What do your ugliest home made tools look like?
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What do your ugliest home made tools look like?
Made a few to make things easier.
Like my quick detach towbar connection for storing the van in the garage and removing it
Like my quick detach towbar connection for storing the van in the garage and removing it
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I have a sneaky suspicion that Chas will win this one hands down...
Ranger Mildtrak
Scorpio Curry Cruiser
A tos-lookin', lunchbox, lipstick and powder puff carryin' home-built trailer
Scorpio Curry Cruiser
A tos-lookin', lunchbox, lipstick and powder puff carryin' home-built trailer
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... I think Henry made it
early back in his Apprenticeship ... ?
... Famous Fiver VoorLoper ...
... Veni Vidi Vici ...
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My van is stored in the garage. It uses storage wheels (little steel wheels) because the van is too high to fit.
My driveway is heavily inclined. To get the van out I have to make sure it is as level as possible to prevent the rear of van catching on the top of the garage roof due to the incline.
Hence this compromise tobar.
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Henri, if your Insurer is on this forum, I would advise that you remove the pic forthwith
Ranger Mildtrak
Scorpio Curry Cruiser
A tos-lookin', lunchbox, lipstick and powder puff carryin' home-built trailer
Scorpio Curry Cruiser
A tos-lookin', lunchbox, lipstick and powder puff carryin' home-built trailer
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These two wheel-spanners
are way smarter than Henrys construction.
... and as Ricoffy would observe,
the welding is better than I could do ...
I inherited them over the years ...
The top one applies a 23 ? socket
via a comfortable winding crank ...
The larger bottom one a 27 socket with a
smart handle :
... when tightening the applied moment
of the folded handle is approx 1/2
that of when loosening ...
are way smarter than Henrys construction.
... and as Ricoffy would observe,
the welding is better than I could do ...
I inherited them over the years ...
The top one applies a 23 ? socket
via a comfortable winding crank ...
The larger bottom one a 27 socket with a
smart handle :
... when tightening the applied moment
of the folded handle is approx 1/2
that of when loosening ...
... Famous Fiver VoorLoper ...
... Veni Vidi Vici ...
... Veni Vidi Vici ...
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... and this is the jig
that LX made up for me in his workshop ...
place a blunt drill in the precision aligned groove
and the underside is dove-tailed to slide
along the grinding wheel guard plate
... to sharpen the drill at correct angle ...
that LX made up for me in his workshop ...
place a blunt drill in the precision aligned groove
and the underside is dove-tailed to slide
along the grinding wheel guard plate
... to sharpen the drill at correct angle ...
... Famous Fiver VoorLoper ...
... Veni Vidi Vici ...
... Veni Vidi Vici ...
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Real Men sharpen a drill freehand on the grinding wheel.BushWacker wrote: βFri Jun 04, 2021 1:04 pm... and this is the jig
that LX made up for me in his workshop ...
place a blunt drill in the precision aligned groove
and the underside is dove-tailed to slide
along the grinding wheel guard plate
... to sharpen the drill at correct angle ...
Suzuki Jimny - Hobbit Car
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... well ... I am, of course , a self-made success ...
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I made this tool to clean my braai grid. Scrape off the fat and gritt.
Suzuki Jimny - Hobbit Car