home made tools and equipment...

http://www.harborfreight.com/12-inch-heavy-duty-f-style-welding-clamp-65683.html

Yeah yeah, don't hate me too much, but you can buy them for way less than 50. I have a pile of them, I use them all the time

 

I also have a pair of the harbor freight type...but as mentioned by someone else....the swapmeet. ...Craigslist. ...and ebay are a goal mine for cheap (not harbor freight cheap) or should I say, inexpensive clamps...good old USA clamps most of these are from the swapmeet.

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New import clamps do the job just make sure they line up nice and true. Some are cast so bad that things want to move as you tighten them. Especially F clamps.

 

The other day I put shorter springs on the front of my Ford. When trying to jack the lower control arm back up the zerc fitting was obviously in the way. Grabbed one of my kids hockey pucks and drilled a hole in the center...just happened to be a motor city puck.

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Kinda sacrilegious to cut up Wings stuff around here

 

Well, if you don't cut them up, they're just Shark Bait anyway!! LOL!!

 

How to etch your tools at home for pennies. You can put large numbers you can actually read on your sockets. Or, put your name or logo on anything metal. Uses a battery, vinegar and salt.

 

Real good tech on etching!!!

 

Great tech and very & well presented - you've done this before! Thanks for taking the time to do it for us.

 

Even if I never use some of these I love seeing people filling a need with their own ingenuity.

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Eh. Someone else did the presentation. I just linked to it.

I can do a pretty good presentation of a staircase on an Etch-a-Sketch, though.

 

That was really cool Thank you for sharing! Hobo Jim

 

My hands are so shaky now, that although it helps me weld perfectly, it makes it impossible for me to
do that kind of fine work. It looks beautiful, and I am in awe of his talent.
Bob

 

I'm suscribed to ChrisFix. Great site.

 

Not that it get used every day- but it comes in handy when you need it.
I made this in about 15 mins. Just a Piece of round stock, turned and threaded the end to match the drill chuck.

Now here's the neat part, I figured so far it has made my life easier and save me at least 10 hours of extra work around her on various tasks, not to bad. But Today it saved a $1000.00 part and 7 hrs. The estimate from two other shops for that repair was just under $1800.00 because of a broken bolt that was inaccessible. I was done in 15 mins. They would be tickled to death if I charged them $950.00

 

You get about $5.00 worth a $50.00 clamp for Just $15.00.
I have a couple here, not bad to clamp stuff that rarely gets moved.

 

I made an extended hammer to get into hard to reach places.

 

I modified an old jack with a duck bill for spreading stuff thats real close together. Iv had the need quite a few times so it should come in handy on occasion.

 

Great idea

 

Looks quite handy! Gary

 

I just finished this up today.



It's a steering wheel puller for these old wheels that don't have the provisions for a standard wheel puller. I can't take credit for the design.
I copied what this guy did in this video.




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Brilliant!

 

neat o for sure, thanks for posting this ...

 

great idea

 

That steering wheel puller is great! I have a few old columns it may come in handy.

 

I just made this bead roller for my press. Mostly for rolling a ridge on minibike fenders but can be used for other stuff. I even smelted the aluminum rollers in my backyard burn barrel and lathed them down

 

dude you have way too much fun! nice work.

 

^^^ nice job, dude

 

Brilliant idea!

 

Estate sales. If I had known about estate sales I would have never bought anything new