Repair stand recommendations

So I was researching a Blackburn workstand for sale on Craigslist and came across this thread. Answers my questions as to why there isn't much info out there on them. They're ancient apparently 😀 ---- This is called a emoticon

On 2/18/2017 1:25 PM, wrote:
So I was researching a Blackburn workstand for sale on Craigslist and came across this thread. Answers my questions as to why there isn't much info out there on them. They're ancient apparently 😀 ---- This is called a emoticon


The tall one with two large white legs? Not a bad product. I
assume it's well priced nowadays, right?

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Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On 2/18/2017 3:04 PM, AMuzi wrote:
On 2/18/2017 1:25 PM, wrote:
So I was researching a Blackburn workstand for sale on Craigslist and
came across this thread.

Which thread?


Answers my questions as to why there isn't
much info out there on them. They're ancient apparently 😀 ----
This is called a emoticon


The tall one with two large white legs? Not a bad product. I assume it's
well priced nowadays, right?

I've had mine for - wow, 20 years or so?

Not a bad product. But about a year ago, the plastic friction disc
(that prevents rotation or tilting of the clamped bike) disintegrated.
I don't see that Blackburn sells replacements, and the two homemade
solutions I tried haven't worked particularly well. One was a thick
sheet of some plastic, probably polyethylene. Too slippery. The other
is a thick sheet of rubber from a motorcycle inner tube. Too floppy,
and contact cement didn't keep it glued in place.

But the stand still works OK, with just a little more fussing.

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- Frank Krygowski

On Sat, 18 Feb 2017 14:04:27 -0600, AMuzi wrote:

On 2/18/2017 1:25 PM, wrote:
So I was researching a Blackburn workstand for sale on Craigslist and came across this thread. Answers my questions as to why there isn't much info out there on them. They're ancient apparently 😀 ---- This is called a emoticon


The tall one with two large white legs? Not a bad product. I
assume it's well priced nowadays, right?

I think it sold for $50.
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Cheers,

John B.

On Sat, 18 Feb 2017 20:26:58 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

On 2/18/2017 3:04 PM, AMuzi wrote:
On 2/18/2017 1:25 PM, wrote:
So I was researching a Blackburn workstand for sale on Craigslist and
came across this thread.

Which thread?


Answers my questions as to why there isn't
much info out there on them. They're ancient apparently 😀 ----
This is called a emoticon


The tall one with two large white legs? Not a bad product. I assume it's
well priced nowadays, right?

I've had mine for - wow, 20 years or so?

Not a bad product. But about a year ago, the plastic friction disc
(that prevents rotation or tilting of the clamped bike) disintegrated.
I don't see that Blackburn sells replacements, and the two homemade
solutions I tried haven't worked particularly well. One was a thick
sheet of some plastic, probably polyethylene. Too slippery. The other
is a thick sheet of rubber from a motorcycle inner tube. Too floppy,
and contact cement didn't keep it glued in place.

But the stand still works OK, with just a little more fussing.

A thought. I see flat clutch plate, or maybe brake, lining for sale
here - about 3/16", maybe 1/4: thick. A friction disk cut out of that
material might work.

See http://www.industrialclutch.com/384-...ial-flat-sheet
for example.

It looks sort of pricey and what I've seen here was certainly cheaper.
--
Cheers,

John B.

On 2/18/2017 7:26 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 2/18/2017 3:04 PM, AMuzi wrote:
On 2/18/2017 1:25 PM, wrote:
So I was researching a Blackburn workstand for sale on
Craigslist and
came across this thread.

Which thread?


Answers my questions as to why there isn't
much info out there on them. They're ancient apparently
😀 ----
This is called a emoticon


The tall one with two large white legs? Not a bad product.
I assume it's
well priced nowadays, right?

I've had mine for - wow, 20 years or so?

Not a bad product. But about a year ago, the plastic
friction disc (that prevents rotation or tilting of the
clamped bike) disintegrated. I don't see that Blackburn
sells replacements, and the two homemade solutions I tried
haven't worked particularly well. One was a thick sheet of
some plastic, probably polyethylene. Too slippery. The
other is a thick sheet of rubber from a motorcycle inner
tube. Too floppy, and contact cement didn't keep it glued
in place.

But the stand still works OK, with just a little more fussing.


I don't know but I would try a disc of phenloic resin sheet
or masonite, something like that.

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On 2/18/2017 7:26 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 2/18/2017 3:04 PM, AMuzi wrote:
On 2/18/2017 1:25 PM, wrote:
So I was researching a Blackburn workstand for sale on
Craigslist and
came across this thread.

Which thread?


Answers my questions as to why there isn't
much info out there on them. They're ancient apparently
😀 ----
This is called a emoticon


The tall one with two large white legs? Not a bad product.
I assume it's
well priced nowadays, right?

I've had mine for - wow, 20 years or so?

Not a bad product. But about a year ago, the plastic
friction disc (that prevents rotation or tilting of the
clamped bike) disintegrated. I don't see that Blackburn
sells replacements, and the two homemade solutions I tried
haven't worked particularly well. One was a thick sheet of
some plastic, probably polyethylene. Too slippery. The
other is a thick sheet of rubber from a motorcycle inner
tube. Too floppy, and contact cement didn't keep it glued
in place.

But the stand still works OK, with just a little more fussing.


duh, phenolic resin sheet:
http://www.duratop-epoxy.com/phenolic-resin.html

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971