Professional/Race/Euro style bicycle repair stand on the cheap/DIY

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​So this weekend I constructed a repair stand for my bike on the cheap.  The pictures are going to tell most of the story, but here's a brief description. I am especially fond of the Feedback Sports Sprint repair stand, but Park also makes a nice looking stand in the PRS-20.  I didn't feel like spending ~$200 for one of these so I made my own. I probably spent less than $50 on this, but I had some parts laying about already.

As for the construction, I purchased a speaker stand/tripod to use as the base of my stand.  I purchased the corresponding piece intended to be bolted to the speaker and bolted it to an 8020 aluminium extrusion, and I fabricated a bottom bracket support out of a 2x4.  I repurposed parts from other projects for the axles.  I had quite a few T nuts and bolts​​ sitting around already.  When I got it all together, I felt the stand was a bit high, and that the base could be wider, so I modified it by replacing the three flat bars that connect the bottom of the center column with the midpoint of the legs with longer flat bars.  I simply purchased a 0.75"x.125"x48" bar from the local home improvement store, then cut and drilled.  If you make similar pieces you'll want to be sure the hole spacing is as close as possible to the same on all three pieces or the stand might not be square when you get done.  The finished product is below:

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Here is a picture of the bottom bracket support:

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Here you can see the front axle:

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So my stand might not be as finished as one of the commercial products, but it works quite well.  It folds up compactly, but in two pieces.  I could use more knob heads on my screws to make adjustments quicker, but I can do with using a wrench for a while.    At some point I'll make further modifications after I use it for a while and determine what I need to do to better suit myself.

Hopefully this helps any of you thinking of making such a stand on your own.