BobsYourUncle69
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My wording perhaps isn't correct but this is what I mean
Chopped! The GJ User Modified Tools Thread
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Still don't get it, I too have some generic rusty old sockets.
BobsYourUncle69
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Are you looking for the practical use here ?
If so , there is none. Perhaps I should add that to my original post.
I was simply recreating the cut out image that some use in socket ads.
Private Lugnutz
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Not to be pedantic, but the term you are looking for is "cutaway". Cutaway drawings and diagrams have been a staple of design, engineering, architecture, and marketing for a long time.
Step away from the car with that chainsaw!
BobsYourUncle69
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Yes! That's it , thank you!Not to be pedantic, but the term you are looking for is "cutaway".
Step away from the car with that chainsaw!
What ? You don't want to see a cutaway of my Tacoma ?
whateg01
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Let's see a cutaway of a Ridgeline! I wanna see that crease!
Old Man Roger
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Go back to the thread, I posted a cutaway.
Private Lugnutz
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I found this sad looking MFD era FLEET No. 1270 3/8-inch drive hinge handle at the flea market this morning. Not chopped or modified for a different purpose so much as crudely but effectively repaired. A PO replaced the broken pin with a screw and nut, and peened both ends. As you can imagine, it swings freely with no tension whatsoever. I'm just dropping it in my Fleet Quality Tools carry box with the rest of the ca. 1950 PENENS Master Wrench Set and miscellaneous Fleet/PENENS tools.
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rancherbill
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Maybe you could reassemble with an o-ring to take out slack and provide some friction / tightness.
Private Lugnutz
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^ I thought of that or some rubber bumpers/washers, even just on principle, because I have all kinds of users, and much better collectibles, but I will probably just leave it as is.
Outlawmws
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O-ring is likely too thick, but possibly a thin wavy washer?
Old Man Roger
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Or smack it with a hammer to tighten it up.lol
Beerhippie
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C'mon, folks this is GJ!
Bore the plug out, press in a sintered bronze bushing, ream that to a perfect fit on your hand-forged, color-case-hardened pin, peen the pin in place forming a perfect, domed head.
There is no other solution.
Bore the plug out, press in a sintered bronze bushing, ream that to a perfect fit on your hand-forged, color-case-hardened pin, peen the pin in place forming a perfect, domed head.
There is no other solution.
RTM
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Or, if you are a You Tube expert, just grab it in one corner of the jaw on your cheap vise, and use it as a press. Should be fine.
senlow
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So. . . is that the way you would fix it?
whateg01
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I've done similar on a white mountain ice cream makerSo. . . is that the way you would fix it?
Someone needed a 27/32” deep socket and only had a regular Frank Mossberg pressed steel 21/32” socket and a piece of pipe. They made do. I’m most impressed with the service end – not sure how they formed the pipe into a hex opening but it was pretty well done.
Overall length is 5.25 inches.
Overall length is 5.25 inches.
M.Brane
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Looks like they heated the end of the pipe, and then tapped the edges with a hammer over a bolt/nut of the correct size.Someone needed a 27/32” deep socket and only had a regular Frank Mossberg pressed steel 21/32” socket and a piece of pipe. They made do. I’m most impressed with the service end – not sure how they formed the pipe into a hex opening but it was pretty well done.
Overall length is 5.25 inches.
Beerhippie
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And did a fine job of it.
whateg01
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Fairly easy to do if you make a drift in the right shape. Still nice looking, including the threads they kept!
Provincial
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I made this wrench from a cheap 17mm import socket. The handle is made up of sections of a failed Harbor Freight plastic clamp. I cut the steel bar into two pieces and welded them into an "L", and then to the socket. I had to heat up the tail and put a curve in it to clear the chip pan of the lathe. This fits a bolt on the motor mount so you can adjust the belt tension of a metal lathe. It certainly wasn't designed to be easy to tighten!
Someone made a screwdriver out of a screwdriver. They started with a Sears “BF” (Fuller) flathead screwdriver from the mid 60’s (I think that is the era) and brazed an Apex 838 bit holder (Pat. 2522217) onto it. The bit holder is currently sporting an Apex 440 2-PK Phillips bit. The whole assembly comes in at 11 inches long.
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Beerhippie
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Looks like concentricity wasn't a concern.Someone made a screwdriver out of a screwdriver. They started with a Sears “BF” (Fuller) flathead screwdriver from the mid 60’s (I think that is the era) and brazed an Apex 838 bit holder (Pat. 2522217) onto it. The bit holder is currently sporting an Apex 440 2-PK Phillips bit. The whole assembly comes in at 11 inches long.
It must have been the angle of the photo making things look wonky. Whoever did it, did a great job. It's actually well centered.
whateg01
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If that's a square drive bit holder, I struggle to think of a way to get the screwdriver off center. Just shove it in between the corners and it's gonna be centered.
Private Lugnutz
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I had to look up Wegovy, but that's funny.