DIY Floor Jack Adapter
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- All the stores were closed so I had to improvise using a piece of scrap 2x4. After seeing how well it did, I'm going to use this adapter long term.
TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK. CUT THE GROOVE AGAINST THE GRAIN. DO NOT USE FLOOR JACK TO HOLD THE CAR, ALWAYS USE A JACK STAND.
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All your toil, makes me wait until after Christmas, when stores are open. :)
yeah crappy hack saw made me use elbow grease..
Tried looking on amazon for a puck with a groove the correct depth. They don't sell one with a deep enough groove for the car I own at least. If you can't find one then yah.. make it yourself
I did this with a 2 x 6. Needed a 5" disk. I used a router with a 'V' bit to cut a groove across the board and then I used a hole saw to cut the disk out. This thing is perfect!
oh thats a nice and clean one.. professionally made :)
Going to give this a try. Going to improvise and use a wood saw to speed things up :)
Woodi warburton just make sure the stress (weight) is placed against the grain !
@@WorksforMe great tip!
A pinch weld gets crushed not because it's supported by a metal jack saddle but because the weight of the vehicle is being support by the pinch weld in the first place. The two notches on the pinch weld is the jacking point BUT you need to support the weight of the vehicle BEHIND the pinch weld. The notch in your block of wood while better than supporting the vehicle weight on the edges of the floor jack saddle is still going to stress the pinch weld because the slot isn't deep enough.
After many many times of jacking around, the groove got quite deep due to wood fibers being compressed… it now resembles an hockey puck more than anything else. Anyways, after many moons of experience I don’t think I’d do something like I’ve done here. It’s fun but I’m busier now, no time for fun anymore
Fantastic thats what I'm making tomorrow. Thanks
Thanks for sharing your great video.
Yeah, the pinch welds always ruin after a while. Thanks for the vid.!
Good job on the work around, they need to sell metal attachments like that. I don't recommend anyone with a heavy truck do this even with jack stands. If the wood splits which there's a high chance it will. The weight drop will most likely knock the jack and stands out of the way.
I have same jack i used hockey puck originally cut a circular piece wood for cradle but no slot cut out i just positioned cradle under uni body frame.
Great free (almost) jack pad, much better than rubber as wood hardly compresses. Great tip
I just use a piece of 2x4 or a piece of man made deck board without cutting a slot and it work fine.
works for one maybe two uses then crackes/ splits apart. if you had a metal bracket that you can wrap around it i think it would be long lasting then.
s s i like your idea but i have had great success so far. thats why it needs to be grooved against the wood grain. that way it will not split..
i use 3/4 plywood ..not as likely to split
Another WRONG way. The groove, slot, gap, etc. Must be deeper than the sheet metal seam it is straddling at the notches designating the reinforced jacking points, because the vertical metal is not what the jack supports! The jack is lifting against the horizontal areas immediately inside and outside of the marked area, not the vertical rib. Why do people who actually don't know what they're doing keep posting DIY videos that might get people injured or worse?
WRONG! The weight should be borne by a combination of the vertical seam and the horizontal frame immediately next to it. The beauty of this design is that the wood fibers will collapse and conformally cover all the elements mentioned above. Of course I don’t expect to see people commenting who take the idea and try to actually build this to figure out the intricacies.... instead only people who dismiss all ideas that don’t originate from them....
@@WorksforMe
It’s clear the slot you’ve cut isn’t deep enough, so you’re only lifting on the pinch weld... maybe after a thousand uses the wood fibres will crush to fit correctly 🤣
In general I think you are correct. But then there are exceptions like my Honda Civic where the equipped tire changing scissor jack only has a shallow groove as a centering aid on the pinch weld flange but the entire load is on the bottom of the flange due to the shallowness of the groove.
Hackerific!
thanks!
next time use a Hockey Puck
nah...... my wood puck still works like a champ. lifted so many times, just refuses to give up. I do have a hockey puck but look at pictures on amazon where hockey pucks crap out under a floor jack. not all pucks are the same.
I made this and the wood SPLIT i half once i got the suv up 1 inch... !!!
did you cut the groove against the grain ?
Works for Me! Both .. against and with it .. both failed
what kind of wood?
That is a GREAT question.. I have NO clue, its just random 2x4 from the garage that i cut into a tiny block for the jack...
I don't understand why people cheap out on safety tools smh
It was not from being cheap. It was Christmas Eve and I was in a “pinch”
And for your record I bought a hockey puck deal and it didn’t even last a year. My trusty wood puck is still hanging in just fine
You don't need that, just use a hockey puck for $2
I have had hockey pucks split.
Great idea. Wrong saw. Hack saw is not for wood! I like the pad though
condor5635 I know :) I'm an hobby wood worker actually you can check my other videos. I wanted this to be quick and dirty!
Procure a useless cheap auto scissor jack take a side grinder or hacksaw to remove the metal buisness end piece. Last tell you loose it.
use oak or hickory NOT PINE!
Softwood is better. Hardwoods are stronger generally speaking but more brittle, will snap easily. The force is against the grain and softwood species should hold out better. A mechanical engineer can explain why.
I see. ta8218, great info provided with example, Thanks!!