Shop Made Tools

[sasquatch]

Impressive workmanship here guys,, and agreed about the "Elffers" lathe, a beauty.

My thanks to everyone again who post their skills and talents, ideas here!!

Very much appreciated!!!

[DATo]

Scratch built lathe and power tapper - both really nice projects !!! Thanks for posting guys ! [:-)

[madwilliamflint]

Scratch built lathe and power tapper - both really nice projects !!! Thanks for posting guys ! [:-)

I'd love to see pics of those if you've got 'em. This would sure be a great thread for it :-)

UPDATE: Whups. Sorry about that. My brain is positively poached this week.

[DATo]

I'd love to see pics of those if you've got 'em. This would sure be a great thread for it :-)

Ooooooops, same "guy" (ironnut).

Look a couple of posts upwards in the thread william.

[Ron of Va]

I didn’t have any brushes on my band saw, so I made a holder out of a piece of aluminum and a couple of old toothbrushes. They are held in place with rare earth magnets.

[Ron of Va]

This adapter can recharge aerosol cans. The cans with stems and those without stems can be recharged.
The O-ring seals the can at the base along with pressure from the air guns rubber tip at the top. The through hole is a couple of thousandths larger than the stem. It uses the can’s own one-way valve to keep the product inside the can; otherwise you would get a face full of product.
Simple, but effective. All the cans I have measured have the same size stem collar for the O-ring.

If I see them on ebay, I want a cut.

[BillTodd]

Mixing air with solvents etc. under pressure like that, will make a pretty effective bomb so please be careful

Bill

[Ron of Va]

You are right. I forgot to mention that you can feel the pressure of the can like a bicycle tire and you have to be careful not to over inflate. You inflate just enough to get the last bit out of a can when you need to. It doesn’t take much. I have never popped a can, but I don’t have a two stage air compressor either.

[Harvey Melvin Richards]

I won a large Noga magnetic base on Ebay. I made a bolt-on accessory base for the top and now I have a small magnetic vise farm.

[Prokop]

I didn’t have any brushes on my band saw, so I made a holder out of a piece of aluminum and a couple of old toothbrushes. They are held in place with rare earth magnets.

Very nice!