jack stands for pucks?
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '13
You won't find the 6 buck deal. These stands are Larkin brand and they closed them out last year and now carry a red colored set. And I can't remember the name. When I saw them I couldn't believe the price. I carried them to the register and held my breath and low and behold, 6 bucks. They had 3 sets. I went home and after thinking I drove back down there to snag the other 2 sets, and yep a couple people also thought it was a deal.
Anyways they were easy to transform. Took less than 2 hours for the pair. If I wasn't trying to squeeze as much life out of each blade it would have went faster. They cut fast until they dull. You could probably use a bit of oil on it as you cut and extend the blade life some but I didn't. BTW I was using cheap azz Harbor Freight blades. I used a puck and drew the outline on the saddle. Then took a sawsall with a metal blade and made 4 side cuts down from the top to the depth I wanted. Then cut in from the 4 sides, those were the easy cuts. The ones from the top were sort of slow and chewed up a couple blades for each stand. The grinding was really easy. You just knock off the corners and clean things up. I used a bench grinder and a 4" Makita handheld. I painted them with black primer because that's all I had but when I went to stick the one in the frame it needed a bit more grinding and I never repainted it. After I did my clutch I noticed the frame was slightly dented in so I got a pair of bigazz washers and dremeled the hole out to fit. The washer spreads the load more like a puck and is easier on the frame. When I did my Ti exhaust I had the stands at the top notch and the car was 30" high from the exhaust tips to the ground. The car is super stable on the 6 ton bases and can't ever slide off the tops of the stands. Exactly what I needed to feel safe under the car doing a clutch install.
I should make up several dozen sets and add a huge Corvette tax and get rich.
Anyways they were easy to transform. Took less than 2 hours for the pair. If I wasn't trying to squeeze as much life out of each blade it would have went faster. They cut fast until they dull. You could probably use a bit of oil on it as you cut and extend the blade life some but I didn't. BTW I was using cheap azz Harbor Freight blades. I used a puck and drew the outline on the saddle. Then took a sawsall with a metal blade and made 4 side cuts down from the top to the depth I wanted. Then cut in from the 4 sides, those were the easy cuts. The ones from the top were sort of slow and chewed up a couple blades for each stand. The grinding was really easy. You just knock off the corners and clean things up. I used a bench grinder and a 4" Makita handheld. I painted them with black primer because that's all I had but when I went to stick the one in the frame it needed a bit more grinding and I never repainted it. After I did my clutch I noticed the frame was slightly dented in so I got a pair of bigazz washers and dremeled the hole out to fit. The washer spreads the load more like a puck and is easier on the frame. When I did my Ti exhaust I had the stands at the top notch and the car was 30" high from the exhaust tips to the ground. The car is super stable on the 6 ton bases and can't ever slide off the tops of the stands. Exactly what I needed to feel safe under the car doing a clutch install.
I should make up several dozen sets and add a huge Corvette tax and get rich.
