Work stand / hanger ?

Not suitable for most repair work, but pretty handy for work to be performed on the bottom of a partially dismantled bike.

Nice, and spacious workplace.
btw, better to replace that crappy wheelclamp on the lift table with something more substantial.

Whats the mole grips doing?

Madnorton said:

Whats the mole grips doing?

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Duh, bit obvious innit, if they were clamped to the bar they’d fall off...

But what’s the wood for?

Fast Eddie said:

But what’s the wood for?

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Holding the rear of the cradle on in lieu of the isos by the look if it.

gortnipper said:

Holding the rear of the cradle on in lieu of the isos by the look if it.

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No... the rear iso stud I see holding the wood structure in place...

Hope XTINCT chimes in soon and puts us out of our misery.

Actually initially thought the whole device was a novelty Norton Commando styled child’s swing...

Looks like the proverbial sky hook. Nice setup.

Madnorton said:

Whats the mole grips doing?

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There’s a new one to add to translation. OK figured it out ...mole grip is vice grip in American.

It is in there already.

illf8ed said:

There’s a new one to add to translation. OK figured it out ...mole grip is vice grip in American.

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The Brits apparently are cruel to Moles

Madnorton said:

Whats the mole grips doing?

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That's not a Mole Grip, MN, its a Vice Grip which has a one piece forged jaw unlike the riveted Mole.
I still have a 1950's pair.

https://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com/2017/01/vise-grips-versus-mole-grips.html

What happens if you open the tilt panel door ? ... and the Vise Grips look to be the centre of the bike, not to mention the blue paper behind them.

Very cool. I have an old Craftsman locking pliers that were my grandfather's. I wonder if they are actually serial numbered as mine is _9 49961?

That’s what you have to do with a Commando to get at the horn...

Don't need one, every one ignores them anyway.

gortnipper said:

Very cool. I have an old Craftsman locking pliers that were my grandfather's. I wonder if they are actually serial numbered as mine is _9 49961?

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Probably a Craftsman stock number rather than serial number.

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Don't need one, every one ignores them anyway.

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Horn is good for harassing a squirrel about to cross the road in front of you.

I yell at the squirrels

Okay, I opened the box, now I need to splain a few. Vicegrips ( mole grips for you crossponders) were used to hold threaded rod while tightening the nuts. Nothin too scientific there. Just never put them away. Black Ash stick laying across ISO mount is a substitute shock to hold swingarm while refinishing frame. Just happens to be laying there. That's pretty simple too.
I haven't ruffled any feathers so far, but lets see how this next part goes.
The blue tape, the wood blocks bolted to ISO mount bolts, and the bar stock strapped to the headstock
(I can't beleive nobody noticed the bar stock, you guys are slipping) were all part of checking frame alignment. I am fortunate. Mine is amazingly straight. I have read a bunch of posts on this forum about this subject and some make sense. Some, (in my opinion) are messed up. I don't know who posted it, so this is not a personal attack, but the idea that everything needs to align with the frame backbone is nonsense.
If the swing arm is straight (not all of them are ), then all that matters is if the headstock is true to the swingarm pivot, the upper shock mounts, and to a lesser degree the rear ISO mount. If these things are square and true, what the rest of the frame is like does not matter at all.
So load your guns, I am ready.

Peter R said:

better to replace that crappy wheelclamp on the lift table with something more substantial.

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Wheel clamp has always done the job for me, I tie the frame to the table with ratchet straps while working on bike.

Time Warp said:

What happens if you open the tilt panel door ?

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I don't know what a tilt panel door is ??

My shop is always this clean. I lie sometimes.


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