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Re: Home Built Tools. Lets See 'Em!
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 5:54 pm
by SCOTTRODS
Ol'fogasaurus wrote:
It is currently in the low 20 and snowing in the PNW. Up here if it isn't raining the fog is out while in the sunny SW I am sure it is chain or wire rope season. While painting small stuff, I used to hang things off any where in the garage I could find; e.g., door handles, the rails for the garage door, my wife when I could get her to stop long enough, etc. Yesterday I was able to get some painting done after the snow, rain, sleet, hail had stopped and while the sun was out ( temp in the low 20's) then bring them back in and hang them on my stand to dry. It is really too cold in the garage (mid 40's) for them to dry correctly so there is a skim coating on them and the under the surface paint is still only partly cooked.
Actually, the stand has turned out better than I thought; it is still light enough to move easily, strong enough for a lot of things hanging, the base is heavy enough to hang some pretty heavy stuff on like a couple of trailing arms and backing plates. The angle pieces I added to hang to worked out better than I thought and without a lot of holes, this allows me to slide the hangers (bent welding rod) around to adjust for air drying room. I still have some holes for the really heavy stuff that I want to keep in a set position so I am very happy with it. A picture to follow.
Powder Coating. Beats Paint by a mile. And you can do it at home fairly cheap. (well,.... you CAN do it cheap, I have over $10k in coating equipment now.... after 3 years of a "hobby" and looking to upgrade soon.) You only need to cool things down when done curing. No dry time. Handle it as soon as it's cool. Install it and go.
Re: Home Built Tools. Lets See 'Em!
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 9:40 am
by theastronaut
Re: Home Built Tools. Lets See 'Em!
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 11:03 am
by Ol'fogasaurus
theastronaut, a pair of very cool tools, thank you.
Lee
Re: Home Built Tools. Lets See 'Em!
Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 4:52 pm
by GA_Boy
I posted this a couple of years ago. It's a homemade jack scale.
http://www.shoptalkforums.com/viewtopic ... 9&t=125881
NOTE TO MODERATOR: Delete if I broke the rule of posting in two places.
Marvin
Re: Home Built Tools. Lets See 'Em!
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 6:55 am
by pickstock
can we make this a sticky???
Re: Home Built Tools. Lets See 'Em!
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 7:53 am
by david58
Here is a pic I found on the internet.
Re: Home Built Tools. Lets See 'Em!
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:55 pm
by hugging corners
i have made up 35 steps, by myself minutes after pic taken:)
its an pressure washer cart, but it already was used for 110 welder.
total chopjob. metal triangles with pipe inside was found after some TV event- dumpsterdivin style
PS: jan 2012
I have just worked out a power station for:
1. electrolises.
2. BIG jumper
3. ..and maybe it work as a "Surge" protector for my 110v welder
Re: Home Built Tools. Lets See 'Em!
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:58 pm
by D.G.F
Re: Home Built Tools. Lets See 'Em!
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 5:32 pm
by EAW
david58 wrote:Here is a pic I found on the internet.
I like this a lot, It's so annoying having to drag the jack across bumpy surfaces, could even make a low profile one for lowered cars...
Re: Home Built Tools. Lets See 'Em!
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 1:29 pm
by birddog1148
press brake for HF 20 ton press
Re: Home Built Tools. Lets See 'Em!
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:53 am
by SCOTTRODS
birddog1148 wrote:press brake for HF 20 ton press
Are you using a hydraulic/pneumatic adaptation to power that thing? or using the slow "pump it up" method? Nice adaptation either way.
Re: Home Built Tools. Lets See 'Em!
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 6:05 am
by birddog1148
PUMP IT UP!
At least for now.
Re: Home Built Tools. Lets See 'Em!
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:28 am
by turboblue
david58 wrote:Here is a pic I found on the internet.
Pretty cool.
I wonder if it has a stop/stiff leg of some sort at the front axle.
If not the jack might topple over if a tire blew out.
I assume they are pneumatic.........look so anyway........
Re: Home Built Tools. Lets See 'Em!
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:14 pm
by cedric
My homemade tools for measurement of the stretch of the bolds of arp,empi ect,.....
Re: Home Built Tools. Lets See 'Em!
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 7:36 am
by vdubsinjensen
Here's fixture I made for mounting my dial indicator base to cylinder heads for checking lift and geometry.
