Easy Homemade Jack Stand Ideas
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- Опубликовано: 19 мар 2020
- Metal Fabrication! I know that is why many of you are suscribers so today we are building tools from scratch. Jack stands are important and in many cases they are expensive. Building these yourself is much cheaper and you can make them to fit your exact applications. Not to mention the strength is up to you! You can build them out of 1/4" or even 1/2" steel if you want to! The sky is the limit! Homemade jack stands can be safer then store bought but if you want to trust your life to them I would find a mechanical engineer to approve your design. I can't stress enough how important it is to take your safety seriously.
I hope this video can help spawn some creativity and get you in the shop building your own tools. Small welding projects like this can give you more experience and unlock more diy project ideas.
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Send it to an engineer, or build it like a tank! 😊😊. I generally overbuild almost everything so there can be little doubt of durability. Cheers! Great video!
Thanks, one more project to during my self quarantine..
My dad made his own set in high school shop class and we still use them today he’s almost in his 50s!
OMG!! that's really amazing bro.
Good project. Just a tip: make sure you support the outfeed on that new saw. I got the skilsaw version and was cutting some 45* miters in .125 x1.5 angle with about 2 feet hanging off the non-clamped end and when it got through, the piece that dropped caught the blade and sent it flying, taking a tooth off my brand new blade. Other than that, im super happy with the carbide saws. P.s. The wife doesn't like it because the chips get stuck in my boot and get tracked in the house. Not fun to step on.
I'll be building these this weekend to hold up a Super 60 from a 2005 F250 while cutting off the brackets.
I think it's funny. . . these aren't meant for supporting the weight of a vehicle, but your bases are stronger than most jack stands you would buy from a store! Nice job
Lol I think they could hold the weight of a vehicle it just wasn't my initial intention.
Make sure you make a couple tops with screw adjustments so you can use them to level stuff when you are fabricating. The feet for scaffolding are usually pretty reasonable and make good platforms to build off of.
Just what I needed right now, thanks Nate, amazing work as always sir!!
I have got to build me a shop. I have been working under a tree and a lean-to for years, it not as comfortable as I'd like it to be
same! i have a little corner of my back yard its just dirt with a janky roof i built out of scrap wood. the struggle is real i feel ya brother haha
Dude another solid vid. The production quality it on fire! Sand the post section that makes contact until it moves free.
Cheers from the north Snoqualmie valley area!
These are sick! That saw is a must-have; you've sold me on it.
sick! i love building my tools. i made a small welding cart out of bed rails and lawnmower wheels. also im making a small welding table out of bed rails too ill finally have a decent flat surface to weld on! its very satisfying to create something you need. i tend to recycle old steel i find rather than buy new steel.
Nice work. I bought two 12 inch long 1-1/4" 5 TPI ACME threaded roads to make some infinitely adjustable stands, but I have more projects than time. I like the idea from another comment about building them with three legs so they can't rock.
Love your channel! Always great vids, music, and info. Thanks! 👍
Love these 10-12 minute project videos. Definitely gets you motivated, and projects like these help with practicing my welding "skills" lol.
Good! That is the intention here! Thank you for watching 👍
Dude yes! I’ve been a bit hesitant but this def removes and hesitation.
WHAT UP !!! THAT EVO SAW CUTS LIKE MAD !!! ANOTHER KILLER VIDEO !!!
Good stuff. Ive been tinkering around with the idea of axle stands. These would be perfect
Great job by the way. I see so many things to use them for and heads to make
Well, I am a diesel guy, love to make stuff with a welder, own a 63 M37 and my modified DD is a 99 Disco II with an 03 facelift. Seems to me like this channel was made for me. Watching from PR. Subscribed!
Another great video to inspire the rest of us to get fabbing. A nice touch would be to drill a hole on one side of you base, weld a nut on, then a T handle welded to the bolt. This would allow infinite height adjustability for light things like exhaust, and your pins for heavy things like axles. Again, great video.
I did a version of these for my final welidng project back in my welding classes a few years back. Mine was a much different design, but much the same concept. Yours are definitely cheaper though as my design used some 1" threaded rod with a huge nut welded to the top. Gave you really fine adjustability, but it was spendy! Haha... great stuff, Nate. Really like your design.
Opening weld sequence was on point. Nice.
Thanks man 👍
So awesome. Love the DIY projects. Need to get me a welder super bad.
Awesome video bud you are a great fabricator!! You’ve really inspired me to do more building and even start a channel too.. keep up the awesome work dude👍
Another great quick idea that saves so money and Greta you out of the house to practice a valuable skill like metal fab and welding. Keep doing what you do, great video.
Thanks buddy 👊
I need these back in January
Thanks for the ideas Nate , nice work
I haven't thought of any designs, but a collapsing jack stand would be cool.
great little project. it is good practice for improving welding skills
A fun little project with many uses. An idea for your saw, fab up a table to bolt it to and build an adjustable height roller for your stock. Beats the shit out of cutting on the floor.
Your videos are absolutely awesome and now I have to build a set of those haha. I been watching you since bleepin jeep and I’m so happy you made your own channel! Your the only one I cared to watch on there RUclips!
I really appreciate it man! I'm glad you are enjoying the content! Branching off from BJ was a big turning point for me 👍
Nice work, those are some clean jack stands and awesome that you made them yourself. I just picked up some Sumner Lo-Jacks myself
Awesome video! Learned some new tricks today
Well... off to the steel yard for some remnants to build some. Thanks for the DIY sir!
No problem! Good luck with the project 👊
Great video Nate
Thanks for the vid it’s honestly extremely useful and educational. Keep on keeping on brother!
going to try and build these with a screw top to fine adjust as needed. good build!
you make me want to go build something thanks man!!
Pretty cool!
Excellent thank you-
Thank you for the information bro
That saw looks awesome. Way less sparks and faster. It's probably more accurate as well.
I bet it is safer too.
Those stands will hold a lot of weight. That's a nice project.
Lookin good man. That chop saw looks pretty sweet. I'm still working with hand held angle grinders.
Nicely done! P.S love your new saw, cuts metal like butter
nice video nate your slow mo shots and overall production never seizes to amaze me! the amount of info you manage to cram into these short videos is awesome.!!!!!! keep on keepin on man. good things will come eventually!!!!!! indeed thanks to you ;) and your entire fam/team!
your hard work and dedication has earned every bit of respect i have for you
Thank you very much! I really appreciate the high praise 👍
Great Vid Brother!
Nice pizza cutter! I find that the telescoping stuff that they make street signs out of bends from compression at about 1500 lbs at 48" with similar triangulation and no gusseting. The 1/2" grade 5 bolt I used had no issue.
Great job Nate !! I' ll take four of them . Lol
good project! i need some bigger jackstands for my jeep xj
Good project really helpful keep it up.
Making a couple of extra stands with my everlast would be a good project when I have some time. I could use a couple more stands.
I used to have to work on gravel or dirt. I took my jackstands and welded junk brake rotors to the bottom. No more sinking! Now that I work in a garage they are more stable and don't get hung up in control joints in the concrete. Edit: it also added about a inch to the height!
Take your 7" flapper wheel, to each of the exterior walls of the slider tube. After a spray of lube, friction will not be an issue. Thanks for the videos. I enjoy your content.
Good job. I'd drill a second hole in the base at half the hole spacings of the insert to give your self finer adjust on the height.
Sweet
Nice !!
Nice. 👍
nice hope i can build that also
I think you know you need to build/fabricate a better miter angle jig for your new Evo saw.
You should hit up mighty car mods!! They could use some of those tools! And I bet you guys could make an awesome full length feature together!!!
Lol dude that would be awesome
A suggestion. To cut a 60 degree just turn the work over and cut at 30 degree. Works
Used a chop saw like that for years. Make sure your material is clamped down good, if it comes loose a tooth on the blade might catch it and then break teeth off the blade. Scared me when I saw you cutting all those angle iron at the same time. Also if you cut a short piece off -2” and under, keep the blade down until it stops rotating. If you let it go up there is a good chance the blade can catch the small piece that was cut off and jamb it into the blade breaking teeth.
Also when cutting flat bar or angle iron. Don’t lay it flat stand it up so the blade cuts through the thickness and not the width of the material, cut
s quicker and creates less heat. Nice job on the video.
Evo saws will make you a quick learner of how and how not to cut certain types of steel lol clamps very important expecially
Oops didn’t finish sent it anyway . Especially if the blade has been used somewhat, kinda in the fence as far as blade life
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We have some stands like this at work but have 3 legs and we’ve rolled a piece of 1.5” round tube into a ring that sits on the floor so the stands are easier to move around the shop, you just roll them around.
Nice stands. I suggest you build/make a top out of 3/4": nut and all thread. weld nut to stand off and have arm on top to adjust
/level. that way you have a way to level work you know that one job will have where the hole pin just want work. we use that in oilfield att the time thx and keep up the awesome vids
Nice 👍🏻
Early gang awesome content as usual 👌
awesome
Nice J10
To cut a 60 degrees angle when your saw only allows up to 45 degrees, cut a 45 degrees piece that you will use as a wedge. Set your saw to 15 degrees plus the wedge and that will do your 60 degrees.
That would be the secret you can't share. One person to get hurt is all it one take. What happens under the shade tree stays in the shade.
What size of square tubes did you use? I'm needing to make jack stands to facilitate a pontoon boat re-build. I'm 6'2" and it would save my back if I could walk under the pontoon and not have to bend over and crawl constantly. Also what were the angle iron size?
I could use a set to work on my axles. Those look great!
Thanks buddy! Home made axle stands are worth the time to build for sure. I think I'm going to do the same
@@DirtLifestyle yeah gotta make something strong enough to hold that heavy dana 60 up at a workable level. Now just gotta find a local steel mill and get some steel
Sweet buld man. As I was watching I thought it would be cool to add a small bit of rod to the bottom of the stand on which you could store the different head attachments when not using them. Although it would be good to place it in a spot that if you fell on it, it wouldn't stab right into you.
Tripods are more sturdy than quad pods. Nice stands though. I’m in WA as well. Cheers!
Good job no1
I WANT THE GREEN J-10!!!!
Nice stands, but I'd stuck with tripods though.
You can probably find a decent J 10 ~ J 20 at www.montanaoverland.com
If you are looking for one.
@@OldGriz708 I certainly appreciate that. I will check them out. THANK YOU!!
Awesome!! I've bee think about doing these myself. Just a thought maybe you could make a thread attachments for fine adjustment with some 1" all-thread perhaps. Sort of like axle Jack's.
Thanks Nate.
PS I recently purchased a TJ and it's a lil bit your fault lol. I loved my XJ, but top removal is sort of permanent 😅.
Lol nice! Congratulations on the new rig!
Add fine adjustable tops
I really like the videos you make and happy you having a go at making this a full time thing. I have only one suggestion for you that all my friends talk about is, put the camera on a stand. The back and forth is not well received. To make your show the best,
take the time to move slower for moving shots when you need to move. Please keep up the good work you’re doing. I just want to help with your dream.
A trick to get 60 Deg. cut a block at 30 Deg. Place the saws' clamp at 30 Deg. add the 30 Deg. block and secure it to the saw table. That should give you the 60 deg. you're looking for.
Nice build, thanks for sharing.
Question: could you have used the angle iron for the support legs without making any cuts and just lay it on one side (rotating angle iron by 45°)? That way you had flat side on top of the outrigger and the other size overlapping side of the outrigger and then just weld it that way?
I don't think there would be any rotational or torsion forces acting on the stand as you would have the outriggers on all 4 sides.
Build a flat top and you can use then to extend a table.
that saw is slick tell them to send me one too
Great video what sized square tube did you use for the inside piece? 1 3/4 and was it loose
Nate now that you have used that saw what do you think about it? I love mine and find it to be my go to for cutting metal.
Should make a set of top pieces that have a piece of thread all in them so you can dial the height in on them and then a locknut lock them down.
Wonder if you were to heat the spot where the stand snags so it will end up sliding easier
Man I bought one of them blades for my saw. Best 60 $ spent. My jaw dropped how fast it cut. I'll Never go back to a disc blade.
I would have been tempted to do a 3 leg version so they don’t rock around on any surface.
I made these 3 leg ones last year. 2"x1/4"thick receiver for the center. 1.5"x.120 wall for the legs, 1"x1/4 thick flat bar for the supports.
instagram.com/p/B1kwi_9n7kH/?
@@Adventure_Mike those have 4 legs lol
I’m just getting into welding and was curious as to how to go around purchasing metal from a steel yard at the best price. I believe I saw you were located in Washington, if so do you have any good recommendations for local steel yards. Thanks
Nate I was hoping you were going to modify the degree fence to go to 60*. but I know that puts unsafe holding force on the material and saw if even possible with a fixed fence.
Thanks for the info man. Would you mind providing the size of square tube and angle iron you used?
Well done Nate, you have engineering seal of approval. 👍
Lol thanks!
Hey Dirt Lifestyle
I am thinking about making hi-lift jack stand/lifts for lifting a camper off of a truck bed. They need to lift the camper at least 57" to 67" for newer trucks. Any ideas?
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Awesome job ...what are these rated at ?
Hey Nate, love the production quality on all your videos and the content is amazing. Trying to step up my game and saw the GripGear Movie Maker slider in your Amazon list. Is this the one you're using for your slow-mo shots?
It's ok for a cheap slider. I now use a more expensive one so it can hold my mirrorless cameras. But for small cameras the grip gear does the job 👍
@@DirtLifestyle Thanks for the response. Cheers to you and your family staying safe from Marysville!
Hi Nate, great video mate. Would you trust these enough to put a 4wd on??
If you put some valve grinding compound on them and work them back.and forth will fix the binding issue
Great suggestion! I've got a bunch of it too 👊