Bespoke Motorcycle Work Stand // Paul Brodie's Shop 

Not many people take the time to turn a "simple" stand into a work functional and aesthetically pleasing product. Thanks again P.B.

the Aermacchi has now the stand she deserves. Nice fit ! By the way, thank you for Henry Ford's screws story. It's always a pleasure to learn these bits of history.

That is so well engineered you could bolt an engine to it and race it, amazing well done.

Form follows intention! Well done.

When you're having fun, so do we Paul, so do we!

As they say on Project Binky...Overkill is my Second Favourite kind of Kill...👍😂👍

Completely overbuilt ........ absolutely the way things should be built 👍🤪👍

WOW.....a master at work stunning bike table.....my dad was a Tool Maker in Ford Uk in Liverpool England.love the story about the Screws and Henry Ford. Nick in the UK.

HELLO PAUL, Sacré bonhomme !!!soudant,brasant,fraisant,tournant,alésant etc etc... La pleine possession d’un nombre remarquable de techniques ouvre toujours sur le meilleur choix pour traiter une fabrication ou une réparation. Créativité et recherche d’élégance dans le style closent cette louange ,qui pourrait bien être interminable! Warm workshop, classics or racing oldies around and a cup of coffee is the best place to be. Thank u,Paul,Keep on doing!

Lovely job and it shown me that motorcycle work benches can be fantastic looking as well as practical. Coffee on its way. ☕️

that is...just great pure art

Binge watching all your videos . Thanks from a fellow Canadian from Toronto. Coffees sent! Appreciate all your videos

Great to see your back .. a wee break does no harm at all .

At first I was thinking overly complicated, but very nice details you have on the stand.

You are a legend too Paul! Really enjoying your videos.

aah, another Paul Brodie... just what i wanted this Saturday. :)

Skookem lol Ave has changed the world

Thank you for sharing. Right to the point, great motorcycle work/stand.

I read somewhere that Phillips screws where designed to cam out under load so that assembly line workers couldn't over torque fasteners. Given the number of Phillips I've destroyed over the years I believe it.

You have 1.000.000 Support from me ,and I'm learning so much from you , God bless u mr Paul #legendPB

Like the stand, now replace the wheel clamp with your own clamp so it is at the same level of craftsmanship as the rest of the stand.

Square drive screws whenever possible….. I had no idea how old the idea was. Great videos mate, thanks for sharing. 🏍🇦🇺👍🏻

Great work Paul 👍👌

Some 40 years ago I built my father a tilting motorcycle ramp/stand from plans that Harley-Davidson included in their WW2 service manuals for their military 45 cu.in. motorcycles. I again made another for my son some 12 years ago. Both are still in use. Made from plywood and 2x8's. Unfortunately their heavy and have no wheels. I'll consider Paul's design now.

As always, a pleasure, and thank you. The stand came out beautifully. In the comments on a previous video, we were discussing stuff that is hard to translate. Skookum probably fits that category. I always thought it just meant "good" - in your use, it sounds like it might mean "stout." RE: tapping head collets -- they are Jacobs J-Flex collets. I like that long torque arm, I'll have to make one for my tapping head. It's awesome to watch someone who can make a project even more complicated and more hefty-duty than I normally do. :) BTW, I've decided to build another bike! Not sure I have the patience or skills to record the project, but I'll certainly take still photos. It will be an EGLI style chassis with a 4-cylinder motor, and a modern front end. I'll be hand-making an aluminum tank, and possibly other bodywork.

Nice work. I particularly like the wheel holding system simple and elegant 👌

Welcome back from your small break, good to have you two back.

Excellent work - now I can finish mine.......

I cannot believe I've never thought to build stands like this for my bikes. This is genius. I love your channel sir, thanks for sharing

You could use a trailer or implement tongue jack to fab your own tire vise me thinks.

Looks great Paul plus you looked like you really enjoyed building it

You two make great videos, you have a real knack for this stuff Mr Brodie!

Nothing like here one frame building idol reference another one :)

Excellent as always Paul. :)

Hello Mr. Paul Brodie. I'm really impressed by your creativity, skills and knowledge. Your chanel is very interesting with lots of helpful information. Congratulations and thank you for sharing it with us.

Beautiful work there mate! I really do think it was worth all 3 Days! Thanks for the post

I got one of those princess auto lifts, extended it by welding the ramp onto the end to fit choppers - now its bespoke 💁‍♂

Superb project 👍executed 👌

nice work Paul :)

Yep ..sometimes a line must be drawn when things are "wrong".

I'd like to learn more about your excelsior project that make for a good video.

👍👍😎👍👍 ……… not bad for an old guy 😉

Great work Paul, the satisfaction and time spent crafting custom pieces in the shop is not easily explained to the many who would just order something for the cheapest price.. but that would be like the Bee trying to convince the fly that nectar tastes better than dung..

Really love this, thank you. I'm going to build one, similar to this, for my dad's garage. It'll leave our lift free and allow us to build up a project on it. Keeping it really mobile is a great idea. Cheers

That looks great, nice design.

Beautiful work! I'm meandering my way through this Tiger Cub playlist and just loving it! Big ups to whomever does the editing. It really shines in this episode!

Love your fabrication style. Build it to excess and you will never have to go back to beef it up later. I always say steel is cheap if you think you need to add more you probably do.

for tapping blind holes you should use a spiral flute tap , a spiral point tap is designed to push the swarf in front of the tap in a through hole ,

After I heard Paul say "SKOOKUM" several times I kinda "got" what it meant, but then got to wondering if that was an actual word or some kind of slang local to his neighborhood, so I looked it up and here is what I found: "Skookum is a Chinook Jargon word that has historical use in the Pacific Northwest. It has a range of meanings, commonly associated with an English translation of "strong" or "monstrous". The word can mean "strong", "greatest", "powerful", "ultimate", or "brave". Wikipedia". I've been in every state in the Union, lived in a bunch of them, been all over the world, but I can't remember ever encountering that word-----I guess you learn something every day if you pay attention, huh? Oh, yeah....and pretty usable work stands, too!

Very skookum ironing board sir! May I suggest, since there are no longitudinals to the frame, that you replace the robertson screws with carriage bolts thru the full thickness of the plywood top. Eventually you may find that the rocking motion of the legs starts to strip the woodsrew threads. A V-brace from the outer leg corners to an inboard point on the longitudinal centerline would also go a long way toward triangulating each end.

Man, I was going through withdrawals waiting for a video. You are a true artist!

That's crazy, I was just planning on building a stand for a project bike based on the stands at your shop. Awesome job as always guys.

Hey Paul down south we have things called pucks that are1/4" to 1/2" thick that we slide under the kick stand 3to4" in diameter to prevent indention into tar or the road 😅

Hi Paul, that's a nice looking stand, thanks for the tutorial, I've been thinking I need a work stand for the GS1000, I'll send you some pics of my attempt. Cheers Wayne

That tap head you used on the mill is awesome. 👍 That rope around the back of the mill is not very elegant, just have two poles for the bar to ride against, one for forward and one for reverse. Enjoyed your video.

finaly! been waiting 😊👍

Right from the get go , his pride and joy going on an over priced Chinese stand . I'm in brother. Thumbs up .

Best part of my day thats for sure. Another perfectly timed video (for me anyways) as Im in the middle of drawing up a welding cart. Most of your ideas have overruled mine! I watched Allen Millyards latest, his "aluminium" fuel tank and bodywork were as amazing as yours. The education provided by you, Allen, and of course Ron Covell has been amazing.

Amazing work. I'd buy one or more.

By the way , the tank turned out beautiful 😍

I love learning about these ways to save some money! I am going to my local fabricator right away to tell him to make me one and that you said it only costs 461$

So much overkill in the way those castors are fitted but finished job so good and no doubt satisfying to complete. 🤪

I just stumbled in on your channel, I must say Im quite intrigued. I find you're craftsmanship is pure ! Thank you sir for the history on the Robinson Square Screw , I prefer them myself ! Just didn't know how they came about! Goodday

Great job, we really enjoyed watching you work almost as much as you enjoyed building the rig. Of course those who do not have the industrial machine tools in their garage and relevant skills may as well go and order the Chinese stand bad as this may be.

I must be getting old.... got to the part where you were turning the aluminium caster plates and I couldn't remember what you were making! Turned out nice though - as usual.

I think the satin black looks better than a high gloss. Those wheel vices are dangerous, easy to bend a brake rotor if the wheel stop gets bent and bike rolls too far forwards (was a problem with students not paying attention, 'floating' disc's would 'pop' the buttons)

Came out very nice! Sadly the space in my shop is to limited, so i cant copy this stand. Greetings

Labor is free. That's what I tell my kids but I can be bribed best with coffee! Same as you Paul.

Nice Tig Welds!

Practical Panache👏🏼

This is great content!

I hope those are steel-toed sandals you're wearing.

You have some kool toys.

That stand is a beauty!!! But.. Why oh why do you set the bar so high!!?? I look at my motorcycle stand and then my lathe and mill and sigh.... Back to the drawing board... ;-)

exellent workmanship and totally over engineered! but it looks so good, the wood needs replacing though with a nice thick laminated top, all in all top work old man!

Paul, great build! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and Craftmanship! But PLEASE dont wear gloves when using a drillpress!!! It can get bad quick.. Unfortunatly I had to witness some serious injuriers in this regard.. stay safe, love your work!

Skookum! Now that's a high tech term I haven't heard in awhile! Paul, I think you'll have to explain that for your non left coast viewers?

Nice. Custom bikes need custom stands. I have that same style wheel vise on my Handy lift. Not friendly with large diameter brake rotors but I've managed to work around that issue for the last 32 years.

Paul I’m watching these videos and I’m starting to get the feeling you’ve used these tools before

Asthestic..IS elegant function

I think Robertson was drunk when he was trying to make a Phillips screw and his hand slipped, so it was drunk luck. That's why they called him two fingers Robinson.

Watching Paul assembling the wheels I didn't think the long M8 would be countersunk into the top plate ... and then, satisfaction. Very nice!

Did you really need the second small aluminium disc? Wouldn't it have seated comfortably without I wonder?

Great homemade stand. I don't know if you, Mitch, or both, picked the music. But I enjoyed it. I am bias, as that is what I listen too. "...Not bad for an old man." Lol. Paul, you're welding is great. When you said that you think Robertson screws are better, did you mean that you'd rather have those as the choice of fasteners on everything over Philips? And to continue off of that question. What is your thoughts and preference when you compare an Allen head, to a Torx, and then the combination of Torx/Hex heads? If you could choose one type of fastener to use on all machines, which would you choose. I know that when I was working at a Husqvarna dealership, I appreciated very quickly KTM's/Husqvarna's fasteners. Even though they were Torx, they still had Hex heads. Which is beneficial when you're doing long trips, if you need to do an indepth repair on the road. You only need to carry your regular sockets and wrenches. Unlike needing to carry Allen keys/sockets, and sockets and wrenches. I would choose Torx/Hex combo. Torx are nice for those fasteners that are frequently undone and torqued when you're home based. Doesn't tend to get rounded like Allens, and Hex heads from frequent use.

You made a beautiful sturdy stand. Do you have any thoughts about how you could incorporate a lift in the stand (change tires, etc.) What is the height of the bench and chair you used when you TIG welded those 2 nipples to the square tubing that holds the casters. By the way, the electrical industry prefers the square drive for panels, breakers, recepticals, etc.

Hello, I love your design for this and am genuinely considering using it as a basis for my own motorcycle workbench. Do you have anything you'd change now, from a few years of use?

Great project, just about to start on mine. Just interested in what your working height is. Thanks

I’ve used a cordless drill to tape steel for years ! Your adapter takes way to long for aluminum

what about the green bike in background Excelser

great, was watching 6mm tap, 8mm tap, them you lost me on the lathe out by 3000th!

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Excellent video! How long retired?

saludos desde Argentina ciudad de Gualeguaychú, Oscar Tolomei es mi nombre.

very nice indeed!

Ainda não recebi nada dessa empresa, fiz pagto e nada até agora. Acho que não é seria ou não estão preocupados com clientes.

Uuuuh left the key in the lathe chuck…. That can give you bad bruises

Soooo overkill ! With labour and electricity and extras that bike stand has to be $2000 - 5000 good you didn’t waste your money on a pre made American build one ! Oh and the store bought one has height adjustment….. comes down to floor level to get the bike on and off it 😂

He is to good to be a yank lol

Did you just say really simple?

Age is just a number.... suggest you take on an apprentice ;-)