Tell him to keep up the good work.
Davo

 

[Flathead Youngin']

I went to an auction and bought one just like it from a school that had shut down it's shop. I mean exactly like that one........very unique.

A buddy of mine went to high school there and begged me for it.....I sold it to him for what I had in it...

Shops, back in the day, had plans for many things, and I'd bet that would explain why they are the same but individually built.....like the old toolbox plan/kit you could order, and many other projects....

I wish I would have kept it, now......he put a ragged out buick engine on it.....

thanks for sharing, i had never seen another one like it either.....was always curious....