I can't be the only one this idea has occurred to. When rebuilding
automobile engine blocks, there is a stand that bolts to the back of the
engine block, you can turn and lock the block in any position, to make the
installation of parts much easier. Has anyone come up with such a device to
bolt to boatanchor chassis' that would make repair or restoration easier?

Ed wrote:
I can't be the only one this idea has occurred to. When rebuilding
automobile engine blocks, there is a stand that bolts to the back of the
engine block, you can turn and lock the block in any position, to make the
installation of parts much easier. Has anyone come up with such a device to
bolt to boatanchor chassis' that would make repair or restoration easier?

There's a guy in Oklahoma City, a retired wood shop instructor, who has
designed a chassis stand just like that. There's a large and a small
version. They work like champs, and he does beautiful work, as you
might expect from his previous life.

I have his contact info around somewhere if you're interested. I can
also send a drawing of the large stand as a .pdf file.

Avery W3AVE
Potomac, Md.

Ed wrote:
I can't be the only one this idea has occurred to. When rebuilding
automobile engine blocks, there is a stand that bolts to the back of the
engine block, you can turn and lock the block in any position, to make the
installation of parts much easier. Has anyone come up with such a device to
bolt to boatanchor chassis' that would make repair or restoration easier?

There's a guy in Oklahoma City, a retired wood shop instructor, who has
designed a chassis stand just like that. There's a large and a small
version. They work like champs, and he does beautiful work, as you
might expect from his previous life.

I have his contact info around somewhere if you're interested. I can
also send a drawing of the large stand as a .pdf file.

Avery W3AVE
Potomac, Md.

An old TV shop might still have one of the stands they used for the
old tube type color TV's. They had a very heavy chassis and needed to
flip it around too. They were adjustable for width and clamped onto
the chassis on the sides.
Check out an old Allied Radio catalog to see what they looked like.
73 Gary



On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 08:13:02 GMT, "Ed" wrote:

I can't be the only one this idea has occurred to. When rebuilding
automobile engine blocks, there is a stand that bolts to the back of the
engine block, you can turn and lock the block in any position, to make the
installation of parts much easier. Has anyone come up with such a device to
bolt to boatanchor chassis' that would make repair or restoration easier?

Gary Pewitt N9ZSV
Sturgeon's Law "Ninety per cent of everything is crap"

"Ed" wrote in message
. com...
I can't be the only one this idea has occurred to. When rebuilding
automobile engine blocks, there is a stand that bolts to the back of the
engine block, you can turn and lock the block in any position, to make the
installation of parts much easier. Has anyone come up with such a device to
bolt to boatanchor chassis' that would make repair or restoration easier?

I have seen rotatable support fixtures for antique radios

Here is Brian Ripley's setup for Hallicrafters S-38x repairs

Support rig
http://www.thes38guy.com/Page_74x.html

http://www.thes38guy.com/Page_75x.html

http://www.thes38guy.com/Page_76x.html

Workbench
http://www.thes38guy.com/Page_14x.html

w9gb

The poor man's solution is heavy metal "L" braces screwed into the radio's
own chassis mounting holes. Go to this page and scroll down to "A Cheap and
Simple Chassis Holder" for a photo and description.

http://antiqueradio.org/MidwestDD-18.htm

Haven't tried it on a boatanchor yet, but it worked great on this heavy
18-tube chassis. Costs only a few bucks. No woodworking (or metalworking)
required. And the braces take up virtually no room when not in use.

Regards,

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html