Homemade tools

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Homemade tools

#1 Post by Shawn »

Jeff, thinking of you.....

Everyone, please post photos of your tool creations

Here is a link to a great thread.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/thre ... nt.235784/

I stumbled upon it while I was looking for ways to make a spray can paint shaker with a sawzall.
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My dad once made a bearing puller for a old Asko washer, it was a steel plate with 4 M6 bolts as standoffs and a M5 bolt in the middle as the puller to pull the axle stub out.

Of course, I found out on my second machine that you could take the top off and then ram the stub out with a copper hammer instead.

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User32 wrote:.............
Of course, I found out on my second machine that you could take the top off and then ram the stub out with a copper hammer instead.

Ha ha ha..been there.

Jeff and I have made some solid Teflon knives.
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Shawn wrote:
User32 wrote:.............
Of course, I found out on my second machine that you could take the top off and then ram the stub out with a copper hammer instead.

Ha ha ha..been there.

Jeff and I have made some solid Teflon knives.
Solid Teflon? Isn't that fragile?

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#6 Post by Shawn »

Not really.

10mm thick by 17mm wide.

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Re: Homemade tools Teflon knife/wedge.

#7 Post by SHEEPMAN! »

Teflon cuts with scary sharp tools. Like peeling a potato.

Keep your thumb out of the way.

Does not trim well with friction (coarse sandpaper / grinders)

These are pilot models. They make a nice wedge when breaking glue loose.
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Look a Stanley finger cutter in the background :pat:
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Re: Homemade tools Shawn's knife

#9 Post by SHEEPMAN! »

This frosting knife? works very well to lift keyboards off of the glue.

The frosting knife is not sharp on the edges. An old "Tin Knocker" trick is to knock the sharp corners off with a round rod....like a 1/4"+- size screwdriver shank. BURNISH is the word.
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#10 Post by Shawn »

That "frosting knife" is actually some sort of dental tool. I have the twin that I use for keyboards also.
It is repurposed and technically not homemade. It does fit in the thread.

How IS the thumb healing?
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