home made tools and equipment...

[Dawai]

Welding positioner picture did not "take" for some reason??

Here it is.. it too is on a 2x2 mount, can rotate vertical or horizontal.

[bjinatj]

Thanks for posting.. Great stuff!

[spiny]

wow, what an awesome thread

i'm loving the red vice and the wooden based sander, and I'm defiantly going to make the vice door skin picker and the neato grinder vice mount too

I only have a small garage, so there isn't room for a nice english wheel etc (even if i had the skills to make one ... )

[spiny]

whoops, double posted that ...

content:

this thread has remonded me that I have this smallish motor kicking about:

which I'll try and use now, rather than letting it take up room on a shelf

[spiny]

made my own 'grinder bench'





it's in primer at the moment, waiting to dry

the grinder i have has the switch on the side, so one of the side plates needed 'clearancing'

[Markgyver]

Originally Posted by spiny

made my own 'grinder bench'





it's in primer at the moment, waiting to dry

the grinder i have has the switch on the side, so one of the side plates needed 'clearancing'

Great Idea ... Im going to make one of these.

[LIFESTYLZ]

Originally Posted by Markgyver

Great Idea ... Im going to make one of these.

Me too.
Looks just like what I need.

[Nuvolari]

turning ball:
video

[ParkinsonSpeed]

Here is my favorite home made tool, I have a thread on it that i need to update and will probably do now. I can hammer and beat the hell out of anything on it. Also added a bender on it for smaller stuff, check it out!

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=521614

[rcrahn]

Doing an old chevy truck project now....
Need to remove the bed and cab....
There's a guy on the 67-72 truck forum that sells plans for a one man cab/bed lift....so I ordered the plans, bought the metal and made it - then painted it.



After that I designed some dual purpose dollies to:

Set the frame of a truck/car onto and wheel around. It can be adjusted for width and height.

OR

Bolt in the uprights (in picture) and set the truck cab, truck bed or car body onto it. Also has adjustable for height and can use different length bars.

Yes, it was more work than I intended but this should be real useful.

[cowboyinachair]

Originally Posted by rcrahn

Doing an old chevy truck project now....
Need to remove the bed and cab....
There's a guy on the 67-72 truck forum that sells plans for a one man cab/bed lift....so I ordered the plans, bought the metal and made it - then painted it.



After that I designed some dual purpose dollies to:

Set the frame of a truck/car onto and wheel around. It can be adjusted for width and height.

OR

Bolt in the uprights (in picture) and set the truck cab, truck bed or car body onto it. Also has adjustable for height and can use different length bars.

Yes, it was more work than I intended but this should be real useful.

2 more brackets and its a roatarie (sp)

[vividlyvintage]

Originally Posted by spiny

made my own 'grinder bench'





it's in primer at the moment, waiting to dry

the grinder i have has the switch on the side, so one of the side plates needed 'clearancing'

Do u have any build pics of the grinder holster? I want to copy it, if you dont mind

thanks,
Douglas Johnson
"Skrach"
www.VividlyVintage.com

[onemintcaddy]

Tire changer wouldn't brake the beed on bigger wheels. We can't have that,,,,, So this is what we came up with. 15 min. later we where back on the road. Dam thing worked so good I went ahead and painted it. Like the model A peddles.

[biggeorge]

Originally Posted by onemintcaddy

Tire changer wouldn't brake the beed on bigger wheels. We can't have that,,,,, So this is what we came up with. 15 min. later we where back on the road. Dam thing worked so good I went ahead and painted it. Like the model A peddles.

That looks great! Yes i like the a pedals

[the metalsurgeon]

36" throat plannishing hammer made ,now on wheels


my weekly metal work blog www.themetalsurgeon.com

[the metalsurgeon]

Homemade bench English wheel and bead roller.Picked cart up for $40 from metal recyclers.

my weekly metal work blog www.themetalsurgeon.com

[LIFESTYLZ]

Originally Posted by vividlyvintage

Do u have any build pics of the grinder?

I don't think he built the grinder ..

[bjinatj]

Here is my homemade reciprocating machine and e-wheel. I welded the spine of each machine to each other to strengthen them and then welded them to a large ibeam. The reason I decided to put them at 90° is because the action of each tool is on the same side. I did not want to have to walk around the machine to use it.

[the metalsurgeon]

Originally Posted by bjinatj

Here is my homemade reciprocating machine and e-wheel. I welded the spine of each machine to each other to strengthen them and then welded them to a large ibeam. The reason I decided to put them at 90° is because the action of each tool is on the same side. I did not want to have to walk around the machine to use it.

i like the reciprocating machine,do you have more details,plans?

thanks for any info

my weekly metal work blog www.themetalsurgeon.com

[bjinatj]

Originally Posted by the metalsurgeon

i like the reciprocating machine,do you have more details,plans?

thanks for any info

The machine is basically a 5/8" shaft supported by 3 locking pillow blocks and a pulley on one end to be driven by a small electric motor. My 1/2 hp 1725 electric motor will easily move 18 gauge steel.

I took a piece of 3/4" solid round and chucked it in the lathe with a shim on one of the jaws to drill a 5/8" hole slightly off center. I then slid that piece onto the shaft and welded it on. Once the shaft assembly was completed I built a connecting rod with bushings to slip over the off center section of the shaft and built a quill that accepts 3/4" tooling.

There was a group build on www.allmetalshaping.com. There are no exact plans, but there are a lot of better explanations on that site. I hope that helps..