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07-06-2014, 09:39 PM | #41 |
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Necessity. The mother of all inventions!
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07-07-2014, 10:32 AM | #42 |
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This is a great thread. I am not a machinist but a woodworker and have
found that I can turn oak or maple to make some tools. I have made a cam bearing installer, grease seal tool and use wood to support items in the press whenever possible. Wood is easy on metal parts.
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07-07-2014, 12:20 PM | #43 |
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Here is a link you can spend some time on.
Have your printer ready. Bruce http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/t...ipment.235784/
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09-29-2015, 01:19 PM | #44 |
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Here's one I made to form a patch for a rusted out section in my 48 coupe floor board. It consists of several pieces of sawed off 3/8 thick hot rolled steel strips that are assembled to form a pocket and a bent piece of 3/4 hot rolled steel bar used to form the shape.
I placed a piece of 18 GA steel sheet on the tool and heated it up red in the center then pounded the forming rod with a hammer to create the finished part.
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09-30-2015, 11:29 AM | #45 |
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Another spring spreader made from a very big turnbuckle.
Works on rear spring also. The C-Clamps are a safety precaution. |
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09-30-2015, 07:57 PM | #47 |
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09-30-2015, 09:14 PM | #48 |
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10-01-2015, 08:34 AM | #50 |
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Mike, That "lightened and smoothed" crankshaft is a work of art. You must have the patience of a toothache to do that. QUESTIONS:
1. How do you determine how much material to remove from each counterweight? 2. Do you have to re-balance the crankshaft, pistons, rods? 3. Does your procedure weaken the rotating assembly in any way? Thanks, 19Fordy |
10-01-2015, 09:55 AM | #51 |
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I found the turnbuckle in a pile of scrap metal in1975 while checking out an old power plant in south FL. I cut and lengthened the center part and made it into a spring spreader.
It weighs about 15 pounds and will not flex. |
03-17-2019, 05:00 AM | #52 |
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This old thread is worth a bump.
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03-17-2019, 07:18 AM | #53 |
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I agree......and it would be nice to see more input from folks who have come up with usefull tools, but have not posted them here yet.
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03-17-2019, 08:09 AM | #54 |
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03-17-2019, 08:49 AM | #55 |
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To further what John said, there are some very good machinists and guys who can produce beautiful work here ... others of us kind of cobble up prototypes that work and just leave it at that.
Show us your work ... warts and all. KRW did not fill all the needs for special tools.
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03-17-2019, 09:23 AM | #56 |
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Hi Everyone. Here's a thread on removing hubcaps. Member ford38v8 posted these pics of his slide-hammer. I thought it was pretty cool and deserved to be a part of this conversation. I hope they don't mind me using their pics.
https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showt...ghlight=hubcap
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03-17-2019, 07:11 PM | #57 |
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Rod vise I made from an old C clamp. Really helps to prevent caps from dragging over the threads.
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03-17-2019, 08:45 PM | #58 |
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Some good ones guys..
Wheel alignment. the other one was handy for cleaning out the inside of the diff knocking in seals etc.
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03-18-2019, 08:39 AM | #59 |
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I’m not a fan of forcing a motor to turn but if you had one that does, this works good to turn it over......Mark
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03-18-2019, 08:43 AM | #60 |
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Great thread!
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