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Anyone got any Ideas of homemade axle stands about waist / bench height ?? cant afford to buy any as I'm off work for a few weeks, just had Hernia operation, so might have a bit tinker with axles cleaning them up ect, if I can get them up easier to work on.
Thanks
 
border said:
I'm off work for a few weeks, just had Hernia operation
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If you're off work to recuperate after a hernia operation, I would be inclined to leave the axles where they are for now.
If you were in a position to do any work like that you wouldn't have been signed off for as long as you have. There's a reason that they signed you off.
 
brian47 said:
If you're off work to recuperate after a hernia operation, I would be inclined to leave the axles where they are for now.
If you were in a position to do any work like that you wouldn't have been signed off for as long as you have. There's a reason that they signed you off.
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I no Mate, Id already cancelled the first two ops so I could get me shed / workshop finished. Just thought if I could get them up on stands I could do a little bit light work on them, when I'm ready, doing my head in sitting around for the next 4 or 5 weeks.
 
border said:
I no Mate, Id already cancelled the first two ops so I could get me shed / workshop finished. Just thought if I could get them up on stands I could do a little bit light work on them, when I'm ready, doing my head in sitting around for the next 4 or 5 weeks.
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If you want to dislodge or tear the hernia mesh and/or sutures before they are properly healed and undo all the work of the surgeon then go ahead....

Best thing to do is just take it easy, watch telly, read, lunch and heal then be 100% fit...
 
I've found the parts catalogue more useful than the manual over the last six years. The diagrams are a bit small for someone of my age, but they're really good at showing what order the bits and pieces go together in, plus the part numbers so you know what to order.

A bit of light wire brushing probably won't do any harm but for goodness sake get someone else to do the lifting. A friend of mine had a hysterectomy (which is a bit different from you, but similarly involves making a hole in the abdomen and having to wait a few weeks for it to heal up) and she was given a leaflet about resuming activities. After three days she could do 'light dusting' and after a week or so 'vacuuming', and so on. She was most indignant.
 
Brown said:
I've found the parts catalogue more useful than the manual over the last six years. The diagrams are a bit small for someone of my age, but they're really good at showing what order the bits and pieces go together in, plus the part numbers so you know what to order.

A bit of light wire brushing probably won't do any harm but for goodness sake get someone else to do the lifting. A friend of mine had a hysterectomy (which is a bit different from you, but similarly involves making a hole in the abdomen and having to wait a few weeks for it to heal up) and she was given a leaflet about resuming activities. After three days she could do 'light dusting' and after a week or so 'vacuuming', and so on. She was most indignant.
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They gave me the very same leaflet after drumming it in to me before I left the hospital, I'm just not the type of person to sit down for a day never mind 6 weeks but suppose Ill have to try my best. Might get a few bits sent away for sandblast I'm sure Ill be able to sit and paint them.
Just bought both books even though I'm skint and wont be making any money at work for a while, but will have plenty time to study them.
 
Know how you feel @border - I am on 2nd day of 7-10 days convalescence after laparoscopic surgery and already climbing the walls (metaphorically speaking - abdomen is too sore for it to be literal :D)
I have 2 model landy kits to keep me occupied:
 

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Beneagles said:
Know how you feel @border - I am on 2nd day of 7-10 days convalescence after laparoscopic surgery and already climbing the walls (metaphorically speaking - abdomen is too sore for it to be literal :D)
I have 2 model landy kits to keep me occupied:
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Hope you’re feeling better soon. Had it done last year and it took two weeks of careful rest but felt immediately better. I never want to have pain like that again.
 
I use 9" blocks topped with timber, or old railway sleepers for that sort of height! Didn't know they did stands that high!
 
I did almost 7 months non-weight bearing and a further 3 months in a plastic boot thing after an orthopaedic operation didn’t go to plan. Boredom doesn’t even describe it......
 
I did my axles on a stack of borrowed pallets. Strong and stable, and have the added benefit of grading dropped parts by size. 6mm split washers will be in the top pallet, swivel pins and wheel nuts in the bottom one. Only new swivel races make it to the floor.
 
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I did my axles on a stack of borrowed pallets. Strong and stable, and have the added benefit of grading dropped parts by size. 6mm split washers will be in the top pallet, swivel pins and wheel nuts in the bottom one. Only new swivel races make it to the floor.
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Was thinking about pallets making some kind of frame standing them upright so ends of axles can be free to dismantle.
 
I honestly wouldn't risk it. Once they're fully built-up they are monstrously heavy. Have some blocks handy so that you can support the tubes so that the diff lump is off the surface, and another under the nose of the diff once it's back in. That gives you enough room to put the balls and housing on, and the discs will hang over the ends of the pallet. It'll all slide around a bit on any bench as you try to do the tight stuff up, so I took the view that I'd do all the final tightening once they were down on the floor with wheels on.
 
boguing said:
I honestly wouldn't risk it. Once they're fully built-up they are monstrously heavy. Have some blocks handy so that you can support the tubes so that the diff lump is off the surface, and another under the nose of the diff once it's back in. That gives you enough room to put the balls and housing on, and the discs will hang over the ends of the pallet. It'll all slide around a bit on any bench as you try to do the tight stuff up, so I took the view that I'd do all the final tightening once they were down on the floor with wheels on.
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I get what you mean now suppose they will be stronger stacked on top of each other to the desired height, could cut hole in the top two maybe to let diff lump drop down.
 
You could, but you'll need them up from there to get the swivel housings on.

Not that you'll be doing that because they're over your lifting allowance.
 
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