I cut the legs from steel tube and chopped a piece out of some old engine crash bars for the brace. Drilled the brace at the correct centres for the leg span.
![Image](http://peterrimmer.myby.co.uk/images/centrestand1.jpg)
Cut the pivots from thick steel flat bar
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Made a temporary spacer to hold the pivots at the correct centres an tacked them on
![Image](http://peterrimmer.myby.co.uk/images/centrestand4.jpg)
Welded the brace in at the correct height
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Hack-sawed a fish-mouth at the top of the tube, crimped it in the vice and welded it fully. This is to add strength and to stop the tube filling with water.
![Image](http://peterrimmer.myby.co.uk/images/centrestand6.jpg)
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Welded the foot pads to the bottom of the tube, and then welded the stops on the inside of the pivots (not shown here)
![Image](http://peterrimmer.myby.co.uk/images/centrestand9.jpg)
And a test-fit. Going to finish it tomorrow by fitting the spring peg, the rubber stop bracket and the foot lever then give it a coat of paint
![Image](http://peterrimmer.myby.co.uk/images/centrestand10.jpg)
EDIT, all done. Need a spring is all:
![Image](http://peterrimmer.myby.co.uk/images/centrestand11.jpg)