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  • LCHIEN
    Internet Fact Checker
    • Dec 2002
    • 20920
    • Katy, TX, USA.
    • BT3000 vintage 1999

    Motorcycle stand = mobile work platform?

    Here's a new HF item. Looks like it could be a furniture assembly/finishing platform. Both the length and height are adjustable within limits, holds 1000 lbs. Locking casters. $40.



    Loring in Katy, TX USA
    If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
    BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions
  • gmack5
    Veteran Member
    • Dec 2002
    • 1973
    • Quapaw, Oklahoma, USA.
    • Ryobi BT3000SX & BT3100

    #2
    That's a Bargian!

    Thanks for the "heads up"!!!

    The casters are worth almost that much!
    The next time I get within range of a Harbor Freight, I'm going to buy one!
    Stop thinking why you can't and Start thinking how you CAN!
    Remember, SUCCESS comes in CANS!
    George

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    • leehljp
      Just me
      • Dec 2002
      • 8429
      • Tunica, MS
      • BT3000/3100

      #3
      GMack,
      The casters were my first thoughts too!

      That could come in handy for lots of projects.
      Hank Lee

      Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted!

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      • Pappy
        The Full Monte
        • Dec 2002
        • 10453
        • San Marcos, TX, USA.
        • BT3000 (x2)

        #4
        The only drawback I see is that the support arms are angled in. Hard to mount a top to it. You could add a wedge shaped top to the arms.
        Don, aka Pappy,

        Wise men talk because they have something to say,
        Fools because they have to say something.
        Plato

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        • os1kne
          Senior Member
          • Jan 2003
          • 901
          • Atlanta, GA
          • BT3100

          #5
          That looks like it would be pretty useful. You'd be hard pressed to build something that good for that amount of money.
          Bill

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          • Garasaki
            Senior Member
            • Sep 2006
            • 550

            #6
            One thing you may need to consider is the overall height of that thing.

            Being a motorcycle guy myself, I know that thing is meant to slide under the bottom frame rails of the bike. Hence it's height is something along the lines of 18 to 24 inches. Personally, I get terrible back strain working on tables less then 37 inches when standing...

            Now there's no reason you couldn't build a table that basically sits on top of that, to bring it up to a comfortable working level. But, I did want to point out that, completely stock, out of the box, it's going to be too low to be useful.
            -John

            "Look, I can't surrender without orders. I mean they emphasized that to me particularly. I don't know exactly why. The guy said "Blake, never surrender without checking"
            -Henry Blake

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            • LCHIEN
              Internet Fact Checker
              • Dec 2002
              • 20920
              • Katy, TX, USA.
              • BT3000 vintage 1999

              #7
              Originally posted by Garasaki
              One thing you may need to consider is the overall height of that thing.

              Being a motorcycle guy myself, I know that thing is meant to slide under the bottom frame rails of the bike. Hence it's height is something along the lines of 18 to 24 inches. Personally, I get terrible back strain working on tables less then 37 inches when standing...

              Now there's no reason you couldn't build a table that basically sits on top of that, to bring it up to a comfortable working level. But, I did want to point out that, completely stock, out of the box, it's going to be too low to be useful.

              I was thinking, say for a low bookcase or a small table, that would put it at the right height for finishing. So you don't have to bend too low to do the legs or reach too high to do the top.
              Loring in Katy, TX USA
              If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
              BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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              • kirkroy
                Established Member
                • Feb 2007
                • 343
                • Brunswick, MD

                #8
                Bit nicer and on sale for $59

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                • footprintsinconc
                  Veteran Member
                  • Nov 2006
                  • 1759
                  • Roseville (Sacramento), CA
                  • BT3100

                  #9
                  i know its a really really old thread, but i am looking for that stand

                  anyone who has that stand, can you please take detailed dims and wall thickness for me and post them here or pm them to me?

                  if you live in or around the sacramento area, i'd like to come by and see it myself.

                  thanks!!!
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                  omar

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