Bike-shop-quality repair stands are very sturdy, but expensive. Most of these stands are bolted to a post, a wall, or a workbench unlike the freestanding folding ones. They consist of the clamping assembly and a mounting bracket that gets bolted to something solid.

I found a quirk in the used market for Park Tool stands. On eBay, the main clamping part could be bought used for $30-$80. Meanwhile, the mounting bracket, which they call the “weldment,” is hard to find, and costs $100+ from mostly British(?) sellers. I believe the reason is that bike shops may upgrade the clamping assembly, but they don’t need to replace the mounting hardware since it doesn’t change between versions.

I bought one of the older Park Tool clamps for $35 on eBay and looked for hardware to repurpose instead of buying the expensive weldment. The best option I found was a $45 pipe bracket intended for boat docks. It’s a beefy aluminum extrusion with big set screws from Great Northern Docks.

The cylindrical part of the clamp that goes into the weldment is 50mm diameter, but the pipe bracket has an inner diameter of 2 1/16” (~52.4mm). I made a quick 3D print to fill the gap and make the diameter of the mounting area uniform. You can get the file on Thingiverse. I was going to print with high infill out of PETG, but my low infill PLA test print is holding surprisingly well.

I mounted the pipe bracket to the side of my workshop/shed with some long lag screws that go into the framing. The set screws do a good job of prenting the clamp from rotating. I may make a make a knob for the set screws to make it faster to adjust the clamp angle.

When not in use, I can pull the clamp out and store it in the shed. It feels very sturdy and handles my ebike well.