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| kvom:
I have been looking for a good solution for mounting a Hi-lift auto jack on my Jeep. Since the rear frame is made of steel tube, I decided to make a pair of tubing clamps, similar to what I have seen commercially. The main difference is that these cost me less than $5 for fasteners, vs. $60 for a store-bought pair. The first step was to cut a 1.75" slice from a length of 3" diameter aluminum rod. I then faced, turned, and bored the piece on the lathe, then parted off into two .75" thick rings. Since the tubing I will be placing these on is 1.75" diameter, I bored the holes .05" oversize. The rest of the operations were milling. The finished result looks like this: While the work is conceptually pretty simple, making a pair of these took the best part of 5 hours. Mounted on the Jeep's rear frame, here's one of the clamps: The central mouting bolt is 1/2-13, while the two clamping bolts are 1/4-20. |
| Bernd:
--- Quote from: kvom on June 21, 2010, 10:35:21 PM --- The main difference is that these cost me less than $5 for fasteners, vs. $60 for a store-bought pair. --- End quote --- May of cost only five, but making them yourself "Priceless". Bernd |
| kvom:
Agreed! And what better way to spend an afternoon with outside termperatures over 90F than in a shop with AC? :beer: |
| Brass_Machine:
Nice job! How about a pic of the jack mounted up? Eric |
| kvom:
Mounted the jack yesterday: |
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