Anyone got plans to build something like this or a better mouse trap than the one offerd by US Car Tools. I would buy form US Car Tools but $400+ shipping seems kinda steep. Maybe I'm just cheap!

That unit is a really nice piece. John did a great job with it but I understand the budget restraints some of us have.

I made a post a while back asking about removing K members/drivetrain from the bottom. There were some great dolly ideas on that post.

Joe

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Here is what my friend made. Does not get much cheaper than that.

I was kind of wondering what the best, easiest, cheapset way to go was. i just got my car back from the body shop last week. i'm sending my motor to the machine shop soon. Greg

Here's the stand i built a few years ago from scrape metal and casters. I use it all the time around the shop.

Our shop has a couple of these. The scissor jack allows the angle to be changed.

The US Car Tool unit has a lot of individual pieces with holes, bolts etc.. All this adds up to labor which = $$$. In addition, casters to take the necessary weight aren't cheap. And I'm guessing the parts are all powder coated. Simply put, its a great looking piece but has a load of unnecessary stuff to drive up the cost. My guess is that they figure the detachable parts make a smaller package to ship but in reality the unit is probably heavier than the dimensional weight so all that is for naught. If I couldn't build and sell a bare bones version of that for under $200. I'd be shocked.

I made mine in like 2 evenings from some scrap I had...




It doesn't come apart for storage but is kinda flat and is hanging on the wall out of the way.

Nice set up, I notice on most of what is shown the K sits directly on the gig and there doesn't seem to be any padding. Doesn't it scratch the fresh paint?

another picture of one

Another one

Nice raxks guys (that doesn't sound right), thanks for the info.