Show your tools.

[Plymouthy Adams]

yeah Greg, I admit they have fallen off a bit of late...I would post some progress photos as I go but I have found there is not much interest in my modified bz cp...I have this morning got my forward seat rai in position and leveled etc and spot selded in place with the end caps made and also welded to the floor..next I make my tapered U-channel to fully secure the 5 inch wide rail full to the floor metal..we be having fun now...

watched a fox come out of the woods, cross the middle of my orchard, go behind the barn and cut across the back yard..I tired to hail him and get him into a contract to eat squirrels but I think this fox knows where fox food is for the taking with little effort on his part..kinda fat and saucy look varmint.

back to the cutting wheel, metal break and welding torch...coffee breaks are short but they are somewhat often..

[ggdad1951]

my "oddest" tool:

[flatheadtim]

Heres some of my tools.

[flatheadtim]

more tools.

[flatheadtim]

And more tools.

[flatheadtim]

And still some more. A u-joint, ball joint, king pin remover tool, stud removers best kind!, Piston ring compress tool, broken tap extractors, cyl leak down set.

Edited April 27, 2012 by flatheadtim

[flatheadtim]

Some more....Thats all for now...Thats a KR1000 box, largest box at the time it wieghed 2300 lbs with my tools in it--I know because it got shipped on company expence to Barrow Alaska!!

Edited April 27, 2012 by flatheadtim

[flatheadtim]

Most of my tools are $nap-on, Matco, Mac, Blue point. good tools last long and get the job done!

[kbuhagiar]

Some of my tools

[flatheadtim]

Some of my tools

Ya thats what I like to see!! I hope your drinking good (belgium/german) beer and not american pi$$. Except for maybe a hot day!

[Young Ed]

Ha I don't even drink beer but I have a collection of those too. They were in the one toolbox I bought so I left them as tradition

[pflaming]

My shop, as of now, is not that fancy but it works. I've got a few old tools, a few new, but a pneumatic hammer, a lift, and an up to date telephone are in the future plans.

Edited February 2, 2018 by pflaming

[pflaming]

An acquaintence of mine, Doc, had moved to Santa Paula. He returned to clean out three 10X8X8 storage stalls. So he called me to give me some shop tools he did not want. Two pair of stands, a grease gun, a good hydralic jack and a box of nice medium size log chains.

Standing on the floor was this nice acetelyn torch set. I asked him what he was going to do with that, he said he'd take $10.00 for it. I beat Jesse James to the draw and took it home. The tanks have the gauges and have gas in them. I will sure use this set.

[Plymouthy Adams]

those are nice little portable plumbers rigs..I used one like this for quite some time till I moved up to my larger tanks....$10.00 ...I bet you were looking for blue lights in the mirror all the way home..

[1941coupe]

my "oddest" tool:

Nice duckbills.

[Young Ed]

Newest addition

[Plymouthy Adams]

it was along time a coming..enjoy it my friend

[Kudzuking]

here's what I use most of the time.

[JBNeal]

that is smurf-tastic...have ya made a manifold out of pipe tees, etc. for multiple outlets? Something I saw in a farming magazine...the guy had a manifold setup for dedicated air to an outside hose reel under an awning, an inside hose reel, and a short hose to a air dessicant & regulator for a paint gun setup...he spent less than $10 and made the outlets point down so that the couplers wouldn't hit'm in the face when he disconnected them

[Young Ed]

that is smurf-tastic...have ya made a manifold out of pipe tees, etc. for multiple outlets? Something I saw in a farming magazine...the guy had a manifold setup for dedicated air to an outside hose reel under an awning, an inside hose reel, and a short hose to a air dessicant & regulator for a paint gun setup...he spent less than $10 and made the outlets point down so that the couplers wouldn't hit'm in the face when he disconnected them

Ha its not even wired in yet! I only have a 1.5 stall garage so I don't plan to make multiple outlets. A good 50ft hose will go anywhere I need. However since the compressor will be in a corner I do plan to run a few feet of hard pipe out to a more reasonable spot to make the connections.

[pflaming]

I use this setup every day. I got if from a friend who was downsizing. It ain't fancy but it does fancy work. Pre-OSHA model.

Edited February 2, 2018 by pflaming

[Daliant.]

Looks like a "loose clothing eater", that thing has bad news written all over it.

[pflaming]

When I installed the Cherokee Master Cylinder, I limited the space to put in the bottom bolt. So I cut down a socket, then an extension onto which I welded a 9/16" nut. Now I can put the bolt in with this mini socket and with a short 9/16 wrench start the bolt. I had a friend make it for me on a lathe. The bolt shown in the pics is too long,. I will now use a short dowel in the top hole to locate the holes, put in the bottom bolt, remove the dowel and put in the top one.

 

This is one of the nastiest spots on the truck. Maybe the car is different.

Edited February 2, 2018 by pflaming

[Don Coatney]

Back to the top. Lots of new forum members who have not found this thread

[Don Coatney]

This is for Young Ed. Last night on chat we were discussing lawn mower blade sharpening. I told Ed that I have the best luck with a floppy grinder as pictured below. The pictured blade was sharpened with this tool. You can see from the picture how well this tool blends the edge. I have two sets of blades for my mower so I always have a sharpened set on the shelf. I spray some paint on the blades after sharpening to prevent rust.