Hey guys I know everybody out there has over the years made some of their own tools. Some people make their own because they simply cannot buy what they need or sometimes you can make some things better than the originals. Can people who have made their own tools share photos with people on this site so we can marvel at your work and as a bonus maybe make our own too!!!!
Here are a couple of "heavy duty" hammers I made years ago. They are turned from old cold chisels that I annealed and then tempered after they were finished. I cut down small machinest hammer handles to fit them.
I used the one on the bottom to drive those 35 brass pegs in that last knife I built.
I use both of them working on guns and various other things. I used to build muzzle loading rifles and did some brass wire inlay. I built the top one specifically for that but have found a lot of other uses for it.
You didn't say they had to be as pretty as Oldtimers'...
TH350/400/700R4 transmission clutch piston compression tools and pump alignment band.
Cummins 855 accessory drive pulley installer. Works w/o pulling radiator. Approximately 15 years old which explains the ugly nubie mig welds. 'First' attempt was too short hence the add-on.
Chevy oil pump primer. Who doesn't have one of these? This one's probably close to 30 years old and primed a bunch of alcohol sprint car motors among a number of grocery getters.
MM200 w/Spoolmatic 1
Syncrowave 180SD
Bobcat 225G Plus - LP/NG
MUTT Suitcase Wirefeeder
WC-1S/Spoolmatic 1
HF-251D-1
PakMaster 100XL
'68 Red Face Code #6633 project
Star Jet 21-110
After lookin' at all of this, I might just leave my stuff in the shed. Specially since I gotta go dig thru the scrap pile to find a carrier, and cut the weeds down in front of the pumpkin on the "new" Chev.
GM 90 degree V-6 mechanical fuel pump push rod block bore fixture. Used to modify non-mechanical fuel pump block for mechanical fuel pump use (i.e. marine application or if you just don't want to use an electric unit).
Can't for the life of me remember what the heck this was for!
MM200 w/Spoolmatic 1
Syncrowave 180SD
Bobcat 225G Plus - LP/NG
MUTT Suitcase Wirefeeder
WC-1S/Spoolmatic 1
HF-251D-1
PakMaster 100XL
'68 Red Face Code #6633 project
Star Jet 21-110
After lookin' at all of this, I might just leave my stuff in the shed. Specially since I gotta go dig thru the scrap pile to find a carrier, and cut the weeds down in front of the pumpkin on the "new" Chev.
Geesh
You're no fun.
MM200 w/Spoolmatic 1
Syncrowave 180SD
Bobcat 225G Plus - LP/NG
MUTT Suitcase Wirefeeder
WC-1S/Spoolmatic 1
HF-251D-1
PakMaster 100XL
'68 Red Face Code #6633 project
Star Jet 21-110
Duane, that last one looks like it's for a spindle nut on a 4WD front axle.
Just my guess,
Mike
Ol' Stonebreaker
"Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes"
Hobart G-213 portable
Miller 175 mig
Miller thunderbolt ac/dc stick
Victor O/A setup
Makita chop saw
Yep, that's a thrust ball bearing. I must admit i bought a new one for that. Gives you more feel what's going on in the compressor. Battery drill makes it a fast fork compressor
At least the fork tube clamp is a recycled bent clipon.
Painting the stuff keeps the rust flakes off my shiny clean and oily bike bits. They're leftovers (Kawasaki green and Suzuki katana metallic blue).