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[k0ua]

That rack looks great!

+1 on that rack. Tedious work but worth it!

 

[BHD]

I will post pictures if one wants, but I have made seal drivers, and installers magnetic flux tool, 36" wide sander, panel door machine, (pictured in a earlier post), post hole digger, back hoe, loader(rebuild), grass seed harvester, engine lift, band saw mill, and many more small tools, over the years, currently building a wood post pounder for the tractor, and many modifications to many farm tools and shop tools,

 

[chopped]

HMM nice idea thanks. Even just the idea of mounting the grinder to the handle ,, thanks..

 

[sixdogs]

+3 on the dishwasher rack. What an effort.

 

[Renze]

Instead of buying a Chinese lugnut wrench for 100 euro, or a Gedore or Facom for 250 or 300, i decided to weld a piece of pipe around some large size sockets (i keep buying sets, but allways loose common size 10, 13, 17, 19 first) of 24, 27 and 30mm for all agricultural lugnuts, weld on a foot of pipe as a spacer, then weld on an eye of an old hydraulic cylinder, to create extra heavy lugnut wrenches. the eyes fo the cylinder were big enough to fit a 3 foot length of 30mm (1 1/4") alloy piston rod of another old cylinder to use as power bar. Because the pipe doesnt flex like the extension rod of a half inch socket set, a quick yank on the steel bar is enough to pop them loose. When its not enough i slide a 6 foot pipe over it and try again... So far i have only twisted the 1" extension pipe on the 27mm socket, so i will change it for a heavy walled pipe.

No more breaking the half inch square connectors of your ratchets or the 70 euro half inch powerbar. Just beefy steel, its not only cheaper but the size of it makes it less elastic so the yank you give to break a bolt loose, pounds fully on the nut instead of wasting your energy on a 15 degree of flex in the tool, before the nut starts to turn...

I'm sure these tools will last longer than the chinese lugnut spider wrench, and if they break i can just weld a bigger pipe in it...

 

[Renze]

Does a picture of my son count?

I have plans to produce one or two, maybe 3 of such tools, but i'm still looking for an associate

 

[graydog111]

Thanks Dan. Something I forgot to mention is I welded it with my MIG & SS wire. That worked OK, but could have worked better. I am making a spot welder from a microwave transformer and plan to use it on the 2nd rack. I have it almost complete and will post the results of that project here when I get it assembled.

 

[graydog111]

I have needed one of those for years! I missed a good auction at a closed tire shop with a couple of them.

Hum, I might start digging into the ol junk pile, I know I've got a extra tank somewhere....

Just DO NOT let anyone stand in front of it when you crack the valve open. My wife was stand in front of it while helping me mount a tire and it nearly ruptured her eardrum. Boy, was she mad. It's OK if you are behind it. I tested it to 150 PSI and use 100 PSI and aim it towards the center of the wheel with it inserted between tire bead and wheel and move handle from fully off to fully on as quickly as possible. It works great.

 

[graydog111]

+3 on the dishwasher rack. What an effort.

It was not worth the effort sixdogs, but now that it is finished, the wife loves it. I needed some 1/4" SS rod for the wheel axles and bought 10 sticks 12" long on eBay for $10 + $5 shipping after I could not find any locally.

 

[CNC Dan]

I needed some 1/4" SS rod for the wheel axles and bought 10 sticks 12" long on eBay for $10 + $5 shipping after I could not find any locally.

Couldn't cut down some SS bolts from the hardware store?

 

[Otto Syracuse]

Wish I had a pic, but I used to have a tool I called a "hook tool". It was a hoe where the weld on the blade broke off. I ground down the end to make a "hook". I used it a lot for fishing wires, testing ice on the pond, and stoking fires (which is how it met its eventual demise, the handle burnt up).

You just revived one of my earliest childhood memories growing up on our vegetable farm....we used the same "tool" to pull boxes of just picked tomatoes from the very front of the truck. I remember my Grandfather and Father sorting those tomatoes long into the night and making early morning deliveries to the market.

 

[graydog111]

Couldn't cut down some SS bolts from the hardware store?

No. They had to be about 8" long and bent like a Z to be welded to the 1/8" to support the weight when full of dishes. I did try to find long SS bolts though.

 

[Jeembawb]

I made an injector pop tester so I could rebuild my little fiat dozer injectors myself - I figured it was time to remove the mystery of this black art of diesel injection specialists - worked a treat once I got the right type of bottle jack to modify - and hey, a few weeks after the build, spray gun hoppers came on sale at my local supercheap auto store so my spray paint gun will ride again

 

[jb62901]

Made a front and rear blades for the BX, went looking for a new snow plow all dealers were out of stock. Made the blades out of a 100gal upright LP tank.

 

[jwmorris]

After a number of years making rust, I ran the auto caster again today.

You have to click the photo to play the video.

 

[scott_vt]

made a horizontal shaper to make panel cabinet doors, it holds three shaper cutters and does the milling on the stiles and rails and panels,
one can mill out a door in about 2 to 3 Min's, if all parts are cut,

I think the best thing about it is relative safe one would all most have to try to get one hand or fingers in it, and a standard shaper is not that safe,

Good Morni BHD,
WOW that is totally neat... what a great idea ! And the doors came out beautiful ! Being a woodworker you have my attention. Thanks for posting, would love to see more build pics...

 

[graydog111]

Not a tool, but I thought someone might like this idea. After 10 foot satellite dishes became unusable, I repurposed mine to a gazebo. It is bolted to 4 railroad cross ties. I didn't like the looks of it, so I covered the top with some cane we have growing in the backyard. I tied a wire around the bottom of the dish, split the bottom ends of the cane, and slipped the wire into the split. We tied a piece of baler twine around the top to keep the cane in place. I now have more cane on it than the photos show. The cane lasts several years, but must eventually be replaced. We get a lot of positive feedback from visitors.

 

[chopped]

Pretty cool... Wicked cool actually...

 

[graydog111]

Pretty cool... Wicked cool actually...

Thanks, I like projects that cost $0.00.

 

[Jeembawb]

Today I made a water truck - I already posted sum where else so I will try to put a link in here

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/291833-dragalong-towable-box-blade-land-4.html