Tool of the day suggestions start here

[F5 Dave]

Ok just an idea for a tool of the day thread. Doesn't even need to wait a day but here's a start off:

Lets avoid super expensive specialist gear & focus on cheap, home made or clever ideas that help the tinkerer.


My 2 are as pictured.

Samson Vice type grips & a scriber. $7 from the warehouse & $5 from Super cheap respectively. ok hear me out. I was out walking at lunch & remembered the night before tickling something on the grinder (you need a small cheap bench grinder bolted on a bench - wire wheel on one side, stone on the other, not directly aimed at something you don't want chipped) anyhoo I'd too easy to just hold it in your hand. Same with the drill press if it doesn't fit easily in the drill vice like sheet metal. What would be handy is another set of vice grips that lived on the wall right next to these tools so I could easily grab them to hold onto stuff.

Scribers are good for picking at stuff on the lathe or bits you are cutting. plus scribing of course & other things as well. So I now have about 4 in different places & these cheapo vice grips are not too bad & live on a screw in the wall for when I need them.

Job Jobbed!

[F5 Dave]

ooh actually while we're talking bench grinders (you really need one) I was suggested to use a face shield, so I have one hanging on the wall next to my googles. I still use the goggles when there is fine metal dust being generated but the face shield protects your face & is convenient to use.

I bought one that doesn't look much like this generic picture from Mitre10 where they sell the weedeater stuff. mines blue topped with a clear shield .

[unstuck]

Ok then, Flywheel holder for the CRF, and a Crankshaft holder for an Audi v6. :devil2:

[neels]

One of the handiest things in my garage is one of these, mate bought a box of old vet equipment at an auction one day for bugger all, most useful tool I've bought for a couple of bucks.

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[Katman]

Considering how easy it makes an extremely fiddly job, this is one of my favourite tools.

(10 points to whoever can say what it's for).

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[george formby]

The last thread about tools on KB was deleted very quickly.

Oh wait, I get ya.

Can't contribute, I've only got hammers.

[unstuck]

Considering how easy it makes an extremely fiddly job, this is one of my favourite tools.

(10 points to whoever can say what it's for).



No idea, looks like a seal drift, or something I would use to press down the fork caps on my dirties. ??????:confused:

[ellipsis]

One of the handiest things in my garage is one of these, mate bought a box of old vet equipment at an auction one day for bugger all, most useful tool I've bought for a couple of bucks.




...I have four or so of them and they are the handiest thing when it comes to real fiddly soldering and clamping or glueing...and I am always in need of one more pair, it seems...

[Edbear]

One of the handiest things in my garage is one of these, mate bought a box of old vet equipment at an auction one day for bugger all, most useful tool I've bought for a couple of bucks.

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I've had a pair for about 40 years! Also one of those scribes Dave showed.

[F5 Dave]

Have some surgical clasps like shown, don't seem to use them much these days.

Nice Tool pic Katman. No idea keep guesses coming I suppose.


Here's another, saw them at Supercheap for ~ $30 but I was given one when I was about 19, proper Vice brand, but if you want to hold a flywheel without damaging it it is just the Biz.

[unstuck]

Here's another, saw them at Supercheap for ~ $30 but I was given one when I was about 19, proper Vice brand, but if you want to hold a flywheel without damaging it it is just the Biz.

I have one of those, but it has little cutter wheels on it. It gets used for cutting exhaust pipe. Like this one, but a vice grips one.

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[Katman]

Nice Tool pic Katman. No idea keep guesses coming I suppose.


Would it help if I said the centre is spring loaded and can retract into the centre of the tool?

[ellipsis]

...this girl needs a shed to store her hand tools in...

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[buggerit]

Would it help if I said the centre is spring loaded and can retract into the centre of the tool?

auto (spring loaded) centre punch

[Flip]

Mine is an old 7/16 by 1/2" sidchrome double open ender.

Had it for ages, its the tool I put in my pocket when ever I work on any of my vehicles> It's thin and fits 80% of the bolts on most of my vehicles.

[Gremlin]

Telescoping magnetic pickup tool. Praised it when I dropped important things into impossible places. Cursed it when the next item wasn't magnetic.

So a telescoping sprung pickup thingy where you push the one end, and out the other pops 4 little prongs. Release and it retracts and grabs onto whatever is in the way. :yes: Not recommended to try on a mates arm :shifty:

[pritch]

Would it help if I said the centre is spring loaded and can retract into the centre of the tool?

Wouldn't help me. I thought it looked like a centre fire lipstick.

Every time I try to be a mechanic I remind myself why I'm not one. So although I posted it a few years ago, I will offer my empty winebox tip.

If you have to remove a fairing from a bike that has various fasteners you draw the shape of the fairing on the box and poke small holes on the drawing relative to where the fasteners go. As you remove each fastener from the fairing you poke it into the appropriate hole in the drawing.

You're welcome.

[pritch]

I've had a pair for about 40 years! Also one of those scribes Dave showed.

Artery forceps. There should be a pair in my fly fishing kit. They used to be made in Europe and were expensive. Chemist' shops have Chinese ones and they weren't that expensive last time I looked.

[unstuck]

Would it help if I said the centre is spring loaded and can retract into the centre of the tool?

Slide hammer??? C'mon man, give us a clue. It's doing my fucking head in.:angry2:

[Banditbandit]

Considering how easy it makes an extremely fiddly job, this is one of my favourite tools.

(10 points to whoever can say what it's for).




Customer deterrent thumper?

Give us an idea of the size/scale?

[Katman]

C'mon man, give us a clue.

The spring loaded centre piece is hollow inside.

[gammaguy]

The spring loaded centre piece is hollow inside.

Clutch alignment tool

[Katman]

Disassembled.

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[unstuck]

Disassembled.



Im going to have no sleep now you bastard.:crybaby:

[ellipsis]

...collets dont come into it?...

[unstuck]

...collets dont come into it?...

If your thinking valves, then I was thinking the same. But fail to see how it would work.:scratch:

[Katman]

If your thinking valves, then I was thinking the same. But fail to see how it would work.:scratch:

That's the beauty of it. Such a simple design that makes installing valve collets a piece of piss.

(Especially on a 4 cylinder 250).

[unstuck]

That's the beauty of it. Such a simple design that makes installing valve collets a piece of piss.

(Especially on a 4 cylinder 250).

Well fuck me.:shit: At least I will sleep now.:Punk::Punk:


Still intrigued how it actually works though.:confused:

[Katman]

Well fuck me.:shit: At least I will sleep now.:Punk::Punk:


Still intrigued how it actually works though.:confused:

The outer piece pushes down on the valve spring keeper while the spring loaded inner piece pushes the collets down into place.

[unstuck]

The outer piece pushes down on the valve spring keeper while the spring loaded inner piece pushes the collets into place.

:not::not::not: Fucking genius. :woohoo::woohoo:

[ellipsis]

...10 points?...where can I redeem them...

[F5 Dave]

I was going to say I have no idea what it is but I need one. 'cept now I'd have no use for the silly thing, I try not to work on 4 strokes if I can help it.

[Katman]

...10 points?...where can I redeem them...

I was only kidding about the 10 points.

[F5 Dave]

...collets dont come into it?...

Hmm, no points. You specifically excluded collets so you were diametrically opposed in your answer. You couldn't have been more wrong if you think about it from a certain point of view:msn-wink:

[ellipsis]

...I feel cheated by the KB fickleness...I will never be able to make those 10 points up again...unless I cheated, of course...

[F5 Dave]

Mine is an old 7/16 by 1/2" sidchrome double open ender.

Had it for ages, its the tool I put in my pocket when ever I work on any of my vehicles> It's thin and fits 80% of the bolts on most of my vehicles.

Won't fit the AS3(s) so to avoid the dissappointment and inconvienience, just drop the best one up next time you're through and I'll look after it for you.

[F5 Dave]

...I feel cheated by the KB fickleness...I will never be able to make those 10 points up again...unless I cheated, of course...

can I suggest a homicidal rampage to ease the beast within? If you can't summon the energy or the 12gauge you could always perform the task from the comfort of the keyboard. Maybe start a thread on what bike you should buy as a newly licenced learner, or perhaps ask if loud pipes save lives. Maybe offer your thoughts on Feet first motorcycles as the future or question if helmets actually do more damage than help?

[pulls pin, stands back]

[husaberg]

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They come in plastic as well for a couple of bucks.
http://www.sesdirect.co.nz/nylon-piston-stop

Piston stop tool easy to use if you have to sort out flywheel in the field.
Plus great for finding TDC which is half way between the stop when it is zeroed to halfway between both directions.
available chainsaw shops etc.
Double ended as well 10 and 14mm
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Of course you could make your own

[jonbuoy]

Black and Decker Power File. If your doing any kind of metalwork you will wonder how you survived without one of these. Great for taking down the tops of welds or casting flash and not as noisy/dangerous as free styling with a flap wheel on an angle grinder. Get the blue zirconium belts for steel.

[F5 Dave]

299394
They come in plastic as well for a couple of bucks.
http://www.sesdirect.co.nz/nylon-piston-stop

Piston stop tool easy to use if you have to sort out flywheel in the field.
Plus great for finding TDC which is half way between the stop when it is zeroed to halfway between both directions.
available chainsaw shops etc.
Double ended as well 10 and 14mm
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Of course you could make your own
oh yeah that is quite cool. i never hold the crank with the piston, it just doesn't seem right & besides I have the chain for holding the flywheel directly so I have no need to. But for finding TDC I've made my own out of an old sparkplug. but these look nicer. Maybe when I'm past the mower shop on a walk I'll get one.

[F5 Dave]

Black and Decker Power File. If your doing any kind of metalwork you will wonder how you survived without one of these. Great for taking down the tops of welds or casting flash and not as noisy/dangerous as free styling with a flap wheel on an angle grinder. Get the blue zirconium belts for steel.

Funny I was just reading about these in an old Practical Sportbike mag & thought it would be a good idea. hmm. 'undred & 50 notes. . . might have to wait for some special occasion.

[husaberg]

oh yeah that is quite cool. i never hold the crank with the piston, it just doesn't seem right & besides I have the chain for holding the flywheel directly so I have no need to. But for finding TDC I've made my own out of an old sparkplug. but these look nicer. Maybe when I'm past the mower shop on a walk I'll get one.

I admittedly was dubious, but it honestly it never marked it (the piston), and I guess the 40 odd pounds I used are lower than the cylinder compression. (albeit on a smaller area)
Then again the rattle gun gets them off easy too. but I wouldn't rattle them up with one.
A mate used to have a lpg cylinder with a Schrader valve attachment, for tyres etc, but I doubt it would run a rattle gun for long, but then again with high enough pressure or an N2 or co2 tank
This was pre cheap 12 volt compressors.
I always used to use a two cent piece between the primaries till I read how Cameron used to use a half gear to lock the primary drive.

[nodrog]

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[husaberg]

skillsaw with blade reversed. non tipped ones
Cuts aluminium plate really nice (a bit loud though)
A boat builder showed me that one.

[Akzle]

So a telescoping sprung pickup thingy where you push the one end, and out the other pops 4 little prongs. Release and it retracts and grabs onto whatever is in the way. :yes: Not recommended to try on a mates arm :shifty:
pearl catch or jewel clamp. i have a 4" one. the things i usually want to pick up are >5" away...
mag tool ftw.

Artery forceps. There should be a pair in my fly fishing kit. They used to be made in Europe and were expensive. Chemist' shops have Chinese ones and they weren't that expensive last time I looked.
haemostats motherfucker. about 18$ my last pair (lifetime guarantee and shit)

me?
a halfround file.
rope. always rope.

[jonbuoy]

Funny I was just reading about these in an old Practical Sportbike mag & thought it would be a good idea. hmm. 'undred & 50 notes. . . might have to wait for some special occasion.

They are a great bit of kit- I only paid the equivalent of 80nzd for mine - I think I have spent more on belts so far. I got the basic model as I wasn't sure how much use it would be- I've done a fair amount of welding recently and still going strong.

[Tony.OK]

299398
Best thing for rounded but/bolt removal. Now that nuts n bolts seem to get softer all the time. $50 from Bunnings.

[Akzle]

299398
Best thing for rounded but/bolt removal. Now that nuts n bolts seem to get softer all the time. $50 from Bunnings.

i done seen dem. i never buy shit from b*nnings though. and i buy NZ steel/bolts, so they don't need it unless some c*nt has been at it with a nutfucker.

fuken angle grinder, drill press and stud extractors. fucken chinese bolts.

[Motu]

I have a sprocket holding tool...is good for holding sprockets of course. Today I was doing a Hi Ace diff, and it was the perfect tool for adjusting the side bearings. Some tools sit in the draw for years and never get used, sometimes you need to find other uses for them.

[Ocean1]

One of the handiest things in my garage is one of these, mate bought a box of old vet equipment at an auction one day for bugger all, most useful tool I've bought for a couple of bucks.

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I have a reasonably good collection of dentist tools. Baby files, clamps, crowbars, pliers, blades.

I don't use them every day, but when I do they usually save me a lot of grief.

[ellipsis]

I have a reasonably good collection of dentist tools. Baby files, clamps, crowbars, pliers, blades.

I don't use them every day, but when I do they usually save me a lot of grief.


...my dentists mirror has only been used in despairing times a couple of times, but worth its weight when it is effective ...my gas tip cleaning files are probably some of the most useful things to have around at times...multitudes of positions they can get themselves into...

[F5 Dave]

299398
Best thing for rounded but/bolt removal. Now that nuts n bolts seem to get softer all the time. $50 from Bunnings.
Copy of Metrinch, I bought some at a show 20 odd years back. Sloppy feel makes them a drag for day to day use but come into their own when you need them + they are thin wall.


i have a few dentist tools left over from Dad but sadly lost the old drill hand piece I used to play with. Fortunately Chinese ones on ebay mean with an adaptor can be used with my dremel for transfer ports.

[Erelyes]

Cheap tap and die set. If something feels like it might be starting to cross-thread, this will vastly increase your chances of saving the threads.

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Cheap wire strippers. I can't stand cutting and stripping wire with a craft knife, when this tool does it so neatly and easily.

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[F5 Dave]

Having used precision jawed cutter strippers which can strip PTFE easily I used to sneer at that junky one. But I have one now as it does Normal vinyl sheathed bike wire just fine for a few dollars.

a decent Utilux folding crimp tool means no dreadful preinsulated terminals. Buy some terminals like std jap stuff, take a sample to the local trade shop, Corey's or wherever .

[puddytat]

Been making life easier since ages ago.....

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[F5 Dave]

Yeah I was given one of those. Can't think of a use for it. Think I've put it in the dirt bike kit. Maybe I'll need to de stone a horse hoof.

[bogan]

Not a tool persay, but best shed purchase I've spent this year at 14 bung.

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skillsaw with blade reversed. non tipped ones
Cuts aluminium plate really nice (a bit loud though)
A boat builder showed me that one.

Ali blades are only like 50 bucks anyway... and they do a good job of wood too; even while spinning the right way :bleh:


Cheap tap and die set. If something feels like it might be starting to cross-thread, this will vastly increase your chances of saving the threads.

299411

Cheap wire strippers. I can't stand cutting and stripping wire with a craft knife, when this tool does it so neatly and easily.

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Owned both them, and have to disagree, cheap crap like that shits me to tears now I've used (and purchased) good stuff.

[Ocean1]

...my dentists mirror has only been used in despairing times a couple of times, but worth its weight when it is effective ...my gas tip cleaning files are probably some of the most useful things to have around at times...multitudes of positions they can get themselves into...

Reminds me, I used to work around glass processing plant, we used a lot of diamond files to clean up the odd edge chip. I've still got several, about 150mm long, 10mm wide and 3mm thick. They'll cut anything, don't clog up on soft stuff and don't wear at all. Excellent de-burring kit for stuff fresh off the mill.


Ali blades are only like 50 bucks anyway... and they do a good job of wood too; even while spinning the right way :bleh:

Aye, I use a big heavy old Black and Decker 10" skillsaw with a medium tpi carbide blade with reasonably low top-rake for cutting any alloy plate from 1.5mm to 50mm 7000 series tooling plate. Must say odds are even as to which one of us will kill the other first...

[Ocean1]

The old man keeps giving me stuff local widows have given him, knowing he's in the trade, (so to speak) and not wanting it to go to waste.

Last week it was a complete number drill set and a collection of micrometre adjustable reamer parts.

[mossy1200]

I got a set of T bar allen keys from super cheap for under 20. Wish I had got them years ago. Great fairing removal with low scratch risk.

[puddytat]

Yeah I was given one of those. Can't think of a use for it. Think I've put it in the dirt bike kit. Maybe I'll need to de stone a horse hoof.

thing is, if your not got it on ya then ya cant use it....but if you've got it on ya you're always using it.

Well I am anyway...

Had it for over 2o years & its still tight & I like the little slot head screwdriver bit which is particularly useful in cleaning out my wee pipe.....

[F5 Dave]

Think I bought the same T bars. They're different but look ok now. Good keying and no wear,. . . except the size numbers screened on the handles.

oh a tip, I wrap black tape on my 13mm spanner and socket so I can tell them from the 12 or 14. All other sizes are eye easy.


Actually blue tape on the 15, but only one bike uses that. All the other queer sizes are filed away just in case, but no point having them in the way in a tool box or shadow board.

My shadow board is old man fashionable but easier for the garage than a toolbox. Big improvement for me.

[mossy1200]

Think I bought the same T bars. They're different but look ok now. Good keying and no wear,. . . except the size numbers screened on the handles.

oh a tip, I wrap black tape on my 13mm spanner and socket so I can tell them from the 12 or 14. All other sizes are eye easy.

Blue handles with allen key on the longer side of handle? Think there was about 9 in plastic hard to open packet.

[husaberg]

steering head bearings and shock preload.
mine is not hinged and I can't find it at the moment doh
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Guy I used to work with made his own extra long t bars out of odd sockets.
He also made up a Honda centrifugal and clutch tool out of an old socket he just ground the points.

PS bogan not everyone feels the need to buy a $50 blade for use maybe once ever 3 years.......

[F5 Dave]

. . .t & I like the little slot head screwdriver bit which is particularly useful in cleaning out my wee pipe.....
I first read that as weed pipe, so figured that was some maintenance issue with paraphernalia but reread and now I'm concerned. Maybe you should see a doctor. Making me wince:shutup:

[nzspokes]

I got a Dremel like this a while back. Great thing and use it heaps.

[Flip]

The one thing I use all the time is my workbench.

Apart from that it is supprising how often I use the wee hobby lathe. I have every tool that Myford made including the milling table.

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The wall mounted tool box is full of allsorts of treasures

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This is for the bigger tools infrequently used

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This is the even more infrequently used tools

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[mossy1200]

Confucius says. Man in bathroom with tool in hand not necessarily plumber.

[unstuck]

BI hex sockets, free. Brake spring pliers, free. 10 mtr retractable air hose, free. Panelbeaters dolly set, free. I love it when the local repco store get their skip bin taken to the dump. And I love that I chose to do my community service at said dump. Now, whenever anything comes in like that, they deliver it to my door. Thank you NZ police and justice department. :headbang::headbang:

[Akzle]

Cheap wire strippers. I can't stand cutting and stripping wire with a craft knife, when this tool does it so neatly and easily.

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http://www.jaycar.com//products_uploaded/product_7240.jpg

[awayatc]

And I love that I chose to do my community service at said dump. Now, whenever anything comes in like that, they deliver it to my door. Thank you NZ police and justice department. :headbang::headbang:


Haha............

That will make you stop offending again...............

Tools........:brick:

[ellipsis]

...Im a chippy and a Luddite...that makes for a wanker with lots of handtools and 40 years of handling them...I'm not sure if it's because of a fault in my head, a true wish that the use of the tools of my trade are not lost or if I'm just a tight cunt that wont spend money...I had a boy that turned into a man, work for me for 25 years and he was into buying a new power tool whenever he could...I used to laugh at our differences on the job and give him a hard time for being, 'soft?...the few power tools I have had are past their use by date, as is their owner...as they burned out or broke I have decided not to replace them.

...one of the tools that I did succumb to buy was a framing nail gun, and I will admit that it has saved me many hours and a respite from an elbow and wrist that showed signs of the damage that a 24oz hammer will cause after flailing the fucking thing at small hard to see metal spikes for all those years...well, my youngest boy is 21 and a sparky and loves plastic boxes with power tools hidden inside them...a courier arrives here at least three times a week with a new largish cardboard box and when my son gets home in the evening I marvel at his shiny new tool that promptly gets put into the back of his down in the rear work vehicle...down in the arse end because of so many red, yellow, black and orange power tools in their boxes, stacked in it...

...today as per usual, the courier dropped off another medium sized cardboard box for him...my wife said, 'you are to open that, it's for you'...puzzled and a little bemused I opened it to find a present of a brand new Paslode framing nailer...my son helped me with a bit of a framing job last week and noticed that my already rebuilt and knocked around nailer was misfiring and the battery was falling out, and...and...

...anyway, I'm pretty stoked that my son noticed and thought of me...they are also bloody expensive...

[F5 Dave]

I borrowed one of those for the fence. Strangely fun. Much better than nailing esp where I was standing it was enough to hold a board.

[ellipsis]

...I have only managed to put one nail through my bodily parts once in the last ten years...not bad for the tens of thousands of nails it's fired...

[Big Dog]

...I have only managed to put one nail through my bodily parts once in the last ten years...not bad for the tens of thousands of nails it's fired...

That depends which body part.

My one must have before starting any job is a good sacrificial flat head. Saves a lot of money on your better screwdrivers if you have one ornery old flathead in easy reach when something needs a pry. Preferably one that a little time with the bench grinder can restore or sharpen the tip.

Given my bikes are daily riders I like to know where my impact driver is. Brake master cylinder screws have a nasty habit of seizing.


Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

[Big Dog]

Oh and an old canvas belt is magic if the fuck wit before you uses a tool to put an oil filter on.


Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

[bogan]

PS bogan not everyone feels the need to buy a $50 blade for use maybe once ever 3 years.......

But it does plastic as well, so maybe once every 2 year :2thumbsup: I also got an old one you can have for free, only missing a chunk of about 10 teeth :sweatdrop:

Guess the $250 steel cutting version would be a no go as well? I almost bought one to do sheet, except it makes a mess of sheet apparently, only good for thick stuff.

[Laava]

...Im a chippy and a Luddite...

...today as per usual, the courier dropped off another medium sized cardboard box for him...my wife said, 'you are to open that, it's for you'...puzzled and a little bemused I opened it to find a present of a brand new Paslode framing nailer...my son helped me with a bit of a framing job last week and noticed that my already rebuilt and knocked around nailer was misfiring and the battery was falling out, and...and...

...anyway, I'm pretty stoked that my son noticed and thought of me...they are also bloody expensive...

Is it an IM90? They are frikken awesome and pack a decent wallop that will bury a nail deep into LVL beams. But yes, expensive.

[ellipsis]

...no not the IM90...it's the CF325Li...much like my old heap of shit but brand spanking...it has a very small Li-Ion battery compared to the old things...

[unstuck]

...no not the IM90...it's the CF325Li...much like my old heap of shit but brand spanking...it has a very small Li-Ion battery compared to the old things...

Just about shat myself yesterday, when a chippy fired one of right next to the digger. I was following a 50kva power cable that comes out of a new cowshed, past where they are putting the shit pumps, and he was building a shed for the pumps. Fuck it was loud.:shit:

[awayatc]

Problem with having to many toys is the amount of special tools required...........

But you can't do the job without them,and at $100 an hour in the workshop still worth it.

I have got a whole heap of them .....most only used once....

So much more I "need",and even more I still want.

(Same with house renovations)

[Laava]

You are right there Awayatc, I still have tools I was required to have when I started my apprenticeship that I have never used! They were already redundant. Such as a no6 plane and a saw-set.

[ellipsis]

You are right there Awayatc, I still have tools I was required to have when I started my apprenticeship that I have never used! They were already redundant. Such as a no6 plane and a saw-set.


...my German Jack has had at least 8 hours on it since '73 when it was a required tool for an apprentice...one of the most heinous tools ever devised...a few more hours on the Disstons...I shudder to think of the rips I had to do on a stud length of rimu to take a 1/4 inch of material away...they are all hanging in my saw bag in the shed, totally redundant since the advent of chemically sharpened throw aways...

[Ocean1]

One of the "special" bits of kit I use rarely but you can't really do without is some seriously sized hydraulics.

I have a large enerpac pump and a few cylinders, toping out at an 80 ton x 100mm job.

I had a 6" hollow cylinder which was amazingly useful for pulling shit, (as opposed to pushing it), but like a lot of stuff I lent it to someone and now I can't remember who...

When your job is displaying any sort of reluctance to shift itself from it's current location to where you want it then you really can't beat hydraulics for insisting that the fucking thing does as it's told.

[ellipsis]

...yip...the most serious and handy tool I have ever owned was a two knuckled hiab with two extensions...ton and a half lift on full extension , all hanging off a tipping deck on an old D Series Ford...in conjunction with my TK with a 30 foot trailer I managed to get myself into lots of shit... I miss the hiab and all its wondrous capabilities...I could do an engine swap in any of my Holdens in under a couple of hours with no bending and struggling and only needed a wife or child to assist with a 4x2 lever for the final positioning...I got fucked off with shitting myself in some of the positions I got myself into working on the farms and boney Banks Peninsula hills and tracks...

[F5 Dave]

Just starting to get a little off topic of motorcycles. . .perhaps this has run its course anyhoo.



All I've decided I really need to buy is a mini belt sander & I'll have to incentivise myself a bit to do that for a little longer.

[The Pastor]

...my German Jack has had at least 8 hours on it since '73 when it was a required tool for an apprentice...one of the most heinous tools ever devised...a few more hours on the Disstons...I shudder to think of the rips I had to do on a stud length of rimu to take a 1/4 inch of material away...they are all hanging in my saw bag in the shed, totally redundant since the advent of chemically sharpened throw aways...


Whats a German Jack?

[ellipsis]

Whats a German Jack?

...a wooden block plane, for removing lots of material in a short time...wooden tongue held the blade at a ridiculously steep angle...torture to an apprentice, who usually got the 'orrible jobs...

[husaberg]

Whats a German Jack?

Jakob..............

[F5 Dave]

Last attempt to breathe life into this thread.
USD fork spring compressor (add tie down)

[F5 Dave]

Tool for removing GasGas PV mechanism . . . Until I realised you can push it out using the rods inside it once one end cap is off the correct side:facepalm:

[F5 Dave]

And I invested in a Rivnut tool. Which I hardly use but sometimes just the easiest solution. Damn hard not to strip the threads. Have to know when to stop unlike a pop riveter.

[husaberg]

299477
Husaberg KTM brake clutch bleeder
I use a syringe on the KTM50's best way ever they have no proper bleeder.
Make your own..........

[husaberg]

299479
Pipe cutter, PVC and Alkathyne I have had two both were "borrowed" by mates
They ratchet and do a beautiful cut..........
incase ya wondering why alkathne has lots of uses on bikes, as frame protecters and sleeves over stuff etc.

[F5 Dave]

Damn rubber bungs keep coming off syringes, last one is knackered modern small ones now seem to use o-rings which stay put. Not seen a horse size one like that. Hmm Ali search I think.

[husaberg]

Damn rubber bungs keep coming off syringes, last one is knackered modern small ones now seem to use o-rings which stay put. Not seen a horse size one like that. Hmm Ali search I think.

They come in huge ssizes and yes for Horses/Cattle ask a vet..........
I used to use them for premix too but we had heaps of them then.

[F5 Dave]

Who do I know who's a Horse vet? Oh wait, my niece is training. Shweet.

[Ocean1]

Just starting to get a little off topic of motorcycles. . .perhaps this has run its course anyhoo.



All I've decided I really need to buy is a mini belt sander & I'll have to incentivise myself a bit to do that for a little longer.

Ah, you wanted BIKE tools? :facepalm:

The only one that springs to mind is a big old spoke, with a bit of 20mm conduit tube cross-drilled and fitted under the spoke nipple.

For pulling springs off. Can't beat it.


I've got a Makita hand-held belt sander, like a wider version of that power file someone posted earlier, 25mm belts, can get belts with all sorts of aggregates, from very fine to half-bricks. Quite useful but not what I'd call indispensable.

[Ocean1]

Who do I know who's a Horse vet? Oh wait, my niece is training. Shweet.

I used to buy them from the chemist. Honest. No funny looks, even.

[husaberg]

I used to buy them from the chemist. Honest. No funny looks, even.

Actually that could be an endless supply........I wonder do they still do used needle exchanges lol.
While on the subject of misuse of farm supplies I used to use docking rings for securing handgrips better than lockwire, cause it does not cut your gloves and is colour coded
I wonder if they are in a pic. (look on the ends or handlebars)
The uv gets to them after a while. I used to use them for securing tanks and for anti-vibeing bolts fairings etc as well.
the tool that is made to apply them is called an Elastrator they are used to humanly remove tails and the balls on er...young bulls and ram lambs........

[Ocean1]

Actually that could be an endless supply........I wonder do they still do used needle exchanges lol.

Dunno. I don't use syringes anymore, I've got a pneumatic vacuum pump that does it better.

[husaberg]

Dunno. I don't use syringes anymore, I've got a pneumatic vacuum pump that does it better.

bet ya Never done a KTM 50 rear brake though Ocean.
I have to use a 2.5ml syringe for them........
The power bleeder would never fit. plus I can push the fluid through with it as well. Regardless it sure beats the old jar method.....

[F5 Dave]

Ah, you wanted BIKE tools? :facepalm:

The only one that springs to mind is a big old spoke, with a bit of 20mm conduit tube cross-drilled and fitted under the spoke nipple.

For pulling springs off. Can't beat .

Yeah I've got a couple of those edges trimmed to a hook, and an ever shortening shop broom.

[The Pastor]

I really enjoy my 90 degree screw driver

http://www.speedwerxstore.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1840

also the other staple in my garage is the MANBAR - a big ass steel pipe http://www.detroitnippleworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/steel-pipe.jpg

and what bush mecanic can live without the hammer - http://www.myrideisme.com/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Rubber-Mallet-Best-Tools-for-Garage.jpg - pretty nails make working so much easier!

and what about the Nut Fu*ker? http://julierushracing.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/spanner.jpg?w=614

[ellipsis]

..you have it all covered with those specialist items...

[F5 Dave]

My nutfucker I should have taken a picture of. its like 6 or 700mm & I first spied it in a M10 I used to frequent often on the walk back to work. Was $145 but looked cool. After a year or two it went down to $90 & I was tempted but no sale. Then one day before they were about to move to become a Mega it has a yellow sticker for $45 or maybe less. That's mine.

Don't use it often & not on nuts, but as an adjustable clamp bending lever it's supreme.

[Big Dog]

I really enjoy my 90 degree screw driver

http://www.speedwerxstore.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1840

also the other staple in my garage is the MANBAR - a big ass steel pipe http://www.detroitnippleworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/steel-pipe.jpg

and what bush mecanic can live without the hammer - http://www.myrideisme.com/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Rubber-Mallet-Best-Tools-for-Garage.jpg - pretty nails make working so much easier!

and what about the Nut Fu*ker? http://julierushracing.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/spanner.jpg?w=614

I have 2 of those. Both over 20 years old.
One was under the bonnet when I got a car back from a mechanic. The other was in the ceiling of my dad's shop I was helping to rewire. Both get used for all sorts of shit but only get used on nuts when I don't have the right size spanner / socket or something is being deconstructed permanently.

Wasn't always the case but a few fucked knuckles fixed that.


Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

[pritch]

I used to use docking rings for securing handgrips better than lockwire, cause it does not cut your gloves and is colour coded


I used a docking ring as a shock absorber in a semi auto pistol.

Has Blackbird been in with a link to his laser wheel alignment tool?

[ellipsis]

...my 2ft Crescent, or shifting spanner as it's known by many, gets used only occasionally and seldom near nuts, mainly like you F5 Dave, as a metal bender...I worked on a job (yank) where a 4ft shifter with an 8 foot cheater bar slipped over it with an eye welded on the end to attach an air winch, was the way we dealt to big sub sea brass nuts that held our blow out preventer together...but the yanks are a bit like that with lots of stuff they do...I have a 3in crescent that I just like to play with and look at, but has its uses, now and again...

[Flip]

Ok you asked for it. This is my favorite tool of all time.

Its the one thing I use all the time and it fits on 80% of all the fittings on the Landy, MG and Harley.

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[nodrog]

........ where a 4ft shifter with an 8 foot cheater bar slipped over it with an eye welded on the end to attach an air winch........

I love it when you talk dirty.

[Ocean1]

bet ya Never done a KTM 50 rear brake though Ocean.
I have to use a 2.5ml syringe for them........
The power bleeder would never fit. plus I can push the fluid through with it as well. Regardless it sure beats the old jar method.....

Nope, no KTM 50s. Does it help if you turn the wee fuckers upside down?


Don't use it often & not on nuts, but as an adjustable clamp bending lever it's supreme.

I use 'em all the time. Not for most jobs, but they've got a place, in spite of what some say.

Except the one I bought in England. Was a Polish item, (I was broke). With an arsy-boo helix on the thumb screw. I could use it if I could watch what I was doing but after spending half an hour upside down inside a pasteurising machine trying to get onto a bolt I couldn't see and could only just reach I threw the fucking thing into the Thames.

[tigertim20]

mine would have to be my trusty old dremel. has been worth its weight in gold, even if the first one shat itself the second time it was used and needed to be replaced in the first week of ownership . . .

[speights_bud]

I did a shop on Torpedo7 when they were clearing out their workshop tools, Bought a bunch of odds and ends. $5 spring puller which has been magic.

Vice grip clutch basket holder, never used it yet, but when I'm pissed off i'm sure it'll be great. was something like $15
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[F5 Dave]

Yeah I bought one of those but I've never used it. Tend to use the steel clutch plate welded to a handle (with diff plates on each side).

my first dremel got retired recently (given to a mate). New one with adjustable speed is a pain as you have to turn up from slow with buttons every time -yawn. My Bosch grinder is the next 2 sizes up and gets used extensively. I also have 3 air grinders which are better still but plug in electricity wins 9 time out of ten for ease of use.

[ellipsis]

I love it when you talk dirty.


...don't drool on my tool...

[Akzle]

Yeah I bought one of those but I've never used it. Tend to use the steel clutch plate welded to a handle (with diff plates on each side).

my first dremel got retired recently (given to a mate). New one with adjustable speed is a pain as you have to turn up from slow with buttons every time -yawn. My Bosch grinder is the next 2 sizes up and gets used extensively. I also have 3 air grinders which are better still but plug in electricity wins 9 time out of ten for ease of use.

you fuken pussy. You need to put a 150psi ring main in.

[F5 Dave]

Yeah but I don't need the constant compressor noise and it's never full for when I just need to do a 5min job.

[Flip]

There are a few more in the work ute also.

299501

I also use a pneumatic die grinder from time to time with several burs (rotary files). A dremel just doesent cut the mustard.

[Motu]

Some wimpy Cresents out there. I've always called this the railway spanner, and I think they were used for sleepers. Soft jaws and they don't open very wide, but great to use - it balances with a finger just behind the head, so you can wind something up choking behind the head, and then use full leverage to snug it up. Was useful when I worked on compressors and did some pipeline work.

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[Motu]

Stuff I haven't used for 30 years, the sticker on my wife's toolbox is the clue...she was the one who had pre unit Triumphs. First are the camshaft gear tools, for removing and fitting camshaft gears, needed for setting up with a degree wheel. Then the crankshaft gear puller, next the clutch hub puller - a friend of mine used to make those for some pocket money. Last is my homemade clutch adjusting tool.

299503

[unstuck]

Some wimpy Cresents out there. I've always called this the railway spanner, and I think they were used for sleepers. Soft jaws and they don't open very wide, but great to use - it balances with a finger just behind the head, so you can wind something up choking behind the head, and then use full leverage to snug it up. Was useful when I worked on compressors and did some pipeline work.



Looks like a Clyeburn English key.:niceone:

[Flip]

Pipe wrenches. I use the 24" all the time. I can't find my 12" ones I believe they were stolen by a casual when I lent him my ute. Its a bit of a pisser because one was a light weight aliminium one.

299504

As far a spanners go I cant go past those old fasioned double open ender ring spanners. I know they are old school but I find them very handy.

[F5 Dave]

A workmate has a saying; - don't attribute to malice, what can be explained by incompetence or stupidity.

Probably find he left it on a job somewhere.

[Flip]

No the only error on my part was leaving my ute at work with my tools still in it while I was on leave. There was a whole lot of things I lost, odd things like soldering irons and multi meters.

These are my sets of double open enders.

299505

If I could find a 10/12 and 13/14 I would be a happy man.

[F5 Dave]

Um, . . . Time to check your prescription Phil. Those open enders look kind of. . . Un open.

[unstuck]

Um, . . . Time to check your prescription Phil. Those open enders look kind of. . . Un open.

That statement has a RING of truth about it.:yes:

[Erelyes]

Can someone recommend a multi-tool type thing designed to replace the factory toolkit, that would suit a zooki?

I already have a little tool thing for my key-ring that has a couple things (small phillips, small flathead, serrated blade, sharp blade, and can opener) but some sort of compact combo spanner with larger screwheads and some allen keys etc would be cool.

[Motu]

After years of struggling with body clips, these are the best things ever. Sooooo happy I got a pair. If you ever have to work on Honda quads, these are for you.

http://www.wurth.co.nz/cat/files/assets/downloads/page0179.pdf

[F5 Dave]

Can someone recommend a multi-tool type thing designed to replace the factory toolkit, that would suit a zooki?

I already have a little tool thing for my key-ring that has a couple things (small phillips, small flathead, serrated blade, sharp blade, and can opener) but some sort of compact combo spanner with larger screwheads and some allen keys etc would be cool.
Not really. That's why factory tools are many pieces. Go buy one from a wrecker making sure the spanner sizes fit your wheel nuts

[Ocean1]

Not really. That's why factory tools are many pieces. Go buy one from a wrecker making sure the spanner sizes fit your wheel nuts

Early Suzuki kit tools were crap. Yamaha not much better. You could impress the fuck out of the girlfriend by bending the 10mm/12mm open ender around your finger.

I still have 1/2 sets of spanners I originally bought to replace the 3 or 4 in bike kits.

[F5 Dave]

SVs are mid 90s. I mean there's not much you can fix on the road, but a leatherman multitool isn't going to save the day like some people seem to imagine. This side of a few bits to get to the fuses , bulbs or replace a petrol tube, maybe pull off a wheel you'd be better served with a credit card & a cell phone. Oh and a small pump & tubeless repair kit. But there is already a tools on bike thread elsewhere I seem to remember

[ellipsis]

...I have a Harley...the only tool it ever needs is me...

[mossy1200]

...I have a Harley...the only tool it ever needs is me...



95% of Harleys are still on the road.

The other 5% made it home.

[Gremlin]

95% of Harleys are still on the road.

The other 5% made it home.
Said that during a USA tour to about 30 Harley lovers... I'm still breathing obviously, but if looks could kill at the time :lol:

[Ocean1]

SVs are mid 90s.

Earlier Suzukis.

Much earlier.

:facepalm:

[Motu]

My best tool of the year is my Wurth body clip pliers, but I'm also really happy with my new verniers. My old Mitutoyo verniers got relegated to the home toolbox when I got some Mitutoyo digital ones - my eyes couldn't read the old ones anymore, and I liked being able to flip between metric and imperial. They finally died, and I replaced them with some Limit triple read out ones - they do fractions! Getting down to decimals is good for precision work, but in larger stuff we still work in fractions. Like, is that 22mm, or 7/8'' ?

http://www.limit.se/FineToolsAPI/FineDriver.aspx?%3Cgetpage%20naviid=%27alias!produ ctiframepage.limit_09%27/%3E

[speights_bud]

My best tool of the year is my Wurth body clip pliers, but I'm also really happy with my new verniers. My old Mitutoyo verniers got relegated to the home toolbox when I got some Mitutoyo digital ones - my eyes couldn't read the old ones anymore, and I liked being able to flip between metric and imperial. They finally died, and I replaced them with some Limit triple read out ones - they do fractions! Getting down to decimals is good for precision work, but in larger stuff we still work in fractions. Like, is that 22mm, or 7/8'' ?

http://www.limit.se/FineToolsAPI/FineDriver.aspx?%3Cgetpage%20naviid=%27alias!produ ctiframepage.limit_09%27/%3E
I saw those in a flyer at work recently, looked quite good actually because I'm a metric baby and not very fast with the non common fractions on the spot. I have 2x 200mm sets of the $400ish ip67 mitutoyo digitals. First pair got a hard life doing general machining apprenticeship but trusty as ever and still coolant proof. Got the second as a nice set when I started toolmaking. Can't rate them highly enough, love the auto on/off.

[Motu]

Yeah, the auto on always gives me a fright, but I'll soon think it's normal. I grew up with Imperial, so mentally flipping between is sort of easy for me, but normal verniers are in 1/10ths, and digital are decimal. A lot of stock is still in fractions, and so are fittings, and working on a variety of stuff you don't know what you're playing with...if it converts to an easy fraction you know what you've got.

[F5 Dave]

I use the back of a steel rule for fractions. Have about 3 digital callipers about the place but only 2 work at one time. There only seems to be about 2 heads common to most brands and the price varies considerably.

[ellipsis]

...I cannot tolerate, intolerance...

[blackdog]

Scored some Verniers at the op shop last week.

Bleckmann Solingen Germany. They seem to be of a higher than average quality.

I hope the $4 I paid isn't more than they are worth.

[speights_bud]

Sieg bench grinder bought off trade me yesterday. Arrived today. At 35 bucks + Shipping can't really go wrong? Seems to work ok, will mount it up at home tonight.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/browse/listing.aspx?id=778609971&/listing?rfm=1


http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/09/09/efee7996844098c998caca059b9ac8f1.jpg

[bogan]

Sieg bench grinder bought off trade me yesterday. Arrived today. At 35 bucks + Shipping can't really go wrong? Seems to work ok, will mount it up at home tonight.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/browse/listing.aspx?id=778609971&/listing?rfm=1


http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/09/09/efee7996844098c998caca059b9ac8f1.jpg

150W? fuck I can hand file more powerfully than that shit...

[blackdog]

Not motor related at all, but here are some of my favourite tools as I was getting prepared for a couple of jobs over the weekend.

Tool of the day was a newly acquired pair of ball tweezerz. Magnificent when you are dealing with threading a bead onto a 1.2mm diameter barbell.

[speights_bud]

150W? fuck I can hand file more powerfully than that shit...
150mm wheel, and 1/4hp motor @ 2950rpm

Ahh but yes I can see that the auction says 150W at the top...
, http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/09/09/d40118d1900cd026fbe8d02eec6fc49e.jpg

[F5 Dave]

150W? fuck I can hand file more powerfully than that shit...
Most grinders have tiny motors. I have two grinders besides each other, a course, a fine stone on one & a buffer & a wire wheel on the other. Wire wheel & a fine that you replace occasionally would be best compromise. If I had the spare benchspace & pingas I’d run one of those ones with the linishing belt.

[bogan]

Not motor related at all, but here are some of my favourite tools as I was getting prepared for a couple of jobs over the weekend.

Tool of the day was a newly acquired pair of ball tweezerz. Magnificent when you are dealing with threading a bead onto a 1.2mm diameter barbell.

Glad you clarified it was for barbell balls :blink:


Most grinders have tiny motors. I have two grinders besides each other, a course, a fine stone on one & a buffer & a wire wheel on the other. Wire wheel & a fine that you replace occasionally would be best compromise. If I had the spare benchspace & pingas I’d run one of those ones with the linishing belt.


Yeh, I'll go with Tim the Toolman on this one though.

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[blackdog]

Glad you clarified it was for barbell balls :blink:

Yeah definitely too small for the purpose you have in mind.

I'll proffer that a pair of ice tongs might be tool of the day for that.

[awa355]

150W? fuck I can hand file more powerfully than that shit...

Got that right, Bought an el cheepo bench grinder once. The wind blowing through the garage door was enough to drag the grinding stones to a stop. :yes:

[husaberg]

Took bloody ages to find this thread again Dave
I have a couple of cheap throw-away holesaw sets
I also have quite a few more Expensive bimetal hole saws in various sizes.
They are great for fabing up a cylinder spacer or end cone for a silencer or whatever making a wooden pattern(I have no mill)
I always seem to have the wrong size in bimetal and end up buying an another one at 30-80 bucks realistically I could have brought a mill by now.
So I seen one of these on the net $10 or so. \It will likely be crap but up to 120mm in whatever size I want. should be fine on wood or alloy
http://www.trademe.co.nz/building-renovation/tools/hand-tools/drills/auction-958209093.htm
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[Tazz]

Took bloody ages to find this thread again Dave
I have a couple of cheap throw-away holesaw sets
I also have quite a few more Expensive bimetal hole saws in various sizes.
They are great for fabing up a cylinder spacer or end cone for a silencer or whatever making a wooden pattern(I have no mill)
I always seem to have the wrong size in bimetal and end up buying an another one at 30-80 bucks realistically I could have brought a mill by now.
So I seen one of these on the net $10 or so. \It will likely be crap but up to 120mm in whatever size I want. should be fine on wood or alloy
http://www.trademe.co.nz/building-renovation/tools/hand-tools/drills/auction-958209093.htm
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I've got one similar to that. It is fucking horrible. Paid some insane amount for it from George Henry and Co, drove 1.5hrs to where I was living only to end up using a few hours, a drill and a jigsaw instead. Grrr.

[husaberg]

I've got one similar to that. It is fucking horrible. Paid some insane amount for it from George Henry and Co, drove 1.5hrs to where I was living only to end up using a few hours, a drill and a jigsaw instead. Grrr.

You sir have ruined my day. (other than it seems you paid more than $12 )
what was the issues?
My father has one of those tiny Unimat model lathes I was planning on stealing some cutters tools from it though.
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I was only going to use it on thin AL alloy and wood.

[bogan]

Thin ali might be one of the worst uses for it as it'll hook up just when it is about to bite through, and if you're foolish enough not to have clamped it down properly, be prepared to lose a few digits...

Unless you also went el-cheapo on the drill press (gutless is a safety feature), in which case good luck even getting it to bite through :bleh:

My tool of the day would be a 600mm crescent, sick of fucking stilson marks on our pipework. Bonus is if your plebs don't use it, it doubles as an excellent bludgeon.

[Tazz]

You sir have ruined my day. (other than it seems you paid more than $12 )
what was the issues?
My father has one of those tiny Unimat model lathes I was planning on stealing some cutters tools from it though.
316398
I was only going to use it on thin AL alloy and wood.

Well, only good for press drill, no good on anything not dead flat and struggled with the supplied cutter from memory. Was a good 8 years ago.

Those sized lathes are great. Got one at the shop. From the US so the adjustments on it are all fucked up size tools, but it's quality kit. The watchmakers ones are really neat though.

[husaberg]

Well, only good for press drill, no good on anything not dead flat and struggled with the supplied cutter from memory. Was a good 8 years ago.

Those sized lathes are great. Got one at the shop. From the US so the adjustments on it are all fucked up size tools, but it's quality kit. The watchmakers ones are really neat though.

That's all right I was only going to use it for the dress press and on flat surfaces.

I remember talking all day to make some bar end plugs on one when I was a teenager, neat but bloody slow the Unimat appears to reasonably well made. but bloody tedious. I think it would only swing 80mm or something.
it would be all right for wheel spacers and bushes.


Thin ali might be one of the worst uses for it as it'll hook up just when it is about to bite through, and if you're foolish enough not to have clamped it down properly, be prepared to lose a few digits...

Unless you also went el-cheapo on the drill press (gutless is a safety feature), in which case good luck even getting it to bite through :bleh:

My tool of the day would be a 600mm crescent, sick of fucking stilson marks on our pipework. Bonus is if your plebs don't use it, it doubles as an excellent bludgeon.




Yes Bogan that's what the funny clamp things are for on the bottom of the drill press. I still have all fingers and thumbs.
Funny enough where I used to work had to ban crescents as some of the staff were not smart enough to figure out what way around they go. (true story)

[neels]

My tool of the day would be a 600mm crescent, sick of fucking stilson marks on our pipework. Bonus is if your plebs don't use it, it doubles as an excellent bludgeon.
Trouble with a crescent is that you have to go to 2ft long to get a decent jaw size, unlike this little chap that I found in a box with a few of his friends when we were having a clean out at work, so thought I should bring one home for annoying things like basin/bath wastes and other large odd sized hex (or if you're desperate square) things.

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[Tazz]

That's all right I was only going to use it for the dress press and on flat surfaces.

I remember talking all day to make some bar end plugs on one when I was a teenager, neat but bloody slow the Unimat appears to reasonably well made. but bloody tedious. I think it would only swing 80mm or something.
it would be all right for wheel spacers and bushes.

Yes Bogan that's what the funny clamp things are for on the bottom of the drill press. I still have all fingers and thumbs.

The one we've got can hold 5 different tools in a rotating chuck set up, thing :laugh:, so once you've got it all dialed in you can churn shit out in no time which is pretty sweet.

[Shaun Harris]

Torque wrench every day all day, next is Verniers

[bogan]

Yes Bogan that's what the funny clamp things are for on the bottom of the drill press. I still have all fingers and thumbs.
Funny enough where I used to work had to ban crescents as some of the staff were not smart enough to figure out what way around they go. (true story)

What, all thirteen of them? :bleh:
That's just tool abuse, staff needs banning instead.

[Bikemad]

Yokel........J.A.W......

[F5 Dave]

Oh fuckn please don't.

[ellipsis]

...A job I worked on once, had a 14lb, big hammer a blunt and rusted handsaw, a four foot Crescent and a six foot cheater bar with a bent bit of 1/2 inch rod welded onto the end to hook up to the strop of an air winch, in a rusty toolbox...I always dreaded the words," Red, get the Crescent...

[Pumba]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/building-renovation/tools/hand-tools/drills/auction-958209093.htm

Just bought one of those, except slightly larger to cut some holes in the celling and under the eve so I could vent the dryer outside.

Got to say I found it a bit dodgy to use. But it performed the task I asked. Using it in the drill press would make it safer fore sure just be careful of the bite and make sure you get the two arms in the right place and tight (one of the grub screws loosened off after the first cut) because they are supper hard to hold onto when they are out of balance

[husaberg]

Just bought one of those, except slightly larger to cut some holes in the celling and under the eve so I could vent the dryer outside.

Got to say I found it a bit dodgy to use. But it performed the task I asked. Using it in the drill press would make it safer fore sure just be careful of the bite and make sure you get the two arms in the right place and tight (one of the grub screws loosened off after the first cut) because they are supper hard to hold onto when they are out of balance

With two cutting points it always going to be grabby.
But its got to safer than one of these.

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[husaberg]

Tried the cutter works fine a bit slow and only goes down to 35mm ish. Still have all my fingers.

Next tool of the day suggestion
Gasket marker, yes a bit more messy than grease, ring spanner end for holes
316444

[Flip]

My wee myford lathe. Had it for years. Don't useit every week but I have every tool forone of these incl the milling table.

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[husaberg]

My wee myford lathe. Had it for years. Don't useit every week but I have every tool forone of these incl the milling table.



Can you feel the hate being directed at you Flip:clap:

[bogan]

But no DRO :bleh: How do you even use that?

I am getting some deja vu though...

[Akzle]

But no DRO :bleh: How do you even use that?

I am getting some deja vu though...

with skill

[bogan]

with skill

Sorry, the correct answer is, 'slowly'

[Flip]

Can you feel the hate being directed at you Flip:clap:

Just tool love.

Second place is this old double open ender. 7/16 1/2"

[neels]

My wee myford lathe. Had it for years.
Looks remarkably similar to the one in my dad's workshop, spent many a happy hour spinning things up on it.


Just tool love.

Second place is this old double open ender. 7/16 1/2"
Always preferred a 1/2 9/16" myself, mainly because you could dismantle most of a ford cortina with it.

[F5 Dave]

Don't they disassemble themselves?

[jonbuoy]

3 inch mini angle grinder - not much bigger than a dremel and with 1mm slitting discs it's perfect for sheet metal work.

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/331340268660?_mwBanner=1

[Oshhh]

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11/03/794e6248e61e9a9bd779656b7df63f0f.jpg
$120+ for a bike stand/lift? Lol nah Bo. Scissor Jacks are just as good and adjustable.
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[jasonu]

Piston pin removal tool.
Well worth having.
$15 from Amazon. (or $250NZD by the time you freight it and pay customs, duty etc...)
317194

[jasonu]

Knipex ratcheting slip joint vise grip pliers.
These beauties will get you out of many a pickle. The jaws open parallel and have a very light or very huge clamping force. They are very sensitive and will clamp as soft or as hard as you want.
Not cheap. These 3 are worth about $200USD.
I got mine for free from my last (bunch 'o cunts) employer. They were just lying around so I assumed they didn't want them anymore...
317195

[husaberg]

336440
Wish I had these now years ago now.

[Grumph]

Not a tool - but an addition to one. I've made up a foot switch for my drill press. Electrical contractor I worked for had one on the workshop drill press and I liked it. What I had on hand was a limit switch for a powered door so it got mounted on a block of wood. You only need interrupt the phase wire.
Mine needs constant pressure to run so effectively a deadmans switch too. No idea what is available over the counter - innovation (and insulation) is your friend.
Hands free use of the drill - very useful.

[F5 Dave]

336440
Wish I had these now years ago now.
Yeah I had to buy another set to get into a master cylinder circlip that avoided my other sets.

I'd forgotten about this thread.

[husaberg]

Yeah I had to buy another set to get into a master cylinder circlip that avoided my other sets.

I'd forgotten about this thread.

I was looking for a picture of something and came across one I had posted in the thread.
But every time I go past a second hand shop I always have a rummage through the tools for that amazing tool I never knew I needed.

Odd thing is you hardly ever seem to see real interesting stuff just the same old crap.
where do all the dolly hammers, 3 leg pullers, clamps and spoke shaves go

[pete376403]

Second hand tool shop in Jackson St, Petone has some diamonds among the dross. Prices tend to be a bit up there.

[F5 Dave]

Never see anything in there worth the iron oxide shite in drawers.
Maybe I should return.

[Ocean1]

Second hand tool shop in Jackson St, Petone has some diamonds among the dross. Prices tend to be a bit up there.


Never see anything in there worth the iron oxide shite in drawers.
Maybe I should return.

A "bit" up there? The prices are an absolute nonsense, the first few times I was in there, (over maybe 5 years) the stock hadn't changed at all, haven't been back in over a decade.

[Owl]

1 metre long breaker bar. Mint for removing that really tight stuff.

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[ellipsis]

1 metre long breaker bar. Mint for removing that really tight stuff.

336457

...I only ever remember that I should have acquired one of those years before, when there is blood and shit hanging from my knuckles and I've run out of expletives...

[Graystone]

1 metre long breaker bar. Mint for removing that really tight stuff.

336457

Looks like an expensive bit of 20mm pipe to me...

No pic, but mine would be a 1.2m long 1/2 drive extension, cos fuck you top bell housing bolts.

[Owl]

Looks like an expensive bit of 20mm pipe to me...

Nah, that's why I have two.:D

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[F5 Dave]

Used mine today. So much more control when you have leverage to spare

[husaberg]

Just found mine.
On top of the water cylinder?
http://static1.shop033.com/resources/6E/3950/picture/7C/15046268.jpg (http://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjFnbPw6OHaAhWIurwKHdR9BFEQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.sydneycitymotorcycles.com.au %2Fp%2F1172220%2Fcable-oiler.html&psig=AOvVaw3rWjLXfue8So2iB8Z9e9Cb&ust=1525171511176606)

[GazzaH]

A knob compressor?

Cigar slitter?

[husaberg]

A knob compressor?

Cigar slitter?
Cable oiler..........
I have had one for about 30 years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crJoG6MsHjQ

[Owl]

Socket I modified with a dremel to torque my Triumph steering head bearings. Worked well, but no longer have a use for it unless I buy another Triumph.

336501

[husaberg]

Socket I modified with a dremel to torque my Triumph steering head bearings. Worked well, but no longer have a use for it unless I buy another Triumph.

336501
Guy I used to work with modified sockets the same as that to undo Honda centrifugal Filter nuts on the singles and clutch centre nuts.
Far cheaper than the proper Honda tool.
Note as a general rule the rear axel can be screwed in used as a puller on most Honda singles flywheels.

[speights_bud]

I couldn't stop thinking about this thread while using this "tool". This "10 minute job" started 7pm yesterday (6hrs ago) and I've just finished.

The back story...
Town water supply got chlorinated just over a year ago. We noticed our daughter got really bad skin as a result so I installed a full house carbon-decholrination dual filter unit.

Tonight I popped the filter out to check the condition of the paper prefilter and carbon filter. When I put the carbon one back in it must not have lined up right or something weird.

This meant when I turned the water back on it pumped a couple of kilos of carbon chips through the entire house water system and blocked at all the taps. Fuck!

This is the contraption I created with the random shit in the shed. It allowed me to back flush using the neighbours hose in the opposite direction to our mains via the toilet cistern inlet. Switching back and forth from the toilet inlet to the mains and all the other taps after 5 hours everything is clear again.


Moral of the story, never throw anything out.
Parts listed:

Gas fitting tap, water tap, plastic injection mould water fittings from my last job. Water crimp fitting from a junk box, air line fittings etc.

Last but not least the black piece of hose was the piece I cut out 12 months ago to fit the filter system in-line!

Fuck me days it's time for bed! https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181105/7ff1ad31b8d0b34c4a9e2d03056f72d7.jpg

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[F5 Dave]

Great ingenuity dude.

[husaberg]

I couldn't stop thinking about this thread while using this "tool". This "10 minute job" started 7pm yesterday (6hrs ago) and I've just finished.

The back story...
Town water supply got chlorinated just over a year ago. We noticed our daughter got really bad skin as a result so I installed a full house carbon-decholrination dual filter unit.

Tonight I popped the filter out to check the condition of the paper pre=filter and carbon filter. When I put the carbon one back in it must not have lined up right or something weird.

This meant when I turned the water back on it pumped a couple of kilos of carbon chips through the entire house water system and blocked at all the taps. Fuck!

This is the contraption I created with the random shit in the shed. It allowed me to back flush using the neighbours hose in the opposite direction to our mains via the toilet cistern inlet. Switching back and forth from the toilet inlet to the mains and all the other taps after 5 hours everything is clear again.


Moral of the story, never throw anything out.
Parts listed:

Gas fitting tap, water tap, plastic injection mould water fittings from my last job. Water crimp fitting from a junk box, air line fittings etc.

Last but not least the black piece of hose was the piece I cut out 12 months ago to fit the filter system in-line!

Fuck me days it's time for bed! https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181105/7ff1ad31b8d0b34c4a9e2d03056f72d7.jpg

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Cool stuff i dont really know how it works but some filter housing back wash via a simple tap like this.
A friend tried to explain to me once it but it seemed gobbidygook.

That something this simple would work.
http://h2oshoponline.com.au/image/cache/data/amiad%201-500x500.jpg
he claimed just opening the tap back washs the filter.
I would say it doesn't but if it was rigged with a few taps to reverse the flow direction it could.


Were we live we are on a bore typical its full of iron, while i know how to make a simple aerator isand filter with a shower nozzle and base for the filter and corrugated pipe to increase the aeration.
but i have resisted as i don't want to pump the water twice and i could never find a suitable simple auto backwash.

My thoughts on a backwash ideally it would work on say tee off chocked down with jet triggering so it took say 0.05% water to fill a toilet cysteine so it would somehow operate say every 1000 liters.
but i could never figure how they get them to auto flush.

My other thoughts were to simplify the old shower base filters and just just a pool sand filter. and maybe use a compressor air injection pre sand filter but i couldn't then figure out how to get the air out properly unless i just could get away with feeding it into a sealed reservoir?

So any ideas would be greatly appreciated.


EDIT
i get your one you just reversed the mains flow.
We had wood chips end up in our pipes after some renos it took ages and was blocking the upstairs shower quite regularly.

[speights_bud]

I wonder if that unit uses a venturi (sp?) effect to draw water back through the system?
Cool stuff i dont really know how it works but some filter housing back wash via a simple tap like this.
A friend tried to explain to me once it but it seemed gobbidygook.

That something this simple would work.
http://h2oshoponline.com.au/image/cache/data/amiad%201-500x500.jpg
he claimed just opening the tap back washs the filter.
I would say it doesn't but if it was rigged with a few taps to reverse the flow diection it could.


We are on a bore typical for my area its full of iron while i know how to make a simple aerator isand filter with a shower nozzle and base for the filter and corrugated pipe to increase the aeration.
but i have resisted as i dont want to pump the water twice and i could never find a suitable simple auto backwash.

Why thoughts on a backwash ideally it would work on say tee off chocked down with jet triggering so it took say 0.05% water to fill a toilet cystein so it would somehow operate say every 1000 liters.
but i could never figure how they get them to auto flush.

My other thoughts were to simplify the old shower base filters and just just a pool sand filter. and maybe use a compressor air injection pre sand filter but i couldnt then figure out how to get the air out properly unless i just could get away with feeding it into a sealed reservoir?

So any ideas would be greatly appreciated.


EDIT
i get your one you just reversed the mains flow.
We had wood chips end up in our pipes after some renos it took ages and was blocking the upstairs shower quite regularly.

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[husaberg]

I wonder if that unit uses a venturi (sp?) effect to draw water back through the system?

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No idea but they do flush out when opened while running maybe not back flush but more agitation effect?
They are most commonly seem on irrigation filters ? (athough a lot of housings seem to have un-drilled provision for them.
The filter housings are much easier to open too if you can drain the water out first of course. (Suction)
I have never taken much notice to which way the water flows weather its outside to in or inside to out on a std filter i use follow the direction arrow.:scratch:
I would say its always outside to inside filter medium.
So to if a bypass tap and line was put in you could use the tap at bottom to create a inside to outside flow with the tap leading to waste.
I will draw a pic.

I drew it left handed (dont ask)
three vales two tees two elbows to manually backwash the filter.
i always had mime set up to by pass so i could still wash the filter without having to put it together again with another filter or bypass the filter and dosatron i had set up for stock water minerals entirely.

[Blackbird]

Here’s my Tool of the Day although I’m probably the tool for needing it in the first place.

We’ve got a 2 storey house and the piping from the kitchen sink upstairs has a very shallow angle drop between the floors for around 5 or 6 metres before dropping vertically to the drain collector on the outside of the house.

Any bits of sticky leftover food matter (especially leftover rice), needs a lot of water to drive it along the shallow drop. Now and again, it sticks to the pipe, occasionally blocks it and the waste water behind it builds up. First time it happened, I tried caustic soda and it did bugger-all. Plumbers are hard to get at the drop of a hat up our way and charge like a wounded bull so a bit of desperate innovation was called for.

With the twists and turns, it would have been hard to get a garden hose down to punch its way through so decided to try the compressor I carry on the Suzuki. It’s just an Arlec compressor from the Warehouse that I’ve taken the case off to make it nice and compact (see pic). I then cut out a square of foam rubber and a thin bit of stiff board and force fitted a piece of plastic pipe through which the nozzle end of the compressor could grip. (see pic)

Unscrewed the U bend underneath the sink so that there was a bare pipe end. Attached the compressor to a 12v battery and pushed the foam rubber square against the drain pipe end. The backed-up water meant there wasn’t much of an air gap and it only took a few seconds of pressure to blow the rice loose.

Have learned my lesson but on the odd occasion I forget not to flush food scraps and block it, it’s a pretty instant fix with no mess and no plumbing bills!

[speights_bud]

Here’s my Tool of the Day although I’m probably the tool for needing it in the first place.

We’ve got a 2 storey house and the piping from the kitchen sink upstairs has a very shallow angle drop between the floors of around 5 or 6 metres before dropping vertically to the drain collector on the outside of the house.

Any bits of sticky leftover food matter (especially leftover rice), needs a lot of water to drive it along the shallow drop. Now and again, it sticks to the pipe, occasionally blocks it and the waste water behind it builds up. First time it happened, I tried caustic soda and it did bugger-all. Plumbers are hard to get at the drop of a hat up our way and charge like a wounded bull so a bit of desperate innovation was called for.

With the twists and turns, it would have been hard to get a garden hose down to punch its way through so decided to try the compressor I carry on the Suzuki. It’s just an Arlec compressor from the Warehouse that I’ve taken the case off to make it nice and compact (see pic). I then cut out a square of foam rubber and a thin bit of stiff board and force fitted a piece of plastic pipe through which the nozzle end of the compressor could grip. (see pic)

Unscrewed the U bend underneath the sink so that there was a bare pipe end. Attached the compressor to a 12v battery and pushed the foam rubber square against the drain pipe end. The backed-up water meant there wasn’t much of an air gap and it only took a few seconds of pressure to blow the rice loose.

Have learned my lesson but on the odd occasion I forget not to flush food scraps and block it, it’s a pretty instant fix with no mess and no plumbing bills!

Sweet, last night I also used the Shop vac (christmas prezzie for the Mrs) to help vacuum out the blocked taps once I'd removed the valve assembly. Water mains from behind and suction out the other end.

In an effort to try not compact the granules in corners I avoided resorting to the Compressor.

[Blackbird]

Sweet, last night I also used the Shop vac (christmas prezzie for the Mrs) to help vacuum out the blocked taps once I'd removed the valve assembly. Water mains from behind and suction out the other end.

In an effort to try not compact the granules in corners I avoided resorting to the Compressor.

Cool!!! :niceone:

Much better than using mechanical or chemical means eh?? :first:

p.s My wife has a strict rule - no appliances as prezzies. She said she's stab me in the eye if I tried that :laugh:

[speights_bud]

EDIT
i get your one you just reversed the mains flow.
We had wood chips end up in our pipes after some renos it took ages and was blocking the upstairs shower quite regularly.

Yes the shower was last on the list of lines to clear. I took the head off before opening that valve. Washing machine inlet screen caught the big stuff but the small particles jammed the inlet selection solenoid/valve. Some percussive maintenance fixed that though. Tappy tap tap!

What buggered me up a bit was my 4yo daughter flushed the toilet after the jam had happened. That then drew the debris down a third line.

[husaberg]

Yes the shower was last on the list of lines to clear. I took the head off before opening that valve. Washing machine inlet screen caught the big stuff but the small particles jammed the inlet selection solenoid/valve. Some percussive maintenance fixed that though. Tappy tap tap!

What buggered me up a bit was my 4yo daughter flushed the toilet after the jam had happened. That then drew the debris down a third line.

I stll remember our first house that was on gravity pumped to header tank water we got up one day to finder thecold tap flowed hot took a bit of head scratching to figure out header tank was empty and had to be manually pumped once a week.

The system although only low pressure was great in that even with no power you still had water but i could never be arsed to put in a float switch to fill it automatically.
Maybe in your daughters situation a second filter inline further along might be a good idea. For the future.
Id be checking the tiny filter they often have on the hot water cylinder, in our case one under line tap and another on the pressure valve.

here is my shit left handed drawing of a simple manual backflow for filter anyway.
three valves two tees two elbows but needs the filter housing with tap at bottom.
shut two mainline taps open one on bypass and other under filter. drain to waste.
339406

[speights_bud]

Here's one I loaned out recently.

Mini vice from trademe for $7 + shipping. I bought it as a joke to see how bad it must be for $12 delivered. Considering it had already come halfway around the world I couldn't resist....

Turns out to be really quite useful. The base only holds for about a half hour which is still enough for most jobs.

The old man borrowed it to hold a circuit board he needed to fix for the farm solar pump. $$ well spent for that job alone.

Trademe link HERE (https://www.trademe.co.nz/building-renovation/tools/hand-tools/vices-clamps-presses/listing-1959738588.htm?rsqid=dea77d6055564bce93f5303fc4874 acb), looks like shipping has gone up but still a bargain.

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[george formby]

Here's one I loaned out recently.

Mini vice from trademe for $7 + shipping. I bought it as a joke to see how bad it must be for $12 delivered. Considering it had already come halfway around the world I couldn't resist....

Turns out to be really quite useful. The base only holds for about a half hour which is still enough for most jobs.

The old man borrowed it to hold a circuit board he needed to fix for the farm solar pump. $$ well spent for that job alone.

Trademe link HERE (https://www.trademe.co.nz/building-renovation/tools/hand-tools/vices-clamps-presses/listing-1959738588.htm?rsqid=dea77d6055564bce93f5303fc4874 acb), looks like shipping has gone up but still a bargain.



Looks like a fly tying vice for sharks..

[husaberg]

350144
I hear you saying what the f would an old B&D drill stand be useful for in this day and age?


Pretty sure i have mentioned before, But it's bestest use is to compress twin shocks springs easily to remove the collets.
i liberated this from my dads shed

[F5 Dave]

I want a flypress. Take up a fair bit of room but awesome for controlled distance pressing.

[husaberg]

I want a flypress. Take up a fair bit of room but awesome for controlled distance pressing.
pretty sure you could make one if its like this?
oh no video posting on thread
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your making me want one now.

i want a slip roller and a bending brake first
then a mill and a decent lathe a tig, i have left space for all
I have just abut finished the new work bench its l shaped 3 meter by 6 meters with 2 layers of shelf underneath
Just finished the bench for my son thats 3 meter long. to the same design.
it only cost the 12mm MDF and the stain and the poly and the screws the rest was laying about or left overs from renos
his is mDF my shelf and top will be Ply be interesting to see how both last.
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[F5 Dave]

Ply lasts okish then you slam another on the top. Paint has to be sturdy or keeps peeling.

But then I heard of a place that does stainless commercial benches so I got a cover with a small kick step at the edge so jets don't roll off. $230 of why didn't I do this before?

Kinds dodgy place all Asians workers boss spoke English, pay in cash.

[husaberg]

Ply lasts okish then you slam another on the top. Paint has to be sturdy or keeps peeling.

But then I heard of a place that does stainless commercial benches so I got a cover with a small kick step at the edge so jets don't roll off. $230 of why didn't I do this before?

Kinds dodgy place all Asians workers boss spoke English, pay in cash.


yeah, my sons MDF i have stained with a stain three coats and three coats of clear poly not sure how it will last but i did it as i knew the MDF would not last in my damp tropical climate without stain or poly.
it will be interesting, personally i suspect the mdf will last better than the Ply as it has some give. The Ply feels kind of tinny.
i used a shit ton of off cuts so its pretty much solid 2 inch timber underneath my plywood one though.
My dad used to top his with Aluminium printing sheets, shinny one side newspaper of the day the other.
These are about .4-.6mm aluminum its used to print newspapers you can cut it with scissors but it lasted over 20 years.

i have a sink for hands and a parts wash to go at one end
I was going to put a SS benchtop in this area but they are generally only 450-550 wide rather than 600mm so gave up
i do know a place here that does SS fab for Dairy.

[husaberg]

Seen this Dave
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[roogazza]

don't suppose anyone replaces oil filters by banging a screwdriver thu them nowdays ?

I should buy a proper filter remover I guess , bad habits don't die do they ? lol. (Repco ?).

[husaberg]

don't suppose anyone replaces oil filters by banging a screwdriver thu them nowdays ?

I should buy a proper filter remover I guess , bad habits don't die do they ? lol. (Repco ?).
the pliers ones are only $8 at Trade depot
350230

[F5 Dave]

The cup ones are easily the best. I try not to work on cars, but I won't pay for oil changes. Some cars have cunty places for filters. Wife's old laser was worst. Shit place to get to with added joy of burning your wrists on exhaust.

[roogazza]

the pliers ones are only $8 at Trade depot
350230


The cup ones are easily the best. I try not to work on cars, but I won't pay for oil changes. Some cars have cunty places for filters. Wife's old laser was worst. Shit place to get to with added joy of burning your wrists on exhaust.

cheers blokes, that made it easy thanks, (must try to shop more huh ?)

[SaferRides]

I have a small collection of oil filter removal tools. The pliers get my vote because you can grip the can near the base and apply a lot of force where it's needed.

Just make sure the jaws go small enough for motorbike filters.

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[F5 Dave]

Seriously try the cups, you won't go back. 2 sizes cover most bikes.

[husaberg]

Seriously try the cups, you won't go back. 2 sizes cover most bikes.
One cup two girls?

[F5 Dave]

Impact Wrench

Well you know when you have a rattlegun yer right proper. Mine has never been defeated and is just the thing for clutch an crank nuts as well as old damper rod forks that like to spin but succumb to the ratlley.

But. . . I kinda dont use except when I need to. Have to recharge the compressor to full and stretch out the airline or fit the longer one.

So given a pressiecard for being awesome and reading a mag featuring one, I thought. . Hmm. Tool-time!

Now hold on Dave. That looks like that elcheapo brand bunnings peddle. And at 215Nm it is at the toy end of the scale. So well you may sneer, but hear me out.

So I have lithium batteries for Makita, AEG, and 3 other lesser brands including Ozito.

I'd bought their sabresaw for gardening duties upon a recommendation as hed loant his out and it still hadn't broken with years of abuse. As mine has reliably functioned hacking branches off with a long garden saw. If you have trees on your property that's another recommendation.

Right back to the garage. I perfonicated for a small age in the shop. I hate buying twice when I've bought something too weedy.
The next mid AEG or Makita would spin me $4-$500 but hugely increase torque.

Vs $139. I had $200 on the card.

Additionally not having something overpowered means I can spin things up before torquing without so much risk. Well that's what I'm telling myself.

I'm buying this for convenience and if I need more grunt I turn the compressor on. Time will tell if it is of use but spinning a caliper bolt off it performed well and could speed things up a bunch.

[george formby]

Be interestin to see how it goes. I have a Ryobi impact gun which does sterling service, to be fair all my Ryobi cordless gear is good for the price.

Speaking of cutting branches, I have a leccy chainsaw with 12" bar for pruning me shrubs. Ryobi, natch. I absolutely love it. The big grunter is sat in the shed covered with cob webs.

[husaberg]

Impact Wrench

Well you know when you have a rattlegun yer right proper. Mine has never been defeated and is just the thing for clutch an crank nuts as well as old damper rod forks that like to spin but succumb to the ratlley.

But. . . I kinda dont use except when I need to. Have to recharge the compressor to full and stretch out the airline or fit the longer one.

So given a pressiecard for being awesome and reading a mag featuring one, I thought. . Hmm. Tool-time!

Now hold on Dave. That looks like that elcheapo brand bunnings peddle. And at 215Nm it is at the toy end of the scale. So well you may sneer, but hear me out.

So I have lithium batteries for Makita, AEG, and 3 other lesser brands including Ozito.

I'd bought their sabresaw for gardening duties upon a recommendation as hed loant his out and it still hadn't broken with years of abuse. As mine has reliably functioned hacking branches off with a long garden saw. If you have trees on your property that's another recommendation.

Right back to the garage. I perfonicated for a small age in the shop. I hate buying twice when I've bought something too weedy.
The next mid AEG or Makita would spin me $4-$500 but hugely increase torque.

Vs $139. I had $200 on the card.

Additionally not having something overpowered means I can spin things up before torquing without so much risk. Well that's what I'm telling myself.

I'm buying this for convenience and if I need more grunt I turn the compressor on. Time will tell if it is of use but spinning a caliper bolt off it performed well and could speed things up a bunch.

With the Pneumatics a mate that raced karts had a old lpg Gas cylinder he used to charge up at the garage to silly levels of Psi (still well within lpg specs of corse)
He had it hooked with std push fittings to the rattle gun to use of the kart wheels and stuff like his lift table amazing how long it lasted.
for the new shop i am plumbing it up with 15mm or 20mm alkathyne LDPE. its good for 140psi is cheap and will not shatter like PVC
$60 odd for 50m
It will have air everywhere.
i found a new air rattle and ratchet set at the olds. (thanks Dad)
to power it all i am going to run two small compressors (thanks Dad)so i can run blast cabinet as well.
with tools like rattle gun, battery drill, bench saw etc etc i feel buying cheap is cool if its stuff you don't use that often as it allows you to have more tools :)

[jellywrestler]

One cup two girls?

one monkey no cup?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7NarU3RdPc

[F5 Dave]

So there I was, should I click on spydas link? Dumb idea.

[F5 Dave]

Be interestin to see how it goes. I have a Ryobi impact gun which does sterling service, to be fair all my Ryobi cordless gear is good for the price.

Speaking of cutting branches, I have a leccy chainsaw with 12" bar for pruning me shrubs. Ryobi, natch. I absolutely love it. The big grunter is sat in the shed covered with cob webs.
I went crazy one day and bought a Makita 36v(2 batteries) hedge trimmer on a pole motor down low. $1400 but I was sick of climbing a ladder on a sloped driveway and leaning over the hedge with my shitty Ryobi mains powered hedge trimmer. Ive spent way too long recovering from injuries to add the risk of gardening to motorcycles.

You can buy a remote chainsaw attachment. Haven't needed it. Yet.

[husaberg]

Seen these at the Warehouse today
if you have plastic pipe of any sort from PVC to LDPe or MDPE HDPE this is the ticket.
these used to be $80-!00
https://www.thewarehouse.co.nz/p/tolsen-pvc-pipe-cutter-200mm-3-42mm/R2750023.html
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[sugilite]

Merry birthday to me :sunny:
I have these on the way.
Both won their respective shootouts on the project farm youtube channel. You are never left wondering which tool or item is the best with the way this guy tests stuff.

https://www.amazon.com/Wera-022210-Multicolor-Holding-Function/dp/B06XDCDHV8
(I like the look of the holding function of this set)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08CFSVXTT
Unbelievable tough screw drivers. I like the thought of my tools outlasting me and going to my kids. Some of my best tools are from my late fathers collection.

Project farm link, he sets up amazing rigs to test shit. I always check his channel when I'm in the market for tools n such.
https://www.youtube.com/c/ProjectFarm

[husaberg]

I seen these the other day
i could never justify a portable bandsaw but i think i can now
https://www.swagoffroad.com/SWAG-V30-Portaband-Table_p_55.html
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From the same dude that had one of the swag bench to suit the portable bandsaw.
Sorry re the quality its a screenshot off Utube
he had made these a hinge set up for the grinder and a trailer hitch set up for the vice.
I have the space but the ability to move the big vice and tilt out the ginders is pretty appealing
i intend to use just RHS and telescope the tubes as hitch's and receivers are a bit spendy for what they are

[F5 Dave]

Allen keys are nice but spendy.

I have grind marks and heatshrink bands to denote my queer size spanners and sockets, like 13 and 15, like eurobikes have.

Have you tried JIS screwdrivers? Work better even in Philips screws, but especially on anything Japanese cross head.

[F5 Dave]

I hate working on cars, but won't pay someone to change oil. It's such a faff compared to my van which you can just climb under, no sheild to take off. But the impact wrench made taking the shield off and replacing it easy. Then I dropped the sump plug into my drain bucket with the hole in the top.

So fav tool of the day was magnet on a stick. Hurray for magnet.

[pete376403]

I hate working on cars, but won't pay someone to change oil. It's such a faff compared to my van which you can just climb under, no sheild to take off. But the impact wrench made taking the shield off and replacing it easy. Then I dropped the sump plug into my drain bucket with the hole in the top.

So fav tool of the day was magnet on a stick. Hurray for magnet.

reminds me of a funny (didn't seem so at the time though) that I did very early into my apprenticeship at GGH.Tasked with draining the engine oil of a Cat D8. The drain plug is an 1' square socket, the drain hole would be about 1 1/2" diameter. Lacking the correct tool to put onto my 1/2" drive bar, I had this brilliant idea of using the 1" drive impact wrench, a big heavy two handed compressed air jobbie, to loosen the plug. Worked, too but between getting the plug out, dumping the wrench and getting the drain tin under the flood, about most of the 8 gallons of dirty black series 3 -30 ended up on me. Never tried that trick again.

[F5 Dave]

And they called him BlackPete thereafter.

I just wikid that, I was sure there was a disney comic character of that name. He is called Pete now. Ahh casual racism of last century.

[speights_bud]

Yesterday's "Tool of the day"

Lawn mower got a birthday yesterday (grinder to the blades) and a bolt was snapped off on the underside stub which the blade affixes to.


Cheapest bearing puller set I could find when I made my 2T expansion chamber un-denter a while ago.

Made a shit job dead easy. Pulled the rusted on keyed boss from the drive shaft with ease. It meant I could drill out the fucked bolt in a drill press instead of underneath the mower with a battery drill. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220307/5de14a7610eba0c34160bb64770634b2.jpg

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[F5 Dave]

Yeah they have many uses, I've just got one size but handles most things.

[speights_bud]

Was handy for this other contraption I Bodged together.

Can get around 500psi before the seals start extruding themselves. [emoji1689]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220307/d18be224f18d4eab5dd33365bc1210e9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220307/1247a2b0676a1d4353d1407b902f9d0e.jpg

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[F5 Dave]

So that's a water pump with added air backup? Air only is quite dangerous.

[jellywrestler]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08CFSVXTT
Unbelievable tough screw drivers. I like the thought of my tools outlasting me and going to my kids. Some of my best tools are from my late fathers collection.


why aren't they different colours like the old days, you brought coloured allen keys yet it's easier the see the sizes than with a screwdriver in a tool belt.
dumb like the american paper money being all the same colour

[speights_bud]

So that's a water pump with added air backup? Air only is quite dangerous.Yea it allows me to run either/or.

The air pump method I have a schrader valve at one end and use the bucket pump to seal the other end. When using the mapp torch I leave the air pump plugged in to give me a gauge on pressure. I only use that setup for getting out tight dings with a hammer and mapp torch. You are right, air only method is dangerous. I keep below 40psi and use safety squints...

I mostly use just the plumbers bucket pump and 100% hydraulic/water to straighten pipes and remove most dings. That's good enough for hard enduro pipes



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[pete376403]

Yea it allows me to run either/or.

The air pump method I have a schrader valve at one end and use the bucket pump to seal the other end. When using the mapp torch I leave the air pump plugged in to give me a gauge on pressure. I only use that setup for getting out tight dings with a hammer and mapp torch. You are right, air only method is dangerous. I keep below 40psi and use safety squints...

I mostly use just the plumbers bucket pump and 100% hydraulic/water to straighten pipes and remove most dings. That's good enough for hard enduro pipes



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Way back when I was interested in model steam engines - boilers were hydraulically tested to double the working pressure. If the boiler failed with a hydraulic test, then there was a "click" and water all over the floor. If they failed with air or steam the results were explosive and spectacular.

[speights_bud]

Way back when I was interested in model steam engines - boilers were hydraulically tested to double the working pressure. If the boiler failed with a hydraulic test, then there was a "click" and water all over the floor. If they failed with air or steam the results were explosive and spectacular.Oooh yes.

I've had a couple of expansion Chambers open up stress fractures under 500psi and it no big deal, just a little spurt of the water and immediate pressure drop.

Haven't had it under air yet... I often purge the pipe with argon first as well in case the gas torch tries to set anything off.

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[pritch]

Way back when I was interested in model steam engines - boilers were hydraulically tested to double the working pressure. If the boiler failed with a hydraulic test, then there was a "click" and water all over the floor. If they failed with air or steam the results were explosive and spectacular.

Same with dive tanks and such. Water was ever incompressible.

Incidentally the guy testing my CO2 bottle told me that if a tank fails the engineers say that it "lost its structural integrity." While absolutely correct, that does seem such an understatement.

[husaberg]

Same with dive tanks and such. Water was ever incompressible.

Incidentally the guy testing my CO2 bottle told me that if a tank fails the engineers say that it "lost its structural integrity." While absolutely correct, that does seem such an understatement.

Supposedly the alloy fire ex ones often fail first time, then the stretch is taken out, they test fine the next time.

[husaberg]

Never knew these existed i must live under a rock or something

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[F5 Dave]

Did you lose the spanner that came with it?

I just bought some bearing drifts. I've always used sockets as I have some real good imperial ones which are only useful as drifts. But these have a handle which makes hitting them square easy. Looking forward to using them having mullered a roller into swingarm last week.

[husaberg]

Did you lose the spanner that came with it?

I just bought some bearing drifts. I've always used sockets as I have some real good imperial ones which are only useful as drifts. But these have a handle which makes hitting them square easy. Looking forward to using them having mullered a roller into swingarm last week.

i have shit tons for 115mm but not for the smaller ?100mm? ones i have inherited. Or the bigger ones 125mm
i know what you mean i used to convert the sockets to castle nut sockets for honda clutch's and centrifugal oil filters.
be easy enough to do it with the 2 prongs.
i have enough now to have dedicated ones for flap disc, grinder, cutting wheel, sander, polisher.
On a sad not my drive broke on my near 30 year old Dremel last night.

oh look its fixable
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[Tokerau boy]

I know timing belts are a bit 1990s but if one has an old cam belt wrap it completely around the filter keep the belt tight and pull to undo . Can use them inside out or use the teeth side ,

[george formby]

I know timing belts are a bit 1990s but if one has an old cam belt wrap it completely around the filter keep the belt tight and pull to undo . Can use them inside out or use the teeth side ,

Yup, good call. I've resorted to an inner tube "elastic band" twisted until it's tight to get a gorilla grip on tight filters. Works a treat.

[husaberg]

I used to stab it with a screwdriver.......:innocent:

[F5 Dave]

I just resort to the cheap pressed sockets that fit over the end. Most bikes a covered by 2 sizes.

Edit. Searching back I said virtually the same thing in 2021.