Jack-Operated Roller Stand

Jack-Operated Roller Stand FARM SHOP Miscellaneous “I salvaged the hydraulic jack off an old dump trailer to build this infinitely adjustable roller stand I use it with my lathe and mill and sometimes my welding table when handling long material It works great to move objects along as I work on them ” says Dennis Hartmann Double D Machine Shop Yankton S Dak     The hydraulic jack came equipped with a 22-in long 1 1/8-in dia cylinder and an internal pump It came off a wrecked trailer The top end of the cylinder was damaged so Hartmann cut it off He made a metal sleeve to slip over the top of the jack’s 22-in long 1 1/8-in dia cylinder and welded a V-shaped bracket onto the sleeve that slips over the cylinder He then bolted a pair of multi directional load-bearing transfer balls onto both sides of the bracket The bottom of the cylinder clamps onto a 4-wheeled base made from a 10-in dia 1/4-in thick steel plate     A pair of levers attached to the top of the cylinder housing are used to operate the pump     “It works great to keep long material steady and the transfer balls make it easy to rotate the material ” says Hartmann “I use one lever to operate the pump and the other handle to open a valve that lets me retract the cylinder ” says Hartmann “At first I attached a foot-operated lever to the pump and ran a long rod from it up to the top of the cylinder However I found the foot-operated lever was difficult to operate so I switched to the hand-operated design ” he says noting that hydraulic jacks similar to the one he used are available at a reasonable price from Harbor Freight     Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Double D Machine Shop 2701 E Hwy 50 Yankton S Dak 57078 ph 605 660-8066; danddhartmann@outlook com

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