Outboard motor stands

mickri

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Not machining but this is what I have been working on lately. Needed stands for my outboard motors. In cleaning up the scrap wood pile to cut it up for firewood I realized that I had wood that I could use to make the outboard motor stands that I need. Now this scarp lumber has been sitting in my backyard for months and being scrap it is not pretty. In fact the stands are down right ugly. You might even think that they are double ugly.

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Did some research on different designs and liked this one the best. https://www.glen-l.com/blog/how-to-build-a-portable-outboard-motor-stand/

Not being able to build it as is due to the lumber I had on hand I had to do things a little bit different. Don't we always want to change the plans to suit us. The biggest change was the length of the bottom boards. Plans called for 36" long 2x4's. I didn't have any that long. And one video I watched the guy thought 36" long bottom boards were too long and cut his down to 30." The longest that I had was 29." So that's what I used.

Here is the lumber cut list.

two 32" long 2x4's for the uprights. One end is cut to a 12.5* angle.
two 29" long 2x4's for the bottom pieces.
One 24" long 2x8 for the motor support cross piece. This can be 2x10, 2x6, or even 2 2x4's.
two 24" long 2x4's with one edge cut at 12.5*. I didn't have enough 2x4's for these so I used a 2x6 for the front piece and cut a 2x4 roughly down the middle with a 12.5* angle.
two 24" long 2x4's for the support pieces. These will be cut to match the angles of the bottom pieces and the upright pieces.

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First was to drill holes for pocket screws on the front cross piece. Then layout the bottom pieces and the front cross piece and square them up. Make sure that the angled edge is oriented so that the upright pieces are angled to the back. Screw them together. Next layout the motor cross piece and uprights. I used the bottom as a guide. Screw them together. I used 5 screws on each side for support for the cross piece.

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Next you attach the upright motor support to the bottom. An extra set of hands might help here. The upright is sandwiched between the front cross piece and the back cross piece. I used a bar clamp to hold everything together while I screwed it. Lots of screws. The screws are all 2 1/2" exterior wood screws. There are 2 kreg pocket screws in the front cross piece on each side and 4 regular screws holding the back cross piece in place.

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Last is the upright supports. The angles are different. I laid the stand on its side to mark the cut lines. Once cut more screws to hold everything together.

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All that is left to do is the casters. They are on their way and I should have them sometime next week.


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Casters went on the stands today and put the 20hp Nissan on its stand. The stand rolls easy with the outboard on it.

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Nice. I gotta put wheels under mine real soon.
 
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