Ford Flat Head V8 Tabletop Stand

cults3d

I made the Ford Flat Head V8 Working Model Engine (https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/gadget/ford-flat-head-v8-working-model-engine) using the MakerRx parts kit for it (https://www.makerrx.com/collections/projectkits/products/mrx5), which made the assembly painless. The price for the parts kit, is $95. Which seemed high to me at first, but it includes over 400 pieces of 37 different parts, including a geared motor, speed controller, power supply, etc. One key thing that the kit includes are the valve springs. After attempting to wind my own springs for other projects, I has happy to pay for nicely wound springs of the correct diameter and length. Also, the cost of ordering the individual parts myself, with shipping, would have been well over $100. A video of my build is here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ10NQ90MDg. The engine stand (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2225638) was too big for my purposes. I wanted a compact desktop stand, that included a place to mount the motor speed controller board that came with the MakerRx parts kit. As a result, I made this simple stand that allows that effectively displays the engine and provides a clean solution for where to put the speed controller and its wiring. The engine simply lifts off the stand. The only down side with my design is that the rear mounting bracket for the stand must be unscrewed to remove the oil pan. Because I changed the design to have DC power plug on a short cable extend from the starter, rather than using a DC power jack to provide power to the geared motor, I also redesigned the starter motor parts. My starter design does not include a solenoid (which was used to hold the DC power jack), and more closely resembles the original 1937 starter. I used an M2x6mm screw and nut, to 'clamp' the strap on the started that is used to cover the brushes in the original starter. And two M2.5x6mm screws to attach the Starter Back to the Starter Body. Four M2x6mm flat head screws attach the Rear Mounting Plate to the Display Base. The Front Mount Posts glue into the Display Base, and I used some left over 4x2mm magnets in the parts kit to provide a magnetic connection of the Front Mount Posts, to some pads on the front of the block. I used the #20 drill with the depth stop (described in the Ford Flat Head Assembly Structures) to drill holes for the magnets in the block.