Homemade tools

[gwaii]

Yes, a mason jar and air line fittings with silicone caulk to seal the fittings to the lid.

Richard

that's what i like...common items repurposed for specific jobs.
a lot of us have specialty tools all around us,but just don't realize it.

 

[4x4junkie]

Case spreader:

8.8" axle bearing puller:

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Good stuff.
I can see how and why for the bearing puller, but why a case spreader?

Richard

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

Makes it easier to install and remove the carrier when you've got proper side bearing preload on it. A plastic dead blow hammer gets em in and a pry bar gets em out, but the spreader does make the job easier.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Someones home made tube bender;
http://www.thefont.info/tubebender/tube_bender.htm
I think it is cool, but might have to figure a better handle.

Richard

 

[gwaii]

i like the case spreader....i should have built one of those a long time ago.

 

[Funnyman141]

Hmm.... I might use the idea of Electrolysis Rust Removal for my whole truck.



.....I wonder where I could get a pool big enough for my f150?

 

[gwaii]

Hmm.... I might use the idea of Electrolysis Rust Removal for my whole truck.



.....I wonder where I could get a pool big enough for my f150?

beverly hills.

 

[Funnyman141]

true but that is a little far just for rust removal especially for me since i'm in Iowa.

Oh well I'll just drive it into the closest pond and surround it with chain link fence

 

[RacinNdrummin]

Its funny, I just got done posting this on the HomeShopMachinist forum:

http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/showthread.php?p=609805#post609805

This was my little weekend project, here is a pic:

 

[gwaii]

looks good.it's amasing how handy it is being able to bend a piece of metal.

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

Without putting it in a vice and beating the snot out of it.

 

[gwaii]

Without putting it in a vice and beating the snot out of it.

done that a lot too...never seems to give the results i'm looking for,though.

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

Exactly....I will be building one of these.....once I get a press

 

[Iron Ranger]

This is my current bender I made a few years ago. It's been my "buddy" in my ranger V8 swap. It can do 1/8" steel, 6" wide without getting a hernia lifting up on the bar.

Doesn't sound like the best or a lot, but it's been invalueable when I needed to make brackets and such.

Hence, why I want to make some fixtures for my press to bend thicker stuff.


Does a 12 ton press do the job, or will I need to upgrade?