dmw56
Busted and Rusted on Route 66
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donsrods
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I have a HF bead roller and small rolled and flat steel bender, also a conduit bender, very handy for various projects. Oh and a 10ton press.
We didn't own a press until a few years ago but I was in HF and they had the 12 ton on sale, so I bought one. Now we wonder how we ever lived without one. It is handy for pressing out bushings and things like that and it does it gently without ruining the parts, like would happen beating on it with a hammer.
Don
Jimmy Wallbanger
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low buck
I started out with a
-dewalt heavy duty 4.5" grinder I got new at an auction for $15 still in the plastic with 1 grinding disc(still has some meat on it after 10 years)
- Craftsman 4" bench vise (mounted to Kicker speaker basket to be mobile)from a yard sale after an old guy passed on( it wasnt originally for sale but I think i gave them $10)
- Licoln135 flux or gas ( about $500 ) tey dont sales these at our lowes anymore. I still only run flux because its my tote around welder.
for what is good to have!
- large crescent wrent to bend flat bar ( like a hand held brake)
- Oh those step bits and I prefer the dewalt selftappers don mentioned. prices go down around xmas
- membro grinding discs at tractor supply 10 for $5!
- lots of files ! I buy them every where. you feel at one with the metal with these (HAH)
-CLAMPS!
-tin snips
I could go on for days but staying low buck here is a no no!!!! I didnt have a good bench ginder so the dewalt went into the portable vise and the switches had a lock to stay on. Word great but very dangerous. then again I`ve used hammer handles as jack stands.please dont do that one for real.
I started out with a
-dewalt heavy duty 4.5" grinder I got new at an auction for $15 still in the plastic with 1 grinding disc(still has some meat on it after 10 years)
- Craftsman 4" bench vise (mounted to Kicker speaker basket to be mobile)from a yard sale after an old guy passed on( it wasnt originally for sale but I think i gave them $10)
- Licoln135 flux or gas ( about $500 ) tey dont sales these at our lowes anymore. I still only run flux because its my tote around welder.
for what is good to have!
- large crescent wrent to bend flat bar ( like a hand held brake)
- Oh those step bits and I prefer the dewalt selftappers don mentioned. prices go down around xmas
- membro grinding discs at tractor supply 10 for $5!
- lots of files ! I buy them every where. you feel at one with the metal with these (HAH)
-CLAMPS!
-tin snips
I could go on for days but staying low buck here is a no no!!!! I didnt have a good bench ginder so the dewalt went into the portable vise and the switches had a lock to stay on. Word great but very dangerous. then again I`ve used hammer handles as jack stands.please dont do that one for real.
dmw56
Busted and Rusted on Route 66
Not absolutely essential but once you have them you'll love them.
Clecos
Sheetmetal butt clamps
Sheetmetal hole punch dies
Dimple dies
Clecos
Sheetmetal butt clamps
Sheetmetal hole punch dies
Dimple dies
Gus
Banned
And the most important item of all, is someone who will put those tools to good use and not complain,show up on time sober and not use the tubing benders as a hammer oh and put the tools up when he's done.
Most of the time if you don't have it a friend does,so go ask your buddy before you go buy it. Guys are guys we want to own everything but unless your pockets a lined with green it's hard to afford EVERYTHING so just ask around normally someone will let you use what you need....garage sales put HF to shame 99.9% of the time.
Most of the time if you don't have it a friend does,so go ask your buddy before you go buy it. Guys are guys we want to own everything but unless your pockets a lined with green it's hard to afford EVERYTHING so just ask around normally someone will let you use what you need....garage sales put HF to shame 99.9% of the time.
Nothing like raising the thread from the Dead...
Couple of thoughts:
- Instead of the black grinding/cutoff wheels, I now recommend the cutoff/grinding discs from Bad Dog Tools. Been using these for ~ 1.5 yrs now. Be forwarned: these things are "Ohh, hot mama!, expensive" , but they have a lifetime warranty(I've already had a 4.5" disc done by them, because it had a slight concave-shape done to it, due to mounting in the grinder wasn't perfect, by me. Guy, at his insistence, replaced "just in case" w/o any unhappiness/complaint. & a friend made me a proper adaptor so now it sits/spins correctly, as their adaptor didn't fit my grinder.). The other thing is, these things are *highly* aggressive, & will rip the grinder outta your grip iffen you aren't careful/cautious & don't have a death grip on that grinder! But they absolutely rock for rough cutting/grinding welds & as a cutoff wheel. They have the diamond(or something)-grit on both sides of the disc & the outer edge. Made in a number of sizes. One of the best bennies, other than long-life, is no more blk-dust/grit from the cutting/grinding wheels - you'll still get the metal-dust, but no more blk-snot/burned-resin-taste/blk-grit-everywhere. Yes, I do still have the good fiber-reinforced extra-thin cuttoff zizz wheels for my mini-grinders. All-in-all, *well* worth the money. I got them at the Btt50s w/a slight discount, but these are actually *worth* the cost! Rarity these days. I *may* exchange the 4.5" disc soon or at the next Btt50s, as I've had to cut ~60 brake drums(~20+ cars w/stuck brakes & I want them to roll *now*) & other steel. Still cuts, just slightly less sparks & cutting speed. Will know more in a couple months, as outer edge of disc still has visible diamond(?)dust on it. .
Another thought is on wrenches n sockets. Although retired, I own a lot of Snap-On & Mac. Back then it was 6pt, 12pt, 8pt, etc. Sockets & hand wrenches - in each variety; & in each drive-size. Just before I retired, they came out w/a full line of Spline-Drive. *IF* I was doing this from scratch, or going to be still in it for awhile, I would buy the Spline-Drive 1st, sockets, combo wrenches, etc; then fill as needed if Spline-Drive wasn't available. They work on 6pt, 12pt, Spline, & probably some other stuff. A whole lot less to buy. I did buy some just prior to retirement, so I do value them, just couldn't justify the whole kit-n-caboodle of available stuff. I wish... ;( .
Along w/that goes where/when/etc to purchase. If possible, find someone going to vo-tech mechanical/etc. Snap-on & Mac both offer serious discounts to the students, like 40%+->~65% off. Some tools can be bought multiple times, others only once. The discount is high enough that it almost makes it worth signing up for the classes alone... , & if you are the student, they offer(did anyways) ridiculously low(er) financing terms. This version of purchasing is cheaper than pawn shops, swap meets, etc; & tools are new. Only other way is buying tools from wife/relatives of deceased mechanics, or retiring/retired mechanics. Lifetime warranties for Snap-on n Mac apply to hand tools & boxes(last I heard), air/electric are vastly different, as are the sub-lines like blue-point/etc. Still good stuff, but do check things out.
Marcus...
Couple of thoughts:
- Instead of the black grinding/cutoff wheels, I now recommend the cutoff/grinding discs from Bad Dog Tools. Been using these for ~ 1.5 yrs now. Be forwarned: these things are "Ohh, hot mama!, expensive" , but they have a lifetime warranty(I've already had a 4.5" disc done by them, because it had a slight concave-shape done to it, due to mounting in the grinder wasn't perfect, by me. Guy, at his insistence, replaced "just in case" w/o any unhappiness/complaint. & a friend made me a proper adaptor so now it sits/spins correctly, as their adaptor didn't fit my grinder.). The other thing is, these things are *highly* aggressive, & will rip the grinder outta your grip iffen you aren't careful/cautious & don't have a death grip on that grinder! But they absolutely rock for rough cutting/grinding welds & as a cutoff wheel. They have the diamond(or something)-grit on both sides of the disc & the outer edge. Made in a number of sizes. One of the best bennies, other than long-life, is no more blk-dust/grit from the cutting/grinding wheels - you'll still get the metal-dust, but no more blk-snot/burned-resin-taste/blk-grit-everywhere. Yes, I do still have the good fiber-reinforced extra-thin cuttoff zizz wheels for my mini-grinders. All-in-all, *well* worth the money. I got them at the Btt50s w/a slight discount, but these are actually *worth* the cost! Rarity these days. I *may* exchange the 4.5" disc soon or at the next Btt50s, as I've had to cut ~60 brake drums(~20+ cars w/stuck brakes & I want them to roll *now*) & other steel. Still cuts, just slightly less sparks & cutting speed. Will know more in a couple months, as outer edge of disc still has visible diamond(?)dust on it.
.Another thought is on wrenches n sockets. Although retired, I own a lot of Snap-On & Mac. Back then it was 6pt, 12pt, 8pt, etc. Sockets & hand wrenches - in each variety; & in each drive-size. Just before I retired, they came out w/a full line of Spline-Drive. *IF* I was doing this from scratch, or going to be still in it for awhile, I would buy the Spline-Drive 1st, sockets, combo wrenches, etc; then fill as needed if Spline-Drive wasn't available. They work on 6pt, 12pt, Spline, & probably some other stuff. A whole lot less to buy. I did buy some just prior to retirement, so I do value them, just couldn't justify the whole kit-n-caboodle of available stuff. I wish... ;( .
Along w/that goes where/when/etc to purchase. If possible, find someone going to vo-tech mechanical/etc. Snap-on & Mac both offer serious discounts to the students, like 40%+->~65% off. Some tools can be bought multiple times, others only once. The discount is high enough that it almost makes it worth signing up for the classes alone...
, & if you are the student, they offer(did anyways) ridiculously low(er) financing terms. This version of purchasing is cheaper than pawn shops, swap meets, etc; & tools are new. Only other way is buying tools from wife/relatives of deceased mechanics, or retiring/retired mechanics. Lifetime warranties for Snap-on n Mac apply to hand tools & boxes(last I heard), air/electric are vastly different, as are the sub-lines like blue-point/etc. Still good stuff, but do check things out.Marcus...
shot bag , i have a 10"` x 4 " x 14" wooden block of hardwood ( can be used for making a specific hole or divit) and a 4 1/2" cannon ball not quite spherical heavy but brilliant for shaping
folders, rollers, english wheel anvils - smaller ones can be made from railway track successfully
Cardboard (pattern making)
dont be afraid to customise body hammers either ,, ive lightened a couple re-shaped one or other ends, made 2 dollys from one big one added some high tensile bolts, and welded together, and have one i made for the rolled gaurd edge on a 37 Ford tudor - has been useful for other projects
redisigned a trailer hitch ball as a dolly , used an old big engineers file to a slapper, was blunt and a fine fine so no scoring after metal finish
buy old tools , quality is better than modern stuff
folders, rollers, english wheel anvils - smaller ones can be made from railway track successfully
Cardboard (pattern making)
dont be afraid to customise body hammers either ,, ive lightened a couple re-shaped one or other ends, made 2 dollys from one big one added some high tensile bolts, and welded together, and have one i made for the rolled gaurd edge on a 37 Ford tudor - has been useful for other projects
redisigned a trailer hitch ball as a dolly , used an old big engineers file to a slapper, was blunt and a fine fine so no scoring after metal finish
buy old tools , quality is better than modern stuff
