Show us your workstand

[GSXR7ED]

Agemax!!!

Wow!

An old thread...and I'm diggen' that white GS as well!


Ed

[blowerbike]

chuck there used to be blue prints sold for building wooden bike lifts.
i actually had one and it was awesome.
when you rolled the bike up so far the table would lower in the front and the tail would hinge under the rear and that was that.
had a tube wheel chalk and 2 i bolts on the front for straps.
it came from a bike shops in the 80's...i sold it for 100 bucks i think..
still have one handy lift but it's a GD animal if you want to transport it.
wish i had sold the handy and kept the wooden one for what little i do now a days...oh well..

[Hayabuser]

I have the $500 special from Princess Auto... for our Yankee friends, Princess Auto is pretty much the same as your Harbor Freight.

[Highway_Glider]

chuck there used to be blue prints sold for building wooden bike lifts.
i actually had one and it was awesome.
when you rolled the bike up so far the table would lower in the front and the tail would hinge under the rear and that was that.
had a tube wheel chalk and 2 i bolts on the front for straps.
it came from a bike shops in the 80's...i sold it for 100 bucks i think..
still have one handy lift but it's a GD animal if you want to transport it.
wish i had sold the handy and kept the wooden one for what little i do now a days...oh well..

From your description. Did you mean something like this?





Found them at:

http://www.southbayriders.com/forums/threads/122347/

[blowerbike]

the 1st picture is similar..
the ramp on mine locked against the stand and the floor once the bike was more over center and almost rolled into the wheel chock.
it had perfect balance on the hinged area's and some hard azz wood.
it was old when i sold it and still rock solid.
the blue prints was for sale pre-internet in the back of bike mags..

[Carter Turk]

All i can say is it was cheap !!

Is that a RG Gamma on the milk crate?

[storm 64]

This is my lift.... It makes getting older, easier

[blowerbike]

that's a handy lift...lol
these are around a grand now a days.
when i was buying them dealer price was a little over 500.00 with freight.
not fun to load in a truck and move around...but the best lift made IMO.

[GateKeeper]

I have this




and this worked well, while in the house, and before the wheels went on....





now I just use the center stand.....



I wish I had a proper lift......

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[growler]

Here's my simple stand.

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?156280-what-did-you-wrench-on-today&p=2130895#post2130895

[wymple]

I made this a couple years ago. 30 inches wide, about 9 feet long. Easy to get a bike on and raises 38 inches. Heavy square tubing and 3/4 inch bolts at the pivot points. I've had a trike on and climbed on it as well working on the trike. It is so strong it resists paint!!

[chuck hahn]

Basic same lifting principle I used on mine. Got a good laugh out of the "resists paint".

[Highway_Glider]

Not quite done yet. But I am chuffed.

I have been wanting a lift for some time.

I started with chuck hahn's design and built it up with some recommendations from the responses to his posting.

Thanks Chuck.

Today I have to put finishing touches to it. Screw the top in place, make pin-locks for two of the legs, etc.

The pics make it look sleek but closeup it's very medieval.



So far 3 days work. $260 in lumber. When finished it will be 8'L×39"W×28"H. Capacity unknown. It will lift the lawn tractor and snowblower before I commit the GK to it.

The cylinder I got from my engine hoist as it was not busy right now. The ramps I will use are free. They were left in the shed by the previous owner of the house.

[Rover]

Where's the other 200$ in lumber? Seriously, the lumber in the pic cost 260$?
It does look well made in any case,nicely done.

[SVSooke]

Where's the other 200$ in lumber? Seriously, the lumber in the pic cost 260$?
It does look well made in any case,nicely done.

With all the lumber in Canada you think it would be cheap,it ain't