Who makes an AMERICAN engine stand that has a rotating mechanism?

oh well
axe stands are killer , but no crank

 

If you want to make your own you could just find somebody who's got a pre-made jobby and copy the design.

 

Congrats on hitting 10,000 posts Grouch!! How about another 10,000???

 

I have an engine stand that cost $65 in 1997 that rotates, pretty sure the el-cheapo at HF does too. As far as I know they only spin one way and no one makes a power one.

If by "rotating mechanism" you mean the hand crank deal in the picture above, I can't be the only guy who didn't catch it - you're not going to make one of those for cheap out of castoff junk.

 

good luck finding "Made in the USA" thanks to our Gov. Just buy whatever and stick a american flag on it.

 

No you can't have the vette until you hit the money mark.

Summit sells one that had a crank to rotate the engine I think 700 or 800 lb capacity. If I recall they say it is amerian made or at least they were saying that. I need a heavier stand to support my big blocks I've been thinking about one of them.

 

Keep in mind when shopping some of the latest " tactics " used in sales literature these day's - " engineered in america " , it still made from grand pa's melted down 48 Buick's frame in China. { I'm clearing space in the new garage for the Vette }

 

A flywheel on the outboard end and starter gear ought to be about the right ratio for a car engine, rig a bracket to hold the starter gear with a shaft and crank on an existing stand. Provide a way to lube the rotating tube, and use collars to hold back & forth movement.
You might want to spring load the crank coupling so if the motor wants to "flop" it won't break your arm. Add a friction brake to hold in any position if the pin lock isn't where you want it.,,,,,,or put a hole circle in the flywheel with another lock pin,,,

 

Sunex=made in china

 

contact Don Jackson of Yesterdays Rides (Portland,OR). He builds a really nice one that has a ratchet rotator, and you can have it powder coated pretty much any color you want. I don't remember what they cost, but they are really nice. He had them on display at he SEMA show last year. I will try to find a picture of them, or take one this weekend.

 

btt

 

HAHAHAHA!!!!! Way to go..............sucessfully making an *** out of yourself. You should stick to selling trash that's been run over by a bulldozer. And yes, your probably the only guy that didn't catch the crank mechanism on the one pictured above seeing as that was the whole reason it was posted. Also your statement that no one makes a power one is pretty much in the dumper also.
Time to go and check the price of s****........that is ONE thing you are good at.

Frank

 

seems like it would be pretty easy to make a boat winch work for the rotating mechanism..
the boat winch is pretty cheap to experiment with anyways, like $25.00 .
seems like about all you would need to do is build the neck with bearings or greased bushings and attach the shaft of the boat winch with a coupler of some type....

 

Uhh, Tokyo is in JAPAN. And yes, there IS a difference.

 

I know. But, I'd rather buy a quality one built by someone that has hopefully sorted out the demons, rather than see a motor of mine on the floor due to a failed experiment

 

That's why I said 'and back a little'

 

I seem to remember OTC sold a hand crank version as did Snap-On. No telling what they go for.

I wanted one and knew I couldn't afford one -besides I was too lazy to even hand crank and wanted one fully automatic so I built one from the s**** bin at work - everything and I mean everything was free - It took some work but has been faithfully serving me for nearly 20 years now. Here's a pic of my digger motor on it:




It's been a while but as I remember the details are as follows: There is a 50 to 1 worm gear mounted right at the head. A #35 chain goes down to either a 30 or 50 to 1 gear box to which is mounted a 1/3 90VDC motor. To which I drive with a SCR controller. If you look at the far end bottom - you'll see a foot switch that controls whether it spins CW or CCW. There is also a speed control that will go from anywhere from nearly FLYING to CRAWLING. The reason you want a gear at the top is that IF the chain should brake it will be self locking. With 50 to 1 there's no worry about it brack driving during a potential chain failure. The main shaft has timken roller bearings as well as thrust bearings. As does the open worm gear. At the time I had no access to a bridgeport but did have very limited access to a lathe. Very little of the parts were machined - most were pieced from s**** and utilized to prevent having to bore any holes. Thinking back I must have machined the spindle bearing holes -that was probably it.

 

Bump, because I dug up something from my bookmarks. Note that the Norco stands give you the choice (in some cases) of the same model imported or USA-made. In looking further at their gear stands, it says that they are drop-shipped from the factory. "Factory" doesn't always mean that it was produced there, I know, but it might be worth investigating further in case anyone's looking for one.

http://www.handsontools.com/Engine-Stands_c_310.html

 

Can't believe I missed this thread

I have 2 of the Cornwell ones, they're great, about $300 new, sometimes they put them on sale.

 

Beep Beep, thats my own horn blowing. I have designed 2 stands tha mount to the side s of the engines and so well balanced that it only takes one hand to rotate everything but a complete engine . Then it takes 2 hands. Everything on the engines are more accessable than the rear mount. They can also be ran in this stand to set valves ,timing and ck and repair leakes.Can email pics if interested.

 

The "Chuck Norris" of Engine Stands. I'm pretty sure the earth rotates around the engine with this beast.

 

did you try whirly jig?