After seeing this YouTube video on how to build an aircraft jack I decided to try it. I looked at several similar designs on CSO Beech http://www.csobeech.com/floor-jack.html but liked this one better because it was all steel, but would not require a welder or welding expertise. I am now about 95 percent completed with the project. I did make a few changes to the design:
· I used a piece of 4” steel pipe to make the collar because I did not have ready access to the 3.5” box tubing used by the original poster,
· I used the Superstrut 90° 4-hole channel brackets instead of the 2-hole brackets,
· I have decided to have a local shop fabricate better jack pads out of 2” aluminum round stock that would fit over the top of the jack with a 90° cone divot at the top, and
· I plan to add 1” U-clamps on each jack as a safety device should the jack lose pressure.
Home Depot carried all of the materials I needed except for the 4” steel pipe, which I had to order on-line. You will need a heavy-duty vise to flatten the conduit tubing, a drill press, and an electric angle grinder with 4 ½” grinding disks to cut the Superstruts channels, conduit, and the 4” steel pipe. I will post pictures when it is done.
· I used a piece of 4” steel pipe to make the collar because I did not have ready access to the 3.5” box tubing used by the original poster,
· I used the Superstrut 90° 4-hole channel brackets instead of the 2-hole brackets,
· I have decided to have a local shop fabricate better jack pads out of 2” aluminum round stock that would fit over the top of the jack with a 90° cone divot at the top, and
· I plan to add 1” U-clamps on each jack as a safety device should the jack lose pressure.
Home Depot carried all of the materials I needed except for the 4” steel pipe, which I had to order on-line. You will need a heavy-duty vise to flatten the conduit tubing, a drill press, and an electric angle grinder with 4 ½” grinding disks to cut the Superstruts channels, conduit, and the 4” steel pipe. I will post pictures when it is done.
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