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Chassis stand
shortie - 20/1/04 at 06:57 AM

Just wondered if anyone had madebought a chassis stand with castors or does everyone just use axle stands? Just thought it would be easier to be able to move the car about when working on it.

Rich.

MK9R - 20/1/04 at 07:54 AM

Have a look at this :-

my chassis stand

shortie - 20/1/04 at 08:38 AM

Looks ideal, did you make it or buy it??

Rich.

MK9R - 20/1/04 at 09:50 AM

made it, it was the first thing we did related to the car

Simon - 20/1/04 at 09:54 AM

Rich,

Save time and money, and do what I did!

Use the floor

ATB

Simon

nick205 - 20/1/04 at 10:14 AM

4 axle stands does the job fine for me and they are easy to move around when you need to reach different parts of the chassis.

Nick

Ben_Copeland - 20/1/04 at 10:26 AM

Theres a big rolling table at work, think they are getting rid.... Could sell it to someone i guess

shortie - 20/1/04 at 11:37 AM

Austen,

What's the easiest type of welding to undertake as DIY? Don't need to be neat just hold together!!

Rich.

200mph - 20/1/04 at 11:45 AM

Who's austen??

I learned decent MIG in a couple of days, tack welding would take you a few hours, or one with instruction.

Mark

JoelP - 20/1/04 at 12:43 PM

quote:
Originally posted by 9904169
Who's austen??


thats MK9R, all the way up at the top!!

quote:

I learned decent MIG in a couple of days, tack welding would take you a few hours, or one with instruction.

Mark


yup, easy peasy once you get the kit!

MK9R - 20/1/04 at 12:58 PM

definetly mig

200mph - 20/1/04 at 01:34 PM

Hi Austen

Now I know who you are!

Mark

andyps - 23/1/04 at 06:40 PM

I have been considering building supports on top of the bread trolleys you see at the back of supermarkets (obtained legitimately of course). The castor wheels are tough and should enable easy moving around of the chassis before it gets its own wheels (and maybe even after).