OK, here is my question... I have this tire changer... <http://www.harborfreight.com/portable-tire-changer-34542.html > I can't mount it in my floor (I have radiant heat floor with pipes running in i
I have one, and always bolted it to the floor into anchors when I needed it, and put it away when I didn't. I know of some people that bolted theirs to a sheet of plywood and then used it that way, s
If I understand how it works, most of the force will be torque as you pry the bead off the rim. Breaking the bead is toward the ground, and shouldn't be much of a problem. So, take the force times th
I have a HF tire changer like that. I put some tee nuts in a piece of 3/4" plywood (~ 4'X4' but mounted slightly off-center). To use the tire changer I put the plywood down, attach the tire changer a
Use an infrared thermometer and located the heat tubes, then mount the tire changer between them. Ok, it unconventional. Mounting to plywood would work fine. Jeff gave you the way to calculate. For t
Well, how strong are you? I have one of those changers, and it sometimes takes all I can muster to change a tire. I figure that's about 250 lbf at the end of what? maybe 7' or so between the end of
I mounted mine on a piece of 3'x3' 3/4" plywood with 5/8" (believe) stove bolts. Mount the stove bolts from the bottom of the plywood, through the holes in the tire changer mount. Torqued the nuts d
Not really... I've heard of at least two other folks doing exactly that to put in mounting locations for a lift. If I had a 3 ton table that wasn't going to move, I'd probably use that, just to not
Now you're onto somethingYou don't even need to buy any specialty items, just buy 2 short pieces of steel tube, sized so that one will slide within the other one. Weld the bigger piece to the side of
Mount it in on a big panel. Don't attach the panel to the floor. Panel has to be big enough for you to stand on while you operate it. Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1973 Triumph Stag
Author: eric at megageek.com (eric at megageek.com)
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:45:58 -0500
OK, here is my question... I have this tire changer... <http://www.harborfreight.com/portable-tire-changer-34542.html > I can't mount it in my floor (I have radiant heat floor with pipes running in i
I have one, and always bolted it to the floor into anchors when I needed it, and put it away when I didn't. I know of some people that bolted theirs to a sheet of plywood and then used it that way, s
If I understand how it works, most of the force will be torque as you pry the bead off the rim. Breaking the bead is toward the ground, and shouldn't be much of a problem. So, take the force times th
I have a HF tire changer like that. I put some tee nuts in a piece of 3/4" plywood (~ 4'X4' but mounted slightly off-center). To use the tire changer I put the plywood down, attach the tire changer a
Use an infrared thermometer and located the heat tubes, then mount the tire changer between them. Ok, it unconventional. Mounting to plywood would work fine. Jeff gave you the way to calculate. For t
Well, how strong are you? I have one of those changers, and it sometimes takes all I can muster to change a tire. I figure that's about 250 lbf at the end of what? maybe 7' or so between the end of
I mounted mine on a piece of 3'x3' 3/4" plywood with 5/8" (believe) stove bolts. Mount the stove bolts from the bottom of the plywood, through the holes in the tire changer mount. Torqued the nuts d
Howdy, Not really... I've heard of at least two other folks doing exactly that to put in mounting locations for a lift. If I had a 3 ton table that wasn't going to move, I'd probably use that, just t
Author: bjshov8 at tx.rr.com (bjshov8 at tx.rr.com)
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:53:47 -0500
Now you're onto somethingYou don't even need to buy any specialty items, just buy 2 short pieces of steel tube, sized so that one will slide within the other one. Weld the bigger piece to the side of
Author: pethier at comcast.net (pethier at comcast.net)
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 05:58:52 +0000 (UTC)
Mount it in on a big panel. Don't attach the panel to the floor. Panel has to be big enough for you to stand on while you operate it. Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1973 Triumph Stag