Tool of the day suggestions start here

[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-re...-958209093.htm

[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-re...-958209093.htm

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.

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

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.

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

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.

[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 , 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?
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-re...-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.