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A friend and I decided to make a pan jig out of our collective available resources.
I had a piece if 6061-T6 one inch thick aluminum plate (aircraft grade),
We bought some steel tubing and channel to fill in what we didn't have on hand.
A friend with access to a water jet cut the plate out for us.
Another friend with a CNC mill drilled the hole pattern for us.
The co-conspirator is a machinist and made the machine parts.
Here is the final assembly.
The top plate is set in a leveling epoxy and held down to a full frame and several cross-members.
In a perfect it should have been made it out of steel plate but, I don't live there.
This will be a useful tool.
         

Nice jig there Bob ! Probably a little lighter than my T-1 steel jig. The late Herman Kohnke assisted me many years ago with all the critical dimensions off his original KRW jig. Every crankcase should be checked prior to installation !

Bob,

Your design is better than steel or cast iron.., Why? Because the aluminum high density alloy with absorb shock when being struck instead reverberating energy back up causing stretch to occur to the oil pan. Nice with the reenforcement and epoxy. Rolls Royce has been using a similar "Buck" design for about 100 years!

Just Sayin'

Hank

I prefer hydraulic pressure for assisting rather than a BFH ! I use a chain & bottle neck jack for most help. I had the "local" T guy (RIP) straighten a crankcase years ago - he used a BFH and broke the snout off the "not my c.c." - we didn't speak for quite some time - that's why I built mine.