finally got around to adding the pics of the engine on the stand...

here if you're interested THE BEST DAMN ENGINE STAND

and here if you ain't ... wish I could do a video just to show you how easy it really is.... technology eludes me and my phone

john

 

Nicely done John.
If you're going to build something, might as well overbuild it....lol

It really came out nice. Do you have any ideas yet for a braking mechanism?

Bobby

 

Looks like a dandy.

 

I can't see why that's sagging at all, with the materials you used! Nicely done!

 

Nice job, John. Thanks for sharing.

 

thanks Bobby.. (and all). I haven't given it much thought yet... been working on truck, yard word, trimming trees, and other chores.... we all got layed off for a week at work... cause there ain't none... so I'll have some time to think on it... might come up with some kind of clamp hicky-thing on the red wheel... suggestions appreciated... .. BTW the pigeon toed legs worked perfectly... rolled right in between the hoist legs... changing it over was a breeze.

my chore this afternoon is to find a part for a 30 year old Yazoo big wheel commercial mower that I've been piecing together for the last 20.. I used my last spare part of a parts mower last iime.. It's the jack shaft assembly that drives the wheels and I need that part !!!

later
john

 

You have a lathe, right? Make a new jack shaft.

 

no Ross... sadly no lathe or the knowledge to use one... could have learned 30 years ago and didn't have time...

Actually I need the housing for the jackshaft.. the shaft is in pretty good shape. on a 30 year old Yazoo big wheel mower

I"m sitting here studying this one and wonder if I couldn't fab something up using steel pipe bored to fit bearing o.d. and plate to make the saddle and base...... this might be my best option cause the parts are impossible to find unless you find someone with an old deck behind the barn... that's where I'm looking now

j

 

How about a couple HD pipe clamps around the housing? Drill the housing, run the clamp through the holes. Clearance may be an issue. What is that, aluminum or pot metal?

BTW, beautiful stand and workmanship.

 

Kudo's to you John. Very nice job

 

That would be relatively easy to replicate using a pillow block bearing, if the shaft is a standard size. Orientation is 90-degrees to the typical pillow block, tho.
Pillow Block Bearing Heavy Duty Pillow Block Bearings Roller Chain Sprocket

 

Doesn't look too difficult to fab one up. Have a machinist turn a piece of pipe or bar stock. Make the bearings a slip fit with set screws to lock in rather than a press fit in case there is any distortion from the welding.

 

Put some Bare Bond on it - Works for NASCAR