Show your tools.

[T120]

My daughter bought this at a sale and gave it to me as a gift..Never know when it might come in handy, and it would better serve the purpose packing it along in the trunk of my car than regret leaving it sit on a shelf in my garage if required.

   

[Ulu]

Ralph, I have one of those inherited from my dad, but it didn't come with the wooden box. It's still under the seat of our Scout.

 

I remember using it once, out at Topaz Mountain, to pump up a tire and it worked but seemed to take a long time.

 

Then again they were 15x11.00 floatation tires, so they took some air to fill,   yet I might have done it faster with a bicycle pump,

 

The 4-cyl Scout wasn't that happy running on 3 cylinders, but it survived.

[Plymouthy Adams]

_{couple pages back I posted the sheet metal brake I fabricated...now I have my fabrication/work table finished and the brake mounted in place..on the back side I have the bead roller mounted for quick on and off when needed....next is to make a mounted rack for the many dies that go with the tool for step, beads and shearing metal..}

[linus6948]

I was able to locate a source in china that has the consumables that my plasma cutter uses for very cheap. So now with a supply on hand I`ve continued to put the unit through it`s paces cutting up scrap metal.

 

 

 

http://youtu.be/4D0V_ubuBIo

 

http://youtu.be/UUIOmNn6hM0

Edited December 14, 2014 by linus6948

[JBNeal]

TOOLBOX ARSENAL:

I had to take apart a Subaru oil pump to clean it thoroughly, and all but one of the countersunk screws came out easily.  The last one needed some persuasion with a KD Tool impact screwdriver from the 70s...it needed some Marvel Mystery Oil to free it up as it had not been used in some time.  Several smart blows later and that ornery screw was backing out, with minimal damage to the Phillips head...and they still make these things

 

 

Edited August 23, 2021 by JBNeal
revised pictures

[Dodgeb4ya]

You must have had a oil leak from the crankshaft seal and oil pump O-ring? 2.5 Timing belt job?

[Don Coatney]

You must have snagged that 70's KD tool from my toolbox when I was not looking

 

[Ulu]

Looks much nicer than my crummy imported driver. It worked OK untill I went for the 4 lb hammer.

 

I only got half my hinges off before it crapped out.

 

I need to buy a new one & I'll order a good one this time.

[JBNeal]

Don--that appears to be the Deluxe Package, ya got a few more bits & a snazzy carrying case

 

As for the Subaru, its leaky head gaskets finally blew @153k back in July when it overheated, just now getting around to doing a minor overhaul on that li'l cuss that's included replacing the steering rack, O2 sensors, transmission/differential fluids...it's my Dad's "spare" car that he rarely drives, I overhauled the brakes and replaced the struts 2 yrs ago when he started to do them and long story short I did the whole thing myself while he recuperated from trying to fab up his own strut compressor...after he got it out of me how much I spent on this buggy this year alone, he offers to sign over the title to me (apparently he forgot that I tried to buy it from him a few days before it overheated)

[Young Ed]

The impact driver is a great tool to have. I've used mine the most at the junkyard where you often can't bring your own heat. Works great on those Phillips screws for door latches. Most recently I needed the removable floor for a 39-47 pickup and the impact driver got all but 2 of the screws out!

 

[Robert Horne]

I was able to locate a source in china that has the consumables that my plasma cutter uses for very cheap. So now with a supply on hand I`ve continued to put the unit through it`s paces cutting up scrap metal.

 

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http://youtu.be/4D0V_ubuBIo

 

http://youtu.be/UUIOmNn6hM0

 

 

This is my 20th plasma cutter, sold the other 19.       This one has the gauge in the front.

They come with a bracket on the rear, real compact, all worked great..

[fstfish66]

This is my 20th plasma cutter, sold the other 19.       This one has the gauge in the front.

They come with a bracket on the rear, real compact, all worked great..

sold the other 19 ?

[Robert Horne]

sold the other 19 ?

I sold the other 19.

 

The units for sell local here are 2 times the price of these units,

 

and often 3 times the price....

Edited December 19, 2014 by Robert Horne

[Ulu]

Well, not a tool as such, but something I've wanted and could not find in the local stores at all: a shop apron. My wife finally found me a leather one for Christmas. Here I am all lit up with Christmas cheer, modeling my new gift (after a couple mods.)

 

 

Unfortunately it came with this criss-cross strap arrangement that was nor only impossible to get in and out of without a valet, it was made from some highly flammable fuzzy fabric.

 

WTH is this stuff doing on a leather apron? 

 

 

As a test, I singed it in 2 sec with a BIC lighter and in 10 sec it was aflame. Not what you want for welding, and if you look closely at the first photo, I have replaced the straps with some old leather belts, using pop rivets and leather reinforcements.

 

Now it's easy to don, and comfortable as possible, which is a big deal with safety gear. If it's a pain to use, we won't bother.

 

This will keep the wire wheel wires out of my levis and ward off stray welding sparks. 

[Niel Hoback]

   That's a nice one, alright.  Keep it clean, now, we'll be watching.

[Ulu]

We have 2 big dogs & 10 grandkids. Nothing I own stays clean.  

[Ulu]

I've been trying to post this pic for over a week, but my internet connection was on the fritz.

 

This is the hub puller I made for the 5 on 4.5" hubs. It's a circle of 1/2" plate, which I got as a scrap, a 1.25" dia fine thread grade 8 bolt, a nut. and a pass with the MIG.

 

I drilled 5 holes and use  6" long bolts to the hub.

 

 

 

This one works better than my factory made puller on a 4.5" bolt circle & it stays nice and straight. With this design, you can wrench it up tight, then smack it hard with a 4lb hammer, and there's no chance it'll go crooked.

 

With the "donut" type, it's sometimeshard to keep the donut from turning, and that throws the legs out of alignment. I just put a wrench on that big nut and everything's stable.

Edited January 20, 2015 by Ulu

[Andydodge]

I thought I had posted these pics of my Coxhead brand hub puller.........have had it for 40yrs or more......its never seen a tapered axle mopar hub it couldn't remove.....lol..........andyd

[Ulu]

Hey, that thing is made to last forever.

 

I sure like the reversible nature of the jaws (unlike my "donut" type puller legs, which do not reverse.)

 

Anybody seen a "backwards" leg set on a donut style puller?

[Andydodge]

Yep, its a serious puller.......lol..........only hassle is feeding the wheel bolts into the "legs", so I usually undo the whole thing, bolt the 3 legs onto the drum loosely then centre the whole thing with the centre bolt and the top bolts onto each leg  tighten the whole thing up, then  use a pair of stillsons or pipe wrench to really tighten the centre bolt onto the axle end then usually one wack with a heavy hammer and "bobs your aunt or uncle"..................lol............from memory it cost more than what I paid for the car..........which was $15.00 in 1971.....this thing was $30-40, I think............lol.....andyd 

[TGP]

Vintage Sioux valve grinding machine from Dad

AC spark plug cleaner.

Steering wheel puller.

KD Valve keeper retainer.

Jack and tools

Tom

[Labrauer]

All of my tools are very importation to me on working on anything. 

 

[Plymouthy Adams]

added another tool to my inventory...this addition furthers the line in the sand as I then had to arrange for a permanent location to set the unit...I am basically finished with both the refurb and outfitting of the unit and the building it is housed...a before and after pic...

[busycoupe]

Nice job on cleaning up the lathe. Did it come with tooling?

I worked a couple of years part time in a machine shop while in school. Spent many hours on a South Bend lathe and on a Bridgeport vertical milling machine. I often thought about picking up an old lathe but didn't because I really couldn't think of a good use for it.

[Plymouthy Adams]

This is a 1966 South Bend 9A..came very well heeled with tooling..from many faceplates and dogs, collet set and 3 and 4 jaw chucks, tail stock chucks, many tool holders and huge assortment of bits and cutters, boring bar and thread cutters and the list goes on..even a follow post and 6 position tailstock turret.  Will cut all SAE threads... It came with the catalog of accessories and parts breakdown book for it also and original belt tensioning step by step pictorial.. Will I ever use it to the extent it should  be..who knows...it was something I have always wanted and I do oft times indulge myself with things to play with.  I have made a few parts on it already.  Small stuff to get familiar with the lathe a bit..I have only had a few hours of official lathe operation instructions and that was some 20+ years ago...I have dedicated a small 10 x 10 block outbuilding for use as a metal machining shop if you will...it houses two lathes, hand mill, drill press, pedestal mounted grinder and my older valve grinding machine and seat facing tools and of course...an AC unit...

 

just a couple of the pics of some of the accessories..not all are pictured here..

Edited August 2, 2015 by Plymouthy Adams