Engine Stand
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Fixed Height
2 inch steel channel
Jeff Smith wrote the following on the "Live Diesel" Yahoo Group, April 2013:
- I built my engine stand out of 2 inch channel. I made it so that two cars can be placed on the lower rack side by side, or one in the center below the engine. I made it 8 feet long to showcase our steam engine. I used 2 inch x 10 inch boards on each side on the top to make a work shelf when working on the engine. It makes a nice display rack, but if I did it over, I would make it so the tender would be under the steam engine and it would only be about 4.5 feet long. It takes up a lot of room in my garage. I would also make the vertical posts straight up and use 3/8 inch gusset plates on the corners so it would not rock.
- I added the angled channel pieces after I built the rack because I didn't like the flex. After I added those then I added the boards. I would also use tubing the next time because I saw a stand with rollers in the tubing and the steam engine could run while on the stand.
Variable Height
Scissor Lift
Cable Lift
From Cannonball Ltd For Sale page, 8 May 2012:
- 7-1⁄2" ga. Transfer/Lift
- Weight Capacity 1000 lbs.
- Lift Range 16" to 60"
- 7-1/2" Gauge Lift Panel
- Powered with a 3/8" chuck electric drill (Not included)
- 8" x 2" Rubber Tired Wheels
- All wheels swivel, two have step on wheel locks
- Dimensions: 6' 2" High x 8' 1" Long x 36" Wide 2 1/2" Ground Clearance
External Links
- Chuck Hackett's Engine Stand (scissor lift style)
- Neidrauer's Engine Stand (fixed height)
- Dave Levy's Engine Stand (fixed height, see photos with engine stand)
- "Transporter", Nelson Riedel
- "Shay Transporter & Test Fixtures", Nelson Riedel (scissor lift)
- "Scissor Lift Table", Discover Live Steam
- "Scissor table revisited", Chaski.org
- Acme Screw Lift, Bill Shields
- "My Engine Stand", Gecko Belt & Sandy Flats Railroad
- "Heavy Duty Engine Stand", Chaski.org
- "Engine Stand", Chaski.org
- "Engine lift on sale...", Chaski.org