home made tools and equipment...

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The counterweights hold the jaws open until you press the pedal?

 

I use those bread clips on my spark plug wires or to identify any wires when working on an engine. Keep a whole bag of them in my toolbox.

 

Yes, they do the same thing that the springs do on the commercial foot operated stands. I did not like the feel of the springs. The farther you pushed the pedal down, the springs had more resistance, and you could not feel the point when the metal started to move easily. The counterweights eliminated this and gives you the ability to have more control. The purpose of the weights or springs is to return the pedal and open the jaws of the tool.

 

I whipped up a wheeling machine to make some fenders and widen the tank on my fat bike. The wheels were just some old kart wheels my brother lathed true on a brake lathe at work. It seems to work

 

Great idea on the wheeling machine!
I have access to an expensive machine of that size and use it occasionally, but I’m not gonna spend the $850 for one.
I love your simple design and ingenuity.

 

wonderful job!

 

I recently bought a mag drill and annular cutters to drill a bunch of holes in a snow blade (original blades were an older style and new cutting edges had different holes. I wanted to keep them neater than a torch job. ). The drill is a beast and the cutters did a great job (30 seconds for a 5/8" hole compared to 15 to 30 mins / hole with twist drills) but for small jobs around the shop, it just isn't very handy at 30 lbs. I had a dead radial arm saw so I thought I would strip the old saw attachment off and use the height adjustment to hold the mag drill. It has some limitations and I still haven't decided if it's getting a 6" cross slide or a 4" x/y vice but It's a great way to store the drill and be able to use it in a heartbeat.

 

I’ve been doing that for years. We used to buy powdered detergent from Costco which had clips about 2.5 times of the bread ones. Numbered them 1-8 for plug wires and a few other things...

 

3 position shop stool. Seat is from an old implement, has a leaf spring from a Chevy 1.5 ton for cantilever.

 

Great idea and execution. Any more photos showing how it works?

 

Looks like a great idea. Can you please show us some more views?

 

2 holes in leaf spring, allthread inside steel tube, each tube has 1/4” round stock to catch holes in spring. Just lift seat and pull out. Move it up or down, slide spring into frame and push down over pins on tube

 

It has been decades since I have done much transmission work. So I am building a Torqueflight and needed a spring compressor in a hurry. A couple pieces of plywood and some threaded rod and done.