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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by kustombuilder, Jan 16, 2008.

  1. plym49
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    That is so wrong.................
     
  2. dallas1
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  3. These days it needs to be heated too! Damn, I wish someone would turn up the heat around here. :rolleyes:
     
  4. Voh
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    Here is a hanger I made for the air tools. Real simple, yet SUPER functional!
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    Here is a hanger for the clamps + some background art (most from the HAMB)
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    And the last one is the Vice stand. Semi wheel split. 4" vertical pipe with 1/4" wall and then a 1/4" plate on the top. It has holes cut for mounting my bench grinder when needed.
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  5. FiddyFour
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    how do you hold that thing down when you're really busting the hell out of something?
     
  6. Cosmo49
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    It's also offset, you have that anchored into the floor?
     
  7. dawford
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    If Von doesn't have it secured to the floor he could gain some stability by rotating it 90 degrees and leaving it cantalevered the way it is.

    I have had vices that I used to hold projects for welding grinding and drilling that were mot secured any more than that.

    My favorite vice however is one that weight about 50 lbs. and is mounted to a 150 lb cast iron base that is broad at the bottom. I have still tipped it a few times when trying to straighted or bend material.

    Dick :) :) :)
     
  8. dirty old man
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    No offense to Voh's work, as it's real nice. But the worry about stability isn't too imporant, considering the choice he made for a vise. It's not gonna hold anything much if any tighter than the unsecured mount holds the vice.
    I have one of those vises on one end of my 2000# steel topped worktable. I've bought a big old 100# vise used, and it's on the "to do" list to swap them out,
    The pictured vice tries to do all things holding all sorts of metal shapes in all sorts of positions, and consequently doesn't hold any of then very well, plus the swivels won't resist swivelling very well when you try to lock them down.
    Dave
     
  9. plym49
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    Quickie portable winch for loading and unloading trailers:

    It's the HF 200 0lb 12v el cheapo ATV winch (I was surprised that it was better than I expected), aluminum plate, tow hook and a wide angle iron mount for the fairlead. Built from scrap on hand. I tried it out this weekend to pull a cement mixer up into the bed of my truck. Worked fine. I am going to add wooden lateral skids to help steady it but wanted to see how it worked first.

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    Note: It is not attached to that plywood; it is just sitting there.
     
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  10. Plym49,
    That's exactly what I had in mind, with that $49 HF 2000 lb atv winch! I didn't know if that winch would hold up, so thanks for the little review ; ) I was going to attach the winch to 2 2"x4" boards (stacked & bolted to make 1 4'x4' for rigidity), run horzontally and attached at the front stake posts behind my pickup cab. Then winch up the heavy items on atv ramps. Once I get 240v in the house I am at now, I will eventually weld up a steel horizontal piece, and attach it to the bed sides with grade 8 bolts.

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  11. Crystal Blue
    Joined: Nov 18, 2008
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    I need some large wrenches for an OT home project.

    So here's what I came up with.

    Yup, they're made from plywood, and worked great ! :D

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  12. plym49
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    Yep, we are thinking alike. That is indeed the little 49.95 HF winch and I was very surprised as it far exceeded expectations. Note - the shear pin looks puny and I am sure that that will go first if you overload the unit.

    The stake holes on my truck are covered with a bed liner. So here is how I secured the front of the winch: I took a long rope and looped it under the frame between the cab and the bed. The rope went up between and then over the front edge of the bed. Rope against bed liner did no damage. This is strong enough to pull up a cement mixer (as I did) or a quad. It also gives you a better angle as the winch sit in the dead center of the bed and the rope angled down, then a straight shot down the ramps. Your plan will work, too, and I might well have done it that way if I had access to the stake pockets.
     
  13. plym49
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    Hmmmmm - obviously for filters and drums? Making biodiesel? Filtering waste oil for use as fuel?
     
  14. Crystal Blue
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    Pond filter system using "plastic" 55 gal drums ;)
     
  15. Never could afford one of those fancy sandblasters!:D
     

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  16. rodknocker
    Joined: Jan 31, 2006
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    I have a similar wooden wrench to the one in the top right of the picture, a friend made me for taking off the 90's style BDS center caps that came on miata's and bmw's.
     
  17. tooljunkie
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    i had a small winch mounted in the back of my truck years ago,was a piece of angle iron bolted on front box rail,had more than enough support to pull up a quad.
     
  18. maniac
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    I use this
     

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  19. coppertone
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    I'm not sure but I think I have the only 671 blown anvil in my county. Great when you need to move metal fast! Actually all that aluminum makes it act like a dead blow, comes in very handy. Bought the blower off the junk pile for $5.00 including tip.
     
  20. plym49
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    Damn, you must be really short.
     
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  21. duke182
    Joined: Nov 27, 2005
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    i have been following this thread for awhile.
    so i decided o add a couple of my homade, modified tools to the list.
    hope to add to the pile by utilizing many of the ideas i have seen here.
    thanks for the ideas.

    this is my vise and stand. i plan to deorate it with better looking gussets one day.

    the hammer is what i use to beat the hell out of stuff.
    the handle works as good as the head.
    a piece of rod is welded to the head, then pipe is slipped over that and welded on allowing the rod tovibrate when you hit things.
    no vibration to your hands that way.
    both ends are welded up to keep water and other stuff out.

    the poker and tongs are just a little blacksmith practice

    and i made a piece to repair the puller
     

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  22. callcoy
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    I appreciate the work and skill many of you have put into your disk sanders. For the MAFCA (Model A Ford Club of America) Awards Banquet this week in town, I put this together. I have attempted to capture 1942 and what you would have to do to build a sander during a time when materials were rationed or restricted. The heart of this is a old Model A water pump used as an arbor, a used motor from maybe a washer, scrap wood from shipping crates and a old light switch from a house. Yes it is a far cry from all the others posted and doesn't have the durability of the all steel sanders, this illustrates how bleak things were then! This is my first post with photos, I have to learn how to reduce the photo size.


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  23. Very nice work on that sander. And Im on a smallish laptop and the pictures look perfect.
     
  24. Callcoy, That is awesome.
     
  25. I was just looking trough some old Secrets Of Speed magazines, I saw the plans for this sander in a reprint. Nice Job!
     
  26. dana barlow
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    1. Y-blocks

    It's the EZ and simple ideas that amaze me the most,WOW. cool stuff
     
  27. vinniez
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    That is a work of art. Nice job.
     
  28. nexxussian
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    Nice lookin sander, pics show fine on an iPad.
     
  29. FiddyFour
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    crisp and clean on an acer a500 android tab... i think he means the bandwidth for dial-up folk
     
  30. bobj49f2
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    As long as the image is small enough not to have to scroll back and forth to see it in it's entirety it's perfect. The size looks perfect to me, big enough to see details but doesn't overfill the screen.

    The construction of the sander is perfect too, just shows you can do what you need to do with what you have. This is a great thread, keep it up.
     

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