Homemade Tools

[joshmodelskidoo]

Took a long time but i made a cam holding tool for a 2011 chevy cruse with a 1.4L turbo.

[joshmodelskidoo]

Yellow socket is for a Chrysler 8.25 rear end. Some snowmobile clutch tools i made when I first got my welder. Plastic conduit used for a fork seal for a honda nighthawk. Valve spring compressor for a dodge flathead 6. Bearing buddy. A body hammer and disk sander from a well pump motor.

[selectedgrub]

[larry4406]

selectedgrub - Post 483.

Is that a tape dispenser?

[2oolhound]

selectedgrub - Post 483.

Is that a tape dispenser?

It looks like it and a steam punk version to boot!

[selectedgrub]

selectedgrub - Post 483.

Is that a tape dispenser?

It is indeed.

[isb cornbinder]

A few of many

[Outlawmws]

That tape dispenser is AWESOME!

[Indexmill]

That tape dispenser is awesome; but, somebody had way too much free time on their hands.

[selectedgrub]

... somebody had way too much free time on their hands.

that wasn't free.

[joshmodelskidoo]

Made a cam holding tool the other day since oriley didn’t have one to rent.

[rslaback]

I need some inspiration.

These flaring tool presses came in an auction lot that I purchased but the forming pieces were no where to be found. I hate to throw them out.

Anybody ever make a small puller or other tool out of one?

[JradM]

I need some inspiration.

These flaring tool presses came in an auction lot that I purchased but the forming pieces were no where to be found. I hate to throw them out.

Anybody ever make a small puller or other tool out of one?

I wouldn't force it. Just keep them in your spares bin until the right opportunity comes along.

[jpickar]

I see the flaring bases all the time in pawn shops.

[Copymutt]

Home made pipe beading tool. Clamps in my vice.

[MidnightZ21]

Finished the clean out of my FILs garage today and my wife wound this jewel. It appears to be a shovel handle, a curtain rod, and a magnet.

[2oolhound]

These flaring tool presses came in an auction lot that I purchased but the forming pieces were no where to be found. I hate to throw them out.

You can buy the forming tips separately either one at a time or in complete kits.

[Firebrick43]

Front sight staking tool. I need to blue it still

Bow saw from Gramercy plans. Almost done

Purple heart scrub Plane with ipe sole and white oak handle/wedge

Its laminated. The wood i found matched pretty well and is hard to see the line.

I need to finish the jack plane.

[JradM]

Front sight staking tool. I need to blue it still

Bow saw from Gramercy plans. Almost done

Purple heart scrub Plane with ipe sole and white oak handle/wedge

Its laminated. The wood i found matched pretty well and is hard to see the line.

I need to finish the jack plane.

Damn. Nice work.

[RTM]

Purple heart scrub Plane with ipe sole and white oak handle/wedge

Its laminated. The wood i found matched pretty well and is hard to see the line.

I love the look of a purple heart plane. I have several Knight planes that are so sharp. Wish I’d been clever enough to get them razee like you were when you built.

[Firebrick43]

I love the look of a purple heart plane. I have several Knight planes that are so sharp. Wish I’d been clever enough to get them razee like you were when you built.

I have a razee 24" jointer and a coffin smoother made by Steve in paduk. I don't remember if the this scrub or the jack plane was a kit from him as it was several years ago, the other one was obviously a copy of his design however. The jack plane has stalled however as I have a LV bevel up jack so I am not in a hurry. I need to finish it

[Jim C.]

During the past couple years, I made these hand planes and a brass hammer hammer for adjusting them.

Jim C.

[RTM]

The scraper has a face! Love it

[Firebrick43]

I have a razee 24" jointer and a coffin smoother made by Steve in Paduk. I don't remember if the this scrub or the jack plane was a kit from him as it was several years ago, the other one was obviously a copy of his design however. The jack plane has stalled however as I have a LV bevel up jack so I am not in a hurry. I need to finish it

During the past couple years, I made these hand planes and a brass hammer hammer for adjusting them.

Jim C.

what wood is the second from the left?

[JradM]

DIY blades for my string trimmer

[Jim C.]

what wood is the second from the left?

Cherry

[4xdog]

One of my colleagues many years ago at the research institute where I started my career tended to make his own tools, even when he could buy one. He was a terrific technician -- one of the best I've worked with.

Here's one of his homemade X-acto knives. This was made from a section of laboratory aluminum strut -- a pretty common material for anyone who's spent time in a chemistry lab. I still use this tool.

[JradM]

One of my colleagues many years ago at the research institute where I started my career tended to make his own tools, even when he could buy one. He was a terrific technician -- one of the best I've worked with.

Here's one of his homemade X-acto knives. This was made from a section of laboratory aluminum strut -- a pretty common material for anyone who's spent time in a chemistry lab. I still use this tool.

I like the idea of a clamp with a proper fastener! It would be nice at times to be able to clamp down tighter than I can do with my fingers. good thinking.

[Firebrick43]

I like the idea of a clamp with a proper fastener! It would be nice at times to be able to clamp down tighter than I can do with my fingers. good thinking.

Have you guys tried #3 scalpel handles with #11 scalpel blades??? Cheaper, sharper, and more comfortable than any exacto knife and no ferrule to tighten.

I bought an old parker #3 and #4 of ebay for under 10 bucks together. #3 will take #11 blades and #4 will take #21

[JradM]

Have you guys tried #3 scalpel handles with #11 scalpel blades??? Cheaper, sharper, and more comfortable than any exacto knife and no ferrule to tighten.

I bought an old parker #3 and #4 of ebay for under 10 bucks together. #3 will take #11 blades and #4 will take #21

I just looked that up. Geez, that's easy - not expensive either. Thanks for the tip!

[JradM]

In another thread someone posted about the Ingersoll Rand Power Socket. It's a weighted socket that is supposed to boost impact driver performance.

I think that's a neat trick and I'd love to own a set - but at $90 each, I have a lot of higher priorities.

I decided to try making a version based on an extension - my idea being that I could use it with any 1/2" drive socket. I realize there are disadvantages to that approach; you lose some power with an extension and probably more by not having the weight directly connected to the socket. I still thought it was worth a try.

With some digging in my parts bin, I found a one-piece steel wheel from a jack I dismantled - then just welded it to an extension. I eyeballed the center and didn't spend any time balancing it. It's still not that shaky spinning free on my gun's max setting (probably too much weight too close to the center to matter much).

Chrome socket for picture purposes only. No testing completed yet - I need to wait for a very stuck bolt.

[ArkTinkerer]

Curious how that power socket is supposed to help. If it isn't spinning it's just another mass that will require power to move. It won't have any momentum until it is actually moving so it will impede rather than help the impact.

[JradM]

Curious how that power socket is supposed to help. If it isn't spinning it's just another mass that will require power to move. It won't have any momentum until it is actually moving so it will impede rather than help the impact.

I don't really get it either. When I googled for details I found a GJ thread outlining a similar debate. Yet the reviews from those who own them suggest there's something to it - and there's youtube videos showing them (and the competing Lisle product) in use. One more reason I wanted to try a DIY approach is that it cost me nothing but time if it doesn't work.

If I had to guess, I'm wondering if it's something with the flex and rebound related to impact drivers. E.g. torque sticks take advantage of the flex to limit torque, whereas perhaps the weight is seeking to counteract the flex in some way. The other idea is that maybe the momentum of the extra weight reduces how far the impact rebounds each strike - and that somehow translates into greater forward force?

If someone can explain it better - please do!

[2oolhound]

There is a few threads under "honda crank bolt removal" where a special socket like the above was used. Today snap-on and many others make these special sockets too. They are supposed to work.

[alfazer]

and here...//www.urarawi.com/forum/threads/how-does-this-power-socket-work.281683/

[JradM]

Combing two tools to make one counts too right?

[jar944]

Its a notching machine for building beaded face frame cabinets

Assembled in the US from domestic and imported parts...lol




Video of it working

[Terra Nova]

Working on a rebuild of an antique Federal Signal emergency vehicle motor siren, a gift from a fellow GJ member, and hopefully soon the subject of a thread with the finished results.

There is a 3/4"-16 LH nut that provides the bearing preload and holds the whole works together. The original was damaged during removal (mostly due to not having a spanner for it...). They don't seem to make parts for these things anymore so I had to make a new one, while I was at it I made a spanner socket to reinstall without drama. Used a rusty old cornwell socket I had as the basis for the spanner socket.

Got to try out the hot bluing with vegetable oil method I saw on the "my mechanics" YouTube channel. Worked pretty good.

New and old nut



Spanner Socket



After the vegetable oil bluing.

[JradM]

Got to try out the hot bluing with vegetable oil method I saw on the "my mechanics" YouTube channel. Worked pretty good.

Link? I looked up the channel, but didn't see a video with a title like that. I'm curious.

[jpickar]

So am I curious about this method. I couldn't find it either.