Easy Run Engine Test Stand

If it took a day or more to build that, a person should probably step away from the welder....

Powder coat? Would not bother. Too expensive and literally no benefit over simple paint. As far as the brackets, extensions and arms? The brackets aren't complicated, the extensions are straight tube, inside other tubes, and panels are, well, flat...

Saying I make XX per hour at my day job, and basing the decision off of that, only applies if you actually build stuff like that for a living. I'm an IT guy, make a good salary. I don't make that salary welding and would never, so I can't say my time is worth XX with respect to what i do in my own garage. Doesn't work that way.

That all said and done, the thing might be worth paying 1000 for. That would be my comfort level but as I've said many times here, I'm a cheap *** and will build before I buy when I can. This, I can....

if you make XX an hour as an IT guy, then it stands to reason that you LOOSE XX an hour if your in the garage running a grinder, sorry, welder

so maybe you should value your time at the same level your boss does, because that is your earning potential