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[Shop-talk] technical question about force applied to mount

Subject: [Shop-talk] technical question about force applied to mount
From: cavanadd at frontier.com (David C.)
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:34:39 -0800
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I have one, and always bolted it to the floor into anchors when I needed 
it, and put it away when I didn't.  I know of some people that bolted 
theirs to a sheet of plywood and then used it that way, standing on the 
plywood. But this was all for motorcycle tires...

eric at megageek.com wrote:
> OK, here is my question...
>
> I have this tire changer...
>
> <http://www.harborfreight.com/portable-tire-changer-34542.html>
>
> I can't mount it in my floor (I have radiant heat floor with pipes running
> in it.)
>
> I want to mount it to a metal 'arm' like mount that I can clamp to my
> welding table (at 3 tons, the table isn't going anywhere.)
>
> My question is, what kind of force is put on the base of that tire
> changer?  I'll be about 5' away from the mounting point, so I'm trying to
> figure out how big of an arm I need to make.
>
> Or, does anyone else have any ideas on how to mount this changer so it is
> movable?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Moose
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