Homemade tools

gwaii · Nov 12, 2010

alwaysFlOoReD said:
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 · Nov 12, 2010

Case spreader:

8.8" axle bearing puller:

alwaysFlOoReD · Nov 12, 2010

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

Richard

Sasquatch_Ryda · Nov 12, 2010

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 · Nov 13, 2010

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 · Nov 13, 2010

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

Funnyman141 · Nov 14, 2010

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? :icon_confused:

gwaii · Nov 14, 2010

Funnyman141 said:
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 · Nov 14, 2010

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

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

RacinNdrummin · Nov 14, 2010

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 · Nov 14, 2010

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

Sasquatch_Ryda · Nov 14, 2010

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

gwaii · Nov 15, 2010

Sasquatch_Ryda said:
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 · Nov 15, 2010

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

Iron Ranger · Nov 15, 2010

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?

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