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Excellent! Scrolled down expecting to see offcuts of aluminium extrusion construction kit stuff and mismatched t-slot nuts and 90° brackets!
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Haha, cheers - the bodging will continue, I found another stand with a slimmer base that might sit under this with the upright in the slot, if so I could clamp in the lower bar at both sides & attach the guides to that in a fixed position, the top bar holding the wheel could be fixed at both sides too - takes seconds to remove
mcJ78
Coming to the realization I'm too much of a tramp to spend £250 on a proper wheel truing stand, I bodged this from a rather hefty clamp stand & pile of old bits that I found tucked away in the corner of an old lab
There's some other bits including adjustable sliding clamps still to be incorporated, this was just to see if it would work, which it does with absolutely no finesse - the rod that holds the wheel is the weak point, will get a thicker diameter bar & get it machined down where the wheel sits to improve stability but other than that, stable AF - weighs a ton