Re: Home Brew Workstand?


"Simon Brooke" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> in message <dp4fmk$gg1$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Doki
> ('mrdoki@xxxxxxxxx') wrote:
>
>> Anyone made one? Commercial ones seem a bit expensive when you can get
>> an engine stand for less...
>
> The clamp is the dear bit. If you have the facilities to make a clamp
> which can grip a tube without crushing it, the rest is easy. Remember
> that good quality bike frames use incredibly thin-walled tubes.

Clamp onto the rather beefy seat tube on my MTB instead?


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