Bicycle repair stand (made from old weight stands)

I've picked up quite old sport bench and weight stands from local recycling centre (two quid for whole lot!!)
After some time I discover that stands are completely useless for me, so I decided to keep the bench
and make bicycle repair stand from the stands.

Step 1 At first of all project.

I made couple sketches/measurements some of them you can see. (sorry about quality I haven't got time to draw them in Autocad of so I scanned some)
The original weight stands are made from square steel pipes/profiles 40mm diameter.

What I used:
Weight stands
some old front hub with skewer (actually only axle with cones/nuts and skewer)
piece of 5mm thick plastic
Some 10/8/6mm screws, washers and nuts
electric drill
10/8/6mm drill bits

Comments

[BillBiker]

You know I was originally turned off from this idea AT FIRST! Then I took the time and browse through as I love bike repair and love to make my own stuff (tools, stands, etc). THEN I saw the finished part of this and thought THIS IS FREAKING BRILLIANT!!! Love the fact it is not like the ones made out of beer cans and pop bottles (sarcasm). In fact put it to the test it would hold a small engine block. Thats the kinds of things I like to make, overkill lol. Gonna see if I still have a patch to send if not CONGRATS!!!!

[thewhite]

Thanks. I found it actually better for working with drive train and bottom bracket than a standard "clamp" style stand. Brakes you can adjust on standing bike, and saddle is even better adjusting in normal bike position . The other thing is, that the clamp is probably the most complicated part of the stand if you want to make it by yourself (I would say 70% of the time).
Keep'em rolling.