Homemade Tools

[NASTYZEN]

DIY slip roll.
Copied this one from where I used to work.

 

[Gmonkee]

I was inspired by the recent spark plug socket thread, and sorting a bit through a junk box. This happened.
The round bar is from a worn out ford shock absorber, the rest cheap or broken sockets.

It works and the finish will be improved as time permits. A lot of scratches to be reduced yet.

 

[A29]

My homemade brake

 

[NASTYZEN]

DIY beltsander 6``x 48``
I made this one out off an old industrial sewing machine body.It's on it's third used swimming pool motor.I took the belt guard off to change the belt six months ago and decided to wait till the belt broke on it's own but it just keeps going and going,I use it every day.

 

[Gmonkee]

More junk bin inspiration, a 5/8" allen socket. It was made from a worn out proto socket and a broken allen wrench. Now two formerly useless things see new life for a while longer.
It will round out my little OEM set nicely.

 

[idubvdub]

I love it Gmonkee

 

[Monte]

More junk bin inspiration, a 5/8" allen socket. It was made from a worn out proto socket and a broken allen wrench. Now two formerly useless things see new life for a while longer.
It will round out my little OEM set nicely.

good idea !!!!!!!!!!

 

[jkherd]

Didn't realize office tools were included.Is that for accounts and receivables?

Beat it to fit, paint it to match.

And if it doesn't fit you are not hitting hard enough!

 

[johnnybentwrench]

That's HOT

 

[johnnybentwrench]

dude that is a work of art
thanks for sharing

That is great, (easco) craftsman socket, nice

 

[Gmonkee]

A few gw adapters, how about a dime sized 1/4" ratchet? with a common type of rh ratchet for comparison.
With and without thumbwheel. It uses a 8mm gw as the ratchet, flexhead just makes it nicer.

 

[Gmonkee]

And we can do 3/8" as well. 8mm gw with a wurth-facom for comparison.
Same 8mm as above with 3/8 plug, and the dime for proof. It was harder to find us coins than make these.

 

[Gmonkee]

And why not 1/2" just for fun. Some use 10mm or 11mm, one is 13mm and another has a 1/2" gw as the ratchet. Nickel to dime sized heads. Some of these are rough looking but the bolts really don't care about that.
I tossed in a few pics that compare other drive sizes to give an idea of whats possible.

 

[Roarvette]

Lots of interesting stuff here. I had a problem keeping the dust level down when I was doing body work on my car. I live in Florida and have an air conditioned garage which keeps me from just blowing the dust outside without all that humid hot air getting in.
This negative pressure filter works great. A big 24" fan blows air at the ceiling and ***** it in through double 20X30" filters on all 4 sides of the base. 100% of the air in my 24X32 shop cycles through the filters every 5 minutes.
It works great, and since the air is returned no cooling or heat is lost.

 

[mkdive]

Very cool thread!

 

[GreenGooey]

Here's a yard tamper I built. It's simple but I can tamp the hell out of some yard.

 

[reptilezs]

lock ring pliers for notched lock rings on bicycles. cheap duralast 12 in pliers and 5-10 mins with a file

 

[cnc-me]

Here is some of mine.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=78607
Torch Cart

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=63807
Tapping Jig

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64925
Grader Blade

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=63861
Miter Gauge

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=63892
Vacuum Lifter

 

[NASTYZEN]

Very impressive work there!Nice stuff

 

[larry_g]

I made up a set of simple machine rollers and a pry bar to lift the machine with. The mill being moved in the pictures weighs in at 3200lb. I can move it by myself but should be a 2 man job.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[eyeboltman]

you did better than a Bridgeport !!!! cool

 

[NASTYZEN]

DIY threading die holder.
Originally built this for my lathe but quickly found new applications for it.This is actually two tools.Please note the slightly modded drill handle.

 

[NASTYZEN]

DIY slide puller.
Great for those uncooperative front brake hubs.I some times even weld it to uncooperating things like pins and shafts.(The trailer hitch tong forgotten on for the whole winter)

 

[idubvdub]

I've had some free time on my hands and finally got around to making a drive bit holder. Takes up about the same space as the blown case (slightly larger). No need to open the clam shell to grab a bit, or forget that I have that bit size. Not perfect, but I'm happy with how it turned out.

I'm cleaning the bits today!

 

[Travis E.]

that looks great vdub.

 

[Hlidskjalf]

Nice job vdub. What kind of extensions are those? I am always breaking my 1/4" impact extensions! How do they hold up?

 

[idubvdub]

Thanks guys, Irwin bits. So far so good. Something in the garage has resulted in rapid surface rust. I left them out on the workbench for a few days while working it. I was working with some muriatic acid sometime before in the area, I think that might be the cause.

 

[scott37300]

Nice tray! Also nice selection of bits.

Did you use a router to do it all?

 

[blue dog]

I posted this back some time ago in a different thread, but here you go, the spammer.

 

[Krokodil]

That looks very nice vdub!

 

[idubvdub]

Didn't have a router. Measure twice cut, once again, again and again lol
Slow and steady with the table saw. Then used my dremel and various bits to tweak it. I still need to decide what I'm going to do with the section of bits, with the mid-length and shorter bits. Either divide it (which, I'm leaning towards I think it will look better) or kinda burr it out to keep 'em in place when I open and close the drawer. Now that I type it out I think dividing it is the way to go. Thanks for all the comments.

 

[Gmonkee]

This was made out of an old Stillson pipe wrench handle somebody lost all the parts for. I made it about 4 years back to open hydraulic cylinders up.
This is a lot lighter and less destructive than a pipewrench, it does not damage the cap of the cylinder at all.

It has been well used by all in the shop.

 

[NASTYZEN]

I was working with some muriatic acid sometime before in the area, I think that might be the cause.[/QUOTE]

That's the culprit.I now leave the muriatic acid outside the shop.

 

[scott37300]

This was made out of an old Stillson pipe wrench handle somebody lost all the parts for. I made it about 4 years back to open hydraulic cylinders up.
This is a lot lighter and less destuctive than a pipewrench, it does not damage the cap of the cylinder at all.

It has been well used by all in the shop.

Gmonkee, I always like reading your homemade tool posts! It's amazing what some guys can make out of a couple peices of scrape.

Curious how this doesn't mark up the surface like a pipe wrench does, looks to work on somewhat the same principal as a pipewrench? Does your tool work better than a spanner?

 

[NASTYZEN]

DIY Leading edge press brake.
Used to bend the leading edge on race car wings.
I only use it on .032-.035 thick alu. Ugly contraption that works great. It'll bend up to 56 Inches wide.Has over a dozen different size radius dies.

 

[idubvdub]

Thanks NASTYZEN, good advise.

 

[wornoutoldman]

I posted this back some time ago in a different thread, but here you go, the spammer.

That tool is awesome!

 

[sberry]

Rear brake tool.

 

[Gmonkee]

Scott, the hook on the end grabs into slots or notches on the cap. The teeth on this have been dulled half a century back and leave no marks. On a damaged cap like the one in the pic it grabs only two notches well but that was enough to remove it.
This is basicly an old english design of a ring spanner redone with parts of a stillson wrench. Nothing special really till you count all the time saved by using this thing.

 

[NASTYZEN]

Here's a home made flaring tool I had to make recently.