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Building Tips and technical articles. => Building techniques => Topic started by: Bob Disharoon on January 31, 2007, 05:32:26 AM
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I have a fox 35..does anyone have plans for a test/run in stand?....thnx, Bob
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The Tatone works well and is fairly cheap....
http://www.brodak.com/shop_productdetail.php?ProductID=7779
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Check out this thread, actually I have added a couple improvements. Made a plexiglass cover for the top so I could leave it outside and added wheels so I could move it around easier ~>
http://stunthanger.com/smf/index.php?topic=2966.0
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Bob
How about posting a pic of the test stand at Glue Dobber field? That is a really neat set-up! y1
Jim ;D
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Here ya go.
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This one is a bit "spendy", but very well thought-out and nicely made. I still need to produce some kind of stable structure that will allow me to use it while standing. Old knees don't much like asphalt. See:
http://www.pspmfg.com/EngineTestStandDeluxe.html
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This one works very well and is cheap. The stand is a Checker/Shucks/Kragen copy of a WorkMate. The engine mount is a piece of oak pallet wood, but pine or fir will work just fine. I used the same set-up as a kid, except for nailing the mount to a fence post. Even cheaper. The only thing that needs modifying is the tank set up. It is higher than the needle valve and will flood the engine as shown. Use nylock nuts to secure the mount to the stand. C-clamps will vibrate loose. Pretty scary.
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Bob,
Just checked a TOWER listing, and they have the J'Tec stands. On the catalog page, one is the LXR588, which I like. The clamp pads are held on with countersunk, flat head bolts. No stub threads, nuts or washers to get in the way of a muffler, if you're using one. Nuts are tightened from underneath.
Been using one for the past several years, and it stands up better than the older J'Tec/Tatone type stands...
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I have something very similar to Russell S., above. I went to Lowe's and got a piece of maple that is 1" X 12" X 24". Can't remember the cost, but not much. I use the jig saw to cut openings to fit the engine I am running. Really not a big hassle and safe. I use welding "C" clamps to hold it to my picnic table.
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Your wife lets you blow castor on the picnic table!!!!
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Your wife lets you blow castor on the picnic table!!!!
Hey, don't ya know that the castor oil helps to "preserve the wood"??????? That's MY story and I'm sticking to it! **) **)
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I'll remember that one. Maybe it helps the grass to grow also?
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I'll remember that one. Maybe it helps the grass to grow also?
Go for it! Just "sound convincing"! (at least I don't think the castor oil can hurt th grass!) **)
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I've got an ancient EZ-Just test stand that's mounted to a chunk of pressboard. Also has some maple bolted on to hold the 10oz fuel tank and a pipe. Not fancy, but it works.
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The fuel in general including the castor will leave you a nice bare spot in the grass.
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The fuel in general including the castor will leave you a nice bare spot in the grass.
Hi Lee,
We're lucky around here. Common bermuda grass, once established it's about impossible to kill. Done a ton of flying off of the local ballfields over the past 40 plus years, much of it was with profiles and no muffler, and never saw the grass affected by the fuel (???)
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Planted Bermuda on my field and during the summer you can see everyplace I put the stooge. Comes back after a little while but fuel does kill it. Now I try to place the stooge over a weed.
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Castor oil is a major dissuader of moles and gophers. No, really! Try Googling for Mole Repellents. The standard, non-lethal, mix is castor, dish detergent, and water. The liquid dish soap makes the castor and water mix. Apply with a watering can. I suspect it gives 'em the scoots, and that makes them unpopular with others in the tunnel. So, just say that you're making sure you don't have any moles in the yard, anywhere around the picnic table. LL~ Steve H^^