[dsraven]

a lot of engine stands place the pivot point, where the tube is that goes into the actual stand, fairly close to the crankshaft. that may be ok for a V8 or a small inline but these engines are tall and heavy. that means there is a lot of weight above the crank so the engine always wants to rotate that heavy top section towards the bottom or try to topple the stand over. most of the el cheapo deluxe engine stands are not that wide at their base, really, so I recommend to be carefull with your design and ensure you have a little help when you rotate the engine on the stand, it can easily get away on you and you could end up with the engine on the floor, or worse , it could grab you on the way down. maybe working on it while on the hydraulic table wouldn't be a bad thing after all. if placing it on a stand try to get the pivot point as close to the balance point on the engine as possible. remember that when the head goes back on it will get even heavier and top heavy.
I'm sure you have thought of all this stuff but I can say from experience that the last 235 I had on a stand I realized how stinkin heavy those old inliners are. my engine stand is incorporated into a leg on the corner of my heavy steel workbench and has a slip in "foot tube" to help take the weight of the engine. I have had many engines on that stand but that 235, wow, it fought the weight of the workbench like a seesaw. i had to add some bracing and work more carefully for sure.