I have a small garage (don't judge) and needed some extra space to store 2 motors that i have eventual plans to rebuild
but need space to actually work on a car and not shimmy between motors on engine stands and fenders.
I designed and built a workbench with enough clearance to store 2 motors beneath it, provided i use low profile cart(s)
for the 2 motors.
This was made from 2X2 14ga steel tube, 2X1 14ga steel tube and 2X3.5X.25 steel plate. In a previous life these were
some scrap posts from a storage cage at work. The casters were purchased from Home Depot (Everbuilt Industrial Caster, SKU: 194041)
These were much better than what i found at Harbor Freight, and actually cheaper.
I used a scrap engine block as a mock-up and mounts without the isolators for more clearance.
Joints were MIG (GMAW) welded, while not pretty, they are strong (still learning) and i ran out of cover gas on the last weld.
Since the motor mounts have a fair amount of positioning tolerance to them I would recommend using an engine block for final assembly.
I created a 3D model in Sketchup with the dimensions from my napkin cad model for anyone who would like to build one.
https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model.html?id=94a0aac6-d223-4a0f-b446-986a478ce1e3
but need space to actually work on a car and not shimmy between motors on engine stands and fenders.
I designed and built a workbench with enough clearance to store 2 motors beneath it, provided i use low profile cart(s)
for the 2 motors.
This was made from 2X2 14ga steel tube, 2X1 14ga steel tube and 2X3.5X.25 steel plate. In a previous life these were
some scrap posts from a storage cage at work. The casters were purchased from Home Depot (Everbuilt Industrial Caster, SKU: 194041)
These were much better than what i found at Harbor Freight, and actually cheaper.
I used a scrap engine block as a mock-up and mounts without the isolators for more clearance.
Joints were MIG (GMAW) welded, while not pretty, they are strong (still learning) and i ran out of cover gas on the last weld.
Since the motor mounts have a fair amount of positioning tolerance to them I would recommend using an engine block for final assembly.
I created a 3D model in Sketchup with the dimensions from my napkin cad model for anyone who would like to build one.
https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model.html?id=94a0aac6-d223-4a0f-b446-986a478ce1e3
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