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Remember....I wire a 2500 sq ft home in 4 days ![]() Next is the revamping of the engine stand and wheel dollies....then the air lines. Just had 120' of 3/4 copper line dropped off and a pile of fittings.
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Yeah, but wiring a house isn't a "Duncan project" as it were...
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It is...it is done to my own anal standard....I just have everything and having done this crap for 25 years can anticipate most shitacanes.
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More today.....Got 2 kinds of casters....one just pivots and one is called a "total lock"....when you press the lock, it has a brake for the wheel but also locks the pivot.
I opted for half and half as the total lock ones were $25 each. ![]() The engine stand with those crappy iron wheels that bind when you run over a piece of crap on the floor the size of grain of sand ![]() ![]() The factory wheels all sat on the floor.....think something was wonky....used the shims that came with the car lift to get it level...actually worked well....about a 1/4'' ![]() The factory wheels had a pivot on the front and solid on the rear...the rear wheels were mounted using a piece of steel that stuck out from the bottom of the frame.....I measured things up and found that if I welded the new casters to the bottom, it would level the block out...and it did ![]() ![]() Next up was the wheel dollies....I could have bought ones that had urethane wheels, but it was north of $1000 for the set and I just couldn't justify the cost for a one time deal. ![]() Then I cut some 13 ply birch...nice and strong and screwed it to the dollies ![]() Then I put the jackstands that support the frame on them.....after I tried moving the whole thing (which worked very well) I'm going to join them together for added stability tomorrow. ![]() ![]()
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What brand are the casters? I like the engine stand idea...
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I'll look tomorrow. They are 250# rated.
Having all four wheels pivot is nice and the urethane makes moving it effortless....only drawback would be that in a commercial place, the urethane will eventually get cut from crap on the floor if you don't keep it clean. Having it level is pretty nice as well.
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There's a couple upgrades to my engine stand that I want to do, one is the casters and the other is the addition of bearings for the rotation of the engine itself.
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That's a good idea with the engine pivot!
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I'm thinking a trailer hub, inexpensive and simple to put together.
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