mattthemuppet
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Then the arms and some paint 
Show us your welding projects
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y'sguy
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Nice!, Is that your design, or do you have a pattern to work from? Looks great either way.
Beerhippie
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Nice kerf work!
XJSuperman
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A second tire carrier for my trailer. Added a d-ring after these pics.
mattthemuppet
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Thanks! No pattern, I made it up as I went along. There were several, ahem, adjustments that were made. Oh and it’s the width it is as that was how long the slat pieces were (from a motorcycle crate by all accounts)
Thanks, I learned a lot from this project!
stinkity stoink
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Working on the rear suspension of my Belair. The leaf springs are done so it’s the perfect time to try to switch to the c10 trailing arm set up that I have been holding onto for years that as a freebie. I know there are better suspensions ,but they are not free.
I had to section the front crossmember to fit under the car..
The next dilemma was the axle diameter…The c10 axle is 3” in diameter and my Camaro rear is 2-5/8. I think I figured it out with some dom tubing with a 3” diameter and machined it out to 2-5/8. Then I split them and it’s as far as I am at.
There was welding and pics which we usually enjoy here.
I had to section the front crossmember to fit under the car..
The next dilemma was the axle diameter…The c10 axle is 3” in diameter and my Camaro rear is 2-5/8. I think I figured it out with some dom tubing with a 3” diameter and machined it out to 2-5/8. Then I split them and it’s as far as I am at.
There was welding and pics which we usually enjoy here.
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y'sguy
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^^seems like a smart way to do this.
mattthemuppet
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I think she liked it!
Old Man Roger
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Matt, does your wife know you’re posting pictures of her in her puppy paw onzies? Lol
mattthemuppet
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She’s totally ok with it
zmotorsports
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Nothing earth shattering but I threw together a zip-tie organizer that I've had bouncing around in my head for a while now.
There was a little welding involved, but not too much.
Many more pictures over on my Shop Projects 2.0 thread.
Thanks for looking.
There was a little welding involved, but not too much.
Many more pictures over on my Shop Projects 2.0 thread.
Thanks for looking.
Old Man Roger
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Ok, now you're just practicing your skills..lolNothing earth shattering but I threw together a zip-tie organizer that I've had bouncing around in my head for a while now.
There was a little welding involved, but not too much.
Many more pictures over on my Shop Projects 2.0 thread.
Thanks for looking.
jbltwin1
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That's a LOT of work for zip ties! I used plastic coffee cans hot glued to a board!
zmotorsports
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Yep, a little overkill, but I think it will work.
slowtwitch73
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Hah! Take that 3D printer storage guys!
danielbuck
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you must be retired to spend that much time on ziptie holders, looks great!! I use a few short sections of PVC poop pipe zip tied together to hold my zip ties
zmotorsports
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you must be retired to spend that much time on ziptie holders, looks great!! I use a few short sections of PVC poop pipe zip tied together to hold my zip ties
Nope, not retired. Just want things a certain way and tend to do things overkill. In all honesty, it really didn't take that much time, a couple of hours is all.
You should check out my projects thread for a LOT of examples.
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zmotorsports
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Oops. Double post for some reason.
ObnoxiousFumes
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Metal stick rod tubes are the perfect size for big the zip ties.
PugetDude
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Mike, I am truly disappointed in you.
That zip tie organizer should be electropolished seamless stainless tubing on an engine-turned titanium base, secured with Inconel fasteners with heads torqued and clocked within .005 minutes of angularity, then safety wired to prevent movement.
You're slipping, man.
That zip tie organizer should be electropolished seamless stainless tubing on an engine-turned titanium base, secured with Inconel fasteners with heads torqued and clocked within .005 minutes of angularity, then safety wired to prevent movement.
You're slipping, man.
Oh ****, you're right. And here I was just disappointed he didn't measure bolt stretch when he torqued them down.
I'm slipping too.
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zmotorsports
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Sorry Scott, but ya know, I'm not retired so I can't waste time on such frivolous ****.
You did a great job on that, but you made a HUGE mistake, you forgot to make some for the rest of us!
I need to add one of those to my long list of things to make that I don't get around to.
Beerhippie
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I'm seeing one in my future, too... made from PVC pipe and held together with zip-ties.
Old Man Roger
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I’ve been using zip ties to hold my zip ties 
Bigblue&Goldie
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Mike's Grandson (and future generations) doesn't realize he will someday be inheriting a zip tie holder.....I wish I was in line!
slowtwitch73
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^^ future 'what is it' on GJ.
kaymccampbell
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You boys are just going to hell with yourselves. My zip ties live in the big plastic tube they came in.
Beerhippie
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Saw set holder.
zmotorsports
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Funny you mentioned that Ryan. I had the EXACT conversation with my wife Saturday afternoon when she came out to the shop while I was cleaning up. I showed her what I had been working on for the past few hours and told her if I look around, I can see so many homemade shop tools that I hope someday will have more meaning than the purchased ones when I'm gone.
When I first started wrenching I was helping my buddy at his shop work on his Dirt Sprint car. There were a bunch of tools his Dad would make. I always thought that was super cool and enjoyed the stories behind them. I give these experiences a lot of credit in helping me learn to look at problems a different way.
The cabinets in the shop were all half broken, mostly a door would be off kilter or the lock was FUBAR or missing. His dad put a old SBC rocker on each end of the cabinet and a metal bar across them to keep the door shut. Thought that was a neat touch as the cabinets weren't anywhere nice enough to warrant spending money to fix.
Old Man Roger
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Whenever I'm going to build or work on something, I always think I'm going to do it the way you and a couple others on here would do it. What ends up happening is very different..lol
zmotorsports
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Great story. I remember going to my uncle's commercial auto repair shop when I was younger and enjoyed looking at all of the high end tools, ie. tool truck tools. But the ones that really stuck out to me were the custom shop made ones for a specific or unique task.
I used to be solely focused on just getting the work done and having the tools necessary. Now I look at things a bit differently and feel like I want to not only get the work completed, but enjoy it in the process and part of that enjoyment comes from having ALL the necessary tools and even some that are custom. To me, that is the part that makes it enjoyable.
I also like seeing my shop made tools take on their own patina'd look. To me that says they are getting used as designed.
cpttuna
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Whatever works
cpttuna
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Mine too, and those bags are all in one of those smaller Dewalt tool bags so I can grab the whole thing if I need all the sizes or just a handful for a project.
PowerWagonBuilder
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Most recent project was a custom tank for a Jeep CJ that a friend is working on. He is swapping in an EFI 4.0L drivetrain from a Cherokee and wanted to use the efi pump, sender, etc. The tank is baffled, has a drain, vent, and factory filler location. It also uses the factory style pump gaskets from the XJ.
The steel hardware shown was for test fitting; it will be replaced with stainless.
The steel hardware shown was for test fitting; it will be replaced with stainless.
mattthemuppet
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very nice! Any pics of the inside?
sqznby
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That's nice, looks great. I wouldn't mind seeing inside as well
I like building tanks.
I like building tanks.
PowerWagonBuilder
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That's nice, looks great. I wouldn't mind seeing inside as well
I like building tanks.
Thank you, and ya know what; I failed to take any pictures of the production of this one other than the ones here because I was more focused on the machining of the pump bulkhead than the tank itself, having built a few like this.
This tank is a 30 gallon diesel tank in the truck seen in the background of the first picture. The filler is in the back left of this photo, the outlet is a sump in the front left, and then the returns came back in through the top into tubes that were submerged. Oh, and an ROV. This is all for the sake of air removal. The fuel system also has a FASS air / water separator lift pump. The return has three points of connection; one from the FASS that recirculates, one from the ECM and low pressure side of the injection pump because the ECM actually has a fuel cooler plate on it and is cooled that way, and then lastly there is an injector bypass return for the fuel rail. All operate at different pressures so I wanted them to return to the tank correctly.
My tank baffles end up looking like some version of this ^, depending on the dimensions.
Older photo, pre left arm tat. lol.
