In other news, a few weeks ago I picked up an engine stand from my co-worker Phillip in Houston that he had once used as a fuselage rotisserie for his RV-8 taildragger. Since his aircraft could be supported by the tail wheel he only needed one stand and support the other end on a table. However, I would need a second one to support it on both ends, so I bought up another nearly identical engine stand from Harbor Freight, though seemingly a newer revision that now includes a longer handle, a grease fitting, and a snap-ring to hold the shaft in place.

Phillip had also mentioned that his engine stand had been intentionally mis-assembled to remove most of the shaft angle. I compared the new and the old engine stands and replicated his modification into the new one, which involved omitting the extra wheel tube, flipping the horizontal support tube upside-down, and drilling a hole in that tube to directly accept a single caster wheel. Although I'm still far from actually needing to use it, I have it ready for when I do.