Body Panel Stands

Doppleganger · Aug 7, 2022

Any of you fellas bought a body panel stand from HF or the like? Was wondering if they were any good, what you thought of them, etc. Looking for something to set my hood, doors, fenders on.

THX

waterpirate · Aug 7, 2022

If you have the time, make your own out of square tubing. In my thread you all saw the ones that were made to hang full size doors on and allowed painting both sides at once. for other panels the round tubing ones that open up are fine. Pipe insulation sleaves from lowes or those pool noodles make really good cushions for the tops.
Eric

Big Chip · Aug 7, 2022

Eastwood sells some pretty sturdy ones.

Doppleganger · Aug 8, 2022

Big Chip said:
Eastwood sells some pretty sturdy ones.

This is what I was getting at. HF's are identical (iirc they even say 'compare to Eastwood' in their ad, so probably same sweatshop), but as with them all, most are 5 stars, but alot of 1 stars for flimsey and prone to collapse.

Heaviest thing I'd lay on one is either my hood or a door.

My plan B is some decent chain and large s-hooks with a rubber vac tip on the s-hook and hang the doors (inside the window channel) from the rafters. Hood and fenders could be hooked from the backside.

Dunno.

Big Chip · Aug 8, 2022

Doppleganger said:
This is what I was getting at. HF's are identical (iirc they even say 'compare to Eastwood' in their ad, so probably same sweatshop), but as with them all, most are 5 stars, but alot of 1 stars for flimsey and prone to collapse.

Heaviest thing I'd lay on one is either my hood or a door.

My plan B is some decent chain and large s-hooks with a rubber vac tip on the s-hook and hang the doors (inside the window channel) from the rafters. Hood and fenders could be hooked from the backside.

Dunno.

It seems like a pretty heavy duty unit but I've never seen the HF version to compare it to.

CalSgt · Aug 8, 2022

We inherited the stands from my grandpa when his body shop burned down, both were homemade on the cheap end of the spectrum.

One is lightweight round tubing with 2x4's screwed to the top. It's about 30" wide, 48" long, and 48" tall. The bracing that keeps it together is about 12" off the ground. We use the **** out of it, it's such a multipurpose tool. All the pictures I have of it right now are no good, I'll take a better one next time I get to the shop.

The hood stand has been indispensable too, made from threaded pipe with some 90's and T's. It folds up flat and stores against a wall nice. This was the only picture I could find with the whole stand in frame.

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idahovette · Aug 8, 2022

Back in the day when I had my shop down town, we did a lot of exhaust work. I built a lot of different stands and supports out of 1 1/2 inch aluminized exhaust pipe. One was a wheel barrow type fixture that I used to move the long box of my K20 around with. It all worked extremely well and was fairly inexpensive, the pipe then was about 90 cents a foot.......been awhile

boogieman · Aug 27, 2022

I've been using the Eastwood ones for a while and have been very happy with them. They don't feel flimsy to me at all. I also have the welding and plasma cutting tops you can add to them and with the tops and steel on them they still feel solid

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