home made tools and equipment...

By the way, 65 Malibu SS uses the same basic cap except the accent color is red instead of black. But you knew that!

 

Neat stuff thanks for sharing.

 

Ran out of room on my air tool hanger; realized the old wall phone didn't need access anymore, so I added a top level. Chinese mystery metal nipples welded well of course.

 

Oh, I like that. I'm totally going to steal that one...do you think it would be easier to unhook them if each outlet was on a loop that let you swing it forward? Or would it be better to be really solid?

 

My version of a traditional bead roller using part of a banjo diff as the stand and mostly junk from my stash to make the rest of it.
It is almost finished...

 

^^^ I like that. More detailed pictures or plans would be great.
Andy

 

Here's the tool I build to remove the knock-offs from the Roadster.

 

This is pretty simple compared to most of the stuff on here. Early model A wrist pins are held in by a c clip in the middle of the rod that rides in a groove in the middle of the pin. Here one is:

They tap out easy, but getting them back in is a trick. The clip compresses enough that the end of the pin just butts up against it, can't tap or press it past without breaking something. I made this little tapered slug. The big end is just a thousandth or so under the pin size, small end has a nice, rounded chamfer. Just get it started and let the pin push it through. Worked fine.

 

If you have room for all your air tools hanging downward; there is a formed angle with slots that the male coupler slides into that actually work better. My kid has one about four feet long on the wall behind his brake. This giz started with the four hanging down years ago, then I added the four vertical positions, and finally the new section last week or so.

 

I might do a short thread on the bead roller in the new year, when it is done.
No plans, just made from what I had...
Before I started constructing my homemade bead roller, I scanned several sites and looked at numerous pictures on the internet which eventually had my head spinning.
I figured a bead roller could be a handy piece of equipment to assist with the making of patch panels and floor repairs etc.

I made a check list of the features I thought might be useful which included, that it be;

Powered
On a stand
Relatively easy to move
Have a throat of at least 24 inches
Have a side offset adjustment
A quick release which holds existing settings
Run 1 inch shafts which step down to 7/8" for dies
An adjustable guide
Made mostly from stuff that I have in my stash
Run standard 2 inch dies
Run keyways on all shafts, even if not used

 

I made this ugly but pretty functional brake. It inspired me to clean up the bench, and then the rest of the shop. Winning...

 

Home built slip roll

Home built drill vise using the screw from hospital bed (acme thread). The extra bar goes against the column since the vise is never bolted down. The gear drive does not give like the weak pulleys did.
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Tube and rod ring roller. Plan to hook up to hydraulic motor along with the slip roll.


Old propane tank used to fill with compressed air to haul air to a small tire or unplug drains.

Manual tire changer mounted into floor anchor.
Used to break the bead with jack all jack. Then mounted and a tool (not pictured) is used to spin tire off or on.


Here is the tool for tire changer

Mounting end

Removal side.



Home built break

 

Air blast tank used to blow heavy truck tires on to rims. Fill tank with compressed air 120psi. Cram into bead of tire and crack the tap to give a blast of air to pop tire on to bead.

Home built propane torch cart to roll across gravel and move to where needed around farm.


Tool benches. Built at home instead of the flimsy tin tool boxes.


Old oil tank made into fireplace to heat shop up. Garbage and wood used to heat shop


Built rollin chairs. Seats came from a mustang II


State of the art wall mount tools.
Has been there since 1983. Metric one side. Imperial the other

 

Bead roller started out as a princess auto model.

 

Spare d2 tool steel made into english wheel anvils. Heat treated to 58 Rockwell. These should never wear out.

 

I have a piece of 1 inch plate that I use for a work surface from time to time.
Due to space limitations I don't have it set up all the time and so need to move it.
I used to use two pairs of big vice grips and a rod between them as a lifting point, but one day with too much time on my hands I decided to go fancy.
I copied this from a YouTube site and it works a treat.

 

I like what you've been doing there, Dodge.

 

Mr. Dodge must have bought a drum of blue paint at an auction!

 

Blue. It defines what was homebuilt in the home shop

 

I built some heavy duty wheel dollies to move large vehicles around the shop. Just some scrap steel and some casters rated at 500 lbs each. Good excuse to use the old stick welder!

 

I like the stick welder for stuff like this too . makes it more fun. no need to waste argon.

 

My planishing hammer. 1”-14 all-
thread and a variety of dies from an air hammer. And big ball bearings welded to the 1”-14 nuts work well




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This provides the fuel for the shop wood stove, so I think it is kinda on topic. I built the splitter almost 40 years ago. Yesterday I finished up putting a lift arm on the splitter. Those big diameter logs are at least three times heavier than they were 40 years ago. Now I can split the big stuff by myself. Just roll 'em up on the lift arm and pull the lever. It uses a 2" x 8" stroke cylinder plumbed with 1/4" lines. It is powered by the splitter pump using two open center control valves. Not an original idea, but I am a good copier.

 

This is another simple one. Screwdriver to remove and tighten GM light switch nut.
The blade is a wall section from a piece of 1" square tube. The handle is a genuine Snap-on!

My Grandson was the hand model

 

I am always amazed as I scan through this thread, lots of creative genius! A few days ago I got the latest copy of Hemmings "Classic Cars" and they featured several pages of neat garages. Polished floors, benches you could eat off of, auto related decorations, most looked like museum displays. I wondered if anybody actually worked on their car in these "decorator" garages. I like what I see in this thread, your shops are messy because you are actually doing something, at least that's the excuse when I show people my messy shop

 

I cleaned up my shop because I had a visitor coming by. It'll be messy again tomorrow.

 

Blue is good... just check my avator. I needed a big Easy Out to remove a piece of broken 1" tubing, but my biggest one was 5/8" . I grabbed a chunk of good quality 7/8" square steel, the 4 1/2" grinder and the die grinder with a 2" disc and this is what I came up with. I probably should have ground it further up the shank and made a shallower gripping area to catch more steel. I debated between a fluted style and the threaded version, so it got one flute up the middle of each side.

 

Partially home made tool, I took a hospital bed and modified it to be able to work under cars, I lift it with 2 floor jack or the 2 post lift.

I tried to make one with a hydraulic jack but I just bent the frame... I added the front and rear legs for safety.

 

That doesn't look strong enough that I would want to get under it with a car body on it.