homemade tools

[jr315rn]

i know everyone has a few ... lets see em! i like seeing how other people get out of jams!

[mohadib]

When I was 12 I cobbled together a prototype flesh light. No pics :(

[Jon Boy]

When I was 12 I cobbled together a prototype flesh light. No pics :(

thank goodness, we don't need any pics of that. :lol: :beer

[El Camexican]

When I was 12 I cobbled together a prototype flesh light. No pics :(

"Flesh" :wondering You mean like X-Ray glasses in the form of a light that penetrates through clothing? Perv! you stole my idea!:beer

[jr315rn]

hahahahhahahahahahhahaha

[El Camexican]

Here are a few gems. May we never forget that necessity is the mother f***er of all invention.

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[murfman]

Well they are tools, and they are home made:

Tubing bender made loosely from Gottrikes plans, changed to use a real hydraulic ram instead of a engine hoist jack, and also to bend ~ 96 degrees in one shot. The Hydraulic pump / valve was from a drum handler, that picked up 55 gallon drums and rotated them to pour the contents out that was damaged in shipping.
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x205/murfman_photo/Tools/DSC00945.jpg
I program weight based PLCs for a living so I added a rotary encoder and this control head for automatic control capability, just key in the degrees of bend you want, and the size/ wall thickness of the tube and it calculates the amount of spring back and bends the tube accordingly.
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x205/murfman_photo/Tools/DSC00950.jpg

I love my plasma cutter, but can't cut a straight line to save my life so I made this, the rail/slider are used in a variety of automation projects, I milled out the receiver for my plasma gun tip and made the shield out of stainless. The rail is 8' long so I can make perfectly straight cuts up to 8' long every time:
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x205/murfman_photo/Tools/DSC00936.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x205/murfman_photo/Tools/DSC00935.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x205/murfman_photo/Tools/DSC00934.jpg

[just ben]

"Flesh" :wondering You mean like X-Ray glasses in the form of a light that penetrates through clothing? Perv! you stole my idea!:beerdo a quick google search for fleshlight,make sure the safe search is off. The only reason I know what it is ,is because every pornwhore stern has on is promoting there own

[Dirtcrasher]

Thats back when people gave a sh!t.

My grandfather made dozes of vibrating hoppers to assemble the widget 25 years ago............

Most stuff out there is all junk now :(

[falloutboy]

I have a 16" piece of 1" pipe that has been very useful for all sorts of things.

[murfman]

Are you referring to the fleshlight as a vibrating hopper? :wondering

[just ben]

Are you referring to the fleshlight as a vibrating hopper? :wonderinghahaha. It kind of is,isn't it? But for cleaning pipes lol.

[jr315rn]

thank you for the people who took the post seriously.

[rdlsz24]

I have a 16" piece of 1" pipe that has been very useful for all sorts of things.

I have something like that, I call it my cheater bar. You put that on the end of a 1/2 ratchet and you can break loose nuts that are crazy tight

I made this with a Dremel and those little cut-off wheels. The clutch nut for many Honda ATCs

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/rdlsz24/ATC/clutchtool.jpg

Rob

[smvorndran]

A tweaked fork tube works great as a cheater pipe. I had a few lying around, so I gave them to coworkers too. Cool, chrome cheater pipe.

[mtsnieg]

200x and 250es clutch holders 144858

[jr315rn]

what do you mean cheater pipe?

[JasonB]

cheater pipe is something of an extension you slide over the handle of another tool to gain leverage.

I have probably 4 different sized and lengthed cheater bars, the break axle nuts loose on MR2's and (4 foot bar) and break small stuff loose (2 footer).

I havent made my own, more so just made tools created and designed for one job do a totally different job lol

[falloutboy]

mtsnieg, I like your idea for clutch holder tools. Do they work pretty well?

[SteveCZ28]

heres my home made leak down tester for 2 stroke engines....im going to re design it here pretty soon with a quick release like you find on air tools and make more adaptors for it with the quick connects to use it on many other engines depending on the size of intake ports im trying to seal to

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii44/Stevecz28/photobucket-3115-1334215989052.jpg

[mtsnieg]

mtsnieg, I like your idea for clutch holder tools. Do they work pretty well?

Yep, they get the job done.

[jr315rn]

could you explane how the leak down tester works?

[SteveCZ28]

could you explane how the leak down tester works?
well what a leak down tester does is check for leaks in a 2stroke engine. Being as if u have a seal blow on a 2 stroke it is often difficult to find and will cause lots of running head aches. So what you do is plug the exhaust to make it air tight then u put the tester in the intake and make sure you have a good seal. Then u apply around 7psi via the air valve.on the tool and you want to see the gauge stay at 7psi as long as it can. Some people say I'd it holds pressure for more than 3 minutes you're good yo go. But if it does drop you will hear a air leak somewhere in the engine which will pin point which seal is out. So you can fix it

My tester cost about 15bucks to make where as if you were ti buy a legit tester I've seen them starting at $200+

[vonlindheim]

i was too cheap to buy a flywheel puller for my 185 and 200s, so i use my old steering wheel puller :) works great!!!

[jr315rn]

thanks for the tasty info! im going to make one just in case~! thanks

[atc300r]

I use a piece of all thread and a deepwell socket to pull out stubborn wrist pins.145008145009

[atc300r]

I have a cheapy slidehammer dent puller that iv moddified different bolt to use on different applications.It has a drywall screw in it for pulling seals.145010

[atc300r]

I made this compression tool for compressing spings.Iv changed several struts and spings on cars with this .The shock in the pic is for looks .145011I have other attachments for this .

[atc300r]

I couldnt find it but I have a harmonic balance puller that Iv used for pulling flywheels and splitting cases.

[Angore]

Made this little gadget to be my 3rd hand while soldering two wires together.


http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j343/32364/001-16.jpg

http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j343/32364/002-12.jpg

[stroberts22]

Here's a case spliter and a counter shaft holder to take off clutch baskets with the motor out of the frame. I also made a pressure tester for 2 strokes also. It's a must to keep your 2 stroke alive.http://i811.photobucket.com/albums/zz40/stroberts22/IMG_1697.jpg

[atc300r]

Man theres some good ideas on here.I know what Im going to do with a couple old worn out sprockets I havent tossed yet.