Help Building a Repair Stand Using Park Tool Clamp
06-08-14, 04:24 PM
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Help Building a Repair Stand Using Park Tool Clamp
This is my 1st post here but have enjoyed the forum for some time now. I am hoping someone here has done this before and wouldn't mind sharing. I recently bought a PT 100-6x clamp, it is similar to the 100-7x that they currently offer but has the tapered mounting post like the 100-5D. I am trying to come up with a way to attach the clamp to a home built stand but the tapered mounting surface is posing a challenge. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
06-09-14, 10:47 AM
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Didn't know what you were talking about till I "googled a pic". Hmmm you do have a problem.
Get a piece of NEW square tubing and use the new tubing to attach to your bench.
06-09-14, 11:23 AM
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Hmmm. It's going to be really hard, since you want to rotate the clamp almost 360 degrees, from horizontal to way past vertical on both sides. So just attaching it to a replacement square tubing won't work, since the tubing would be permanently bolted to a bench or stand.
It looks like the clamp would need the Park Tool bench base. I don't see that they sell them as replacement parts. Maybe email them?
It looks like the clamp would need the Park Tool bench base. I don't see that they sell them as replacement parts. Maybe email them?
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06-09-14, 05:05 PM
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thanks for the input. I will email them to check on the availability of a repair stand minus the clamp. If that doesn't work out getting a new piece tubing and starting from there will probably be the best way to go.
06-10-14, 06:48 PM
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Hmmm. It's going to be really hard, since you want to rotate the clamp almost 360 degrees, from horizontal to way past vertical on both sides. So just attaching it to a replacement square tubing won't work, since the tubing would be permanently bolted to a bench or stand.
It looks like the clamp would need the Park Tool bench base. I don't see that they sell them as replacement parts. Maybe email them?
It looks like the clamp would need the Park Tool bench base. I don't see that they sell them as replacement parts. Maybe email them?
Hey you could replace the two bolts with clevis pins and drill two extra holes in the new mounted tubing at 90 degrees to the current holes. Then on when needed you could pull the pins and rotate the tubing switching the clamp area from vertical to horizontal (or vice versa). It would certainly be a cheap quick fix (temporary?).
Not as nice as a stand that rotates freely, I would agree. I would prefer rm's solution, if it is affordable.
