chassis jig design

[mike w.]

as i work with these chassis jigs daily i would just like to offer will ellis a tip with the design above, the width you have the jig set at can be a real pain in the but as you will always be leaning over the rails and although you probably made it this width to allow wheels to sit on it, it is more of a hindrance for a large % of the build, our jigs are 3 ft wide at the most and when we need to mock wheels up we place a couple of sq tubes across the jig to hold them, we weld bars from the outer edge of jig on an angle to tack to rockers etc, when working on a car with fenders removed etc the wide benches really keep you away from where you need to be, as for levelling we use 3/4 " bolts threaded into plates on bottom of legs, simple but effective, once the jig is squared up we cut a notch front and back on centerline so a thin steel cable (or string) can be pulled tightly and will sit in the groove so all dimensions can be taken from this point down the length of the car, hope this helps someone,