home/handmade tools

[Jim Stabe]

I would to see some of the dies and what they do

Take a look here http://www.mittlerbros.com/bead_roller_rolls.htm

This shows the variety of forms you can roll into sheetmetal.

Jim

 

[Jim Stabe]

OK, lets see if I have it right... on the rollers it is only the end farthest from the crank that does the work? the pace in between is just a throat to allow larger sheets?

Correct. Some guys have built machines that ca handle fromed parts as well as flat sheet. http://allshops.org/cgi-bin/community/communityalbums.cgi?action=openalbum&albumid=9980172348240

Jim

 

[AZAV8]

How about we get this thread back on track on home made tools.

Fatbrosracing,
Its good to see the results of Mike Bishop's article. That bead roller article was in the July 1994 issue of American Rodder. I bought my issue on eBay.

Mike had other tool articles in American Rodder:
August 1993 - Disk Sander
September 1993 - Belt Sander
October 1993 - How-To on Band Saw Speed Changing
April 1994 - Hydraulic Press

I have these scanned as Adobe Acrobat files; but I don't have Mike's permission to post them to the Internet. I wouldn't want to violate his intellectual property rights as the author. In my scans the photographs are pretty clear.

Williams Low Buck Tools has some pretty good stuff to put on a home made C-frame. Link here:

http://www.lowbucktools.com/

They have a set of louver dies, a planishing hammer and other stuff. They were recently written up in Rod and Custom Magazine.

I'm collecting parts for the disk sander and will make it up when I get all the parts together.

On the Jalopy Journal's HAMB Classified Tigman is selling a stand to hold a Porta Band type band saw. Pretty simple and cheap. His stand will hold the Milwaukee saw and the next version will hold the Dewalt and Porter Cable saws as well.

I hope this info helps all you tool whores out there.

Phil

 

[BAILEIGH INC]

Holy E-Wheel Batman!

 

[Jim Stabe]

Another one for your viewing pleasure.




Jim

 

[brianpgriset]

My contribution to the "Ewheel" thread

The upper and dies I machined:

 

[Jim Stabe]

My contribution to the "Ewheel" thread

The upper and dies I machined:

Is your upper one piece or three? Nice work BTW!

Jim

 

[brianpgriset]

Is your upper one piece or three? Nice work BTW!

Jim

One piece. It's dirty in the center because I haven't cleaned it up from heat-treating. Thanks for the comment.

 

[Jim Stabe]

Lots of chips!

Jim

 

[brianpgriset]

Lots of chips!

Jim

Definitely. Took 20 hours on the CNC mill just to do the center...

 

[Truxx1956]

DUDE!!!! You do awesome work!!!!!!!!!!

 

[courtjester]

Hi
Just to add tools I have made.
body hoist, Rotisserie, hydraulic tubing bender, Helve hammer, bead roller, Planshing hammer, ring roller. Toys to message metal. See videos on my web page http://scanmant.googlepages.com/home

have fun
courtjester

 

[courtjester]

Attached pictures of tools I built and use.

 

[Truxx1956]

Attached pictures of tools I built and use.

Hey man, would you mind if we "borrow" your ideas? I hope not, and would you have some diagrams and such. I can tell pretty much from the pics, but it would be better with "schematics"

THANKS

 

[brianpgriset]

Attached pictures of tools I built and use.

That is a slick looking helve. I'd like to put one of those together some day... doesn't look to hard either.

 

[courtjester]

Hi
I have sold the plans on ebay in the past for all but the tubing bender.
Plans for it are avaible from www.gottrikes.com/AH_tubebender.htm
I built 2 one manual and sold it then this on air/hyraulic great joy making tubes less straight ha ha. Used it to build the frame for my 34 Ford Sedan.

 

[Truxx1956]

Yeah, I feel kind of dumb since I posted that comment I got on your plans page and seen your selling info and such. I"ll probably buy some plans soon as I get some other projects finished. Thanks dude

 

[Fins/413]

Courtjester All very nice. What is the top right photo (with the ram)?

 

[Nightshift]

Courtjester All very nice. What is the top right photo (with the ram)?

Dude ... if you bothered to click the link he provided, and read 3 words there ... you'd know.

 

[Rocket]

Where do I start ?????????

Here's my wheel I build a while ago.

 

[Vernmotor]

Very nice. !!!!