Punkrider Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Hi all, i want to make myself a wall mounted bike work stand, as they are like £80 ;) Something along the lines of: Has anyone got any amazing ideas about how i would go about doing this? Designs? Cheers Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 High desk + Vice + rubber (to put in vice) :P ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkee Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 (edited) Oooo i made a workstand for my gcse design project... which was actually nearly better than my a level project. Anyways theres 3 pictures of the top assembly that i used to hold the bike in place. Its all on wheels etc but theres loads of shit in the way so i couldnt photograph it with my camera any good. If you do want pics of the whole thing ill get it out tomorrow. Anyways.. What i basically did for the clamping was this: Get a catalogue like northern tool or something that ships a large range of hardware parts. I bought a swivel vice ( very small one made out of aluminium mostly), a caravan front wheel thing.. you know the ones that are on the very front of caravans and you turn the handle and the wheel drops ? ill get a pic anyhows.. and then i just attached them both together.. and then to a stand which i welded up. Literally simple as that.. With the vice i got two sheets of metal and curved them, then glued in some thick rubber to protect the frame when being clamped. Since the vice can swivel you can have the frame at any angle ( turn it upside down etc . Anyways like i said if you want more pics just ask heres the current ones http://www.trials-forum.co.uk/forum/index....lbum&album=1118 lol and as you can see only been used twice.. rusting away and peeling apart now. It is 3/4 years old though ;) For some more ideas i did look in to using those gun clamp things where you squeeze the handle and it clamps down on something. They only made plastic ones though back in the day so they wouldnt have taken the weight. Also looked in to using some more of giant springed clothes peg style thing like in your pic above but they were gay expensive back then also.. so the vice was kind of a simple idea and you can open it out to pretty big sizes to accomodate some strange shaped down tubes and top tubes. Edited August 31, 2005 by Spacemunkee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punkrider Posted August 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Ahh cheers, thats the kind of thing i was looking for, would you be able to get a better picture of the actual clamp bit please ;) Cheers adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiltop Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 i also made one for my gcse DT project. clamp was an arse to make as i had to cast and mill it all out. it was designed to mount to the wall. suprisingly works really well but to be honest there is not need for a stand in my opinion, leaning it against a wall is just as good. few pics in my gallery my gallery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkee Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 to be honest there is not need for a stand in my opinion ← Exactly.. its only till you make one you realise how pointless it is.. id prefer the floor any day of the week.. especially when you want to tighten stuff up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punkrider Posted August 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 I think i would have to use wood, i don't have a welder, casts and a mill ;) Here is a quick diagram: Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punkrider Posted August 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 That looks really good, but i haven't got the capabilities to be able to do that :P I wish i could make something good for my D.T project, we have to make storage unit ;) Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Stands are super useful in our shop just to do gears and shit like that. They're just handy! Anyway, try something like this? Have a long bit of thread, welded on nut at bottom, spring to push it up near the hinge/pivot area, then nut with a welded on arm at the top? Could probably get someone to knock that up for you, but you could just tighten the top nut and it'd clamp the arms. It's how our shop one works, only our's owns ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punkrider Posted August 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Hmmm, thats a good idea, but where i could get one of them made? Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat hudson Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Stands are super useful in our shop just to do gears and shit like that. They're just handy! Anyway, try something like this? Have a long bit of thread, welded on nut at bottom, spring to push it up near the hinge/pivot area, then nut with a welded on arm at the top? Could probably get someone to knock that up for you, but you could just tighten the top nut and it'd clamp the arms. It's how our shop one works, only our's owns :) ← and gouges the f**k out of your frame unless you wrap it in innertubes (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punkrider Posted August 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 and gouges the f**k out of your frame unless you wrap it in innertubes (Y) ← Use foam pipe insulation :)" Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Hmmm, thats a good idea, but where i could get one of them made? Adam ← You could laminate the wooden arms yourself*. Also, you can probably half-arse bodge the bolts? Just threadlock to f**k the lower one (at the worst you might have to hold a spanner on it to stop it turning if it keeps spinning too), and could probably make something for the top. Alternatively, just recess a hex-shaped hole at the bottom of the lower wooden arm so the other bolt is held in place, then have the top bolt with the arm fixed so that turns the thread? Complicated? Yes :) *Wood might be sketchy, although saying that laminated wood is pretty strong :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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