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hippysmack [Storing Small Parts]
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 ^  Soaking fiber clutch discs ((photo by cjburr of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=49915&page=4)) ((photo by chris_b_owens of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?p=5072316))  ^^
+====== Book Table / Holder ======
+If you are working in the heat and have a fan blowing on you, you know how fast the wind turns the pages of your service manual. \\
+Below is a portable book table made from scrap aluminum. This can also be easily made from plywood and 3/4" planks. \\
+It simply sits on a table and is made so you can move it from one place to another. \\
+The backboard (portion that the service manual sits against) measures 12x19". It's actually 13-3/4" tall due to the 1-3/4" book stop on the bottom. \\
+The back legs are made from some scrap aluminum sheet with an angle end cap. \\
+The page holders are made from 2 clothes hangers cut, bent, twisted and screwed to the book stop with fender washers. \\
+They keep the wind from turning your pages and also keep the pages from turning themselves (new books not worn in yet) ((photos by Hippysmack)) \\
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+You can hard mount it to a table or your tool box with some creative 2x4 attachments and such. \\
+In that effort, an adapter was installed between the 2 legs to drop down into a stand. \\
+The stand swivels so you can move the book where you need it or where it's most comfortable using it. \\
+The table simply lifts off the stand to be stroed when not in use. \\
+The stand is a 13" tall section of 1-3/4" square aluminum tubing. \\
+It mounts by way of 2 pieces of aluminum angle cut to go inside the bottom opening and screwed to the tubing sides by 2 #10 screws. \\
+A 3/8" hole was drilled in the middle of the 2 angles to mount the stand to the table and allow it to swivel. \\
+A 3/8" hole was drilled into the top of the work table. \\
+The 3/8" bolt runs through the table and the nut has red Loctite on the threads so the stand won't loosen as it is turned. \\
+The book table has a section of 1-1/2" square tubing cut at a 45º angle towards the table. \\
+It is riveted to 2 aluminum angles to hold it to the plate. \\
+All bolts into the plate itself were cut off flush to the front of the plate. \\
+The majority of the 1-1/2" tubing OD had to be sanded to allow it to slip into the 1-3/4" stand tubing. \\
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