I stopped by a metal scrap yard over lunch and picked up some scrap steel to make some jack stands. I picked up some 4″ channel for the bases and 1″ x 1.5″ rectangular tubing for the angular supports as well as some 3″ ID tubing for the upper collar. I cut and welded these up at the TechShop in about two hours after our local EAA meeting. The angles aren’t welded to the bases yet since I ran out of time and I only had one jack with me. I’ll wrap these up and paint them shortly. The collar doesn’t fit tightly over the jack, so I’ll probably also drill and tap a hole in it so that I can insert a bolt to keep the jack from moving.
