My Engine Stand

Here are some pictures of my engine stand.

Here the engine stand at maximum height.  Pneumatic tires are used to traverse the gravel.  The main frame is 60" long by 17" wide.  The center track section is 80" long to accommodate my Pacific with tender attached.  My steaming bay is in the background.

Here the stand is lowered all the way down.  No it doesn't go flat like Chuck Hackett's. It wasn't made to as it would have had to be a lot longer.  It's a smaller stand and as long as it went lower than my steaming bay; low enough.

Here's a picture of the gears that reverse the direction of the 7/8"-10 threaded shafts. This was required as both shafts are right hand thread.  The shafts are offset 1 3/4" (gear pitch spacing)  from the center line of the frame. A sleeve bearings supports the ends of the shafts past the gears which are woodruff keyed to each shaft

Here's an end view showing the crank handle end and one of the big thrust bearings.  The bearing are ex-Toyota front wheel bearings. The U of the channel faces out so I can install the shaft end support bearing block last.

Here's a view of the top fixed arm support. Since the support end is oblong and machined to match the 20° angle of the inside of the channel, slots had to be cut so I could assemble it as they would not twist into place.   For the moving arm portion the channel angle was machined away to provide a flat surface for the roller wheels.

Here's one of two moving arm assemblies ready to install.  You can see the rectangular end of the fixed support on the left side in the picture.  The moving supports have a sleeve bearing and roller wheels.

Here's a close up of the fixed end support. Pipe inside pipe with the welded ends a light press fit inside the inner pipe.  You can see the 20° angle they were machined at in the upper left.

Here's a close up of the moving end support. Pipe inside pipe again but with rollers and sleeve bearings.