Shop Made Tools

[TGTool]

Very interesting pictures including the shop heater just behind the operator. Was the 1.5 liter waste oil also a heat supplement? Tell us more about the locomotive restoration too.

[Steamfixer]

That shop heater can hold the rather big engine shed/shop heated to above freesing when
its -32 grades Celsius outside if or when the mains drops out.
But if You stand Close to it Your clothes can catch fire.
I have been told its rated for 14000 Watts.

About the locomotive, Urskog-Hoelandsbanen nr 6 ( narrow gauge 750 mm.) may not be
discussed here in the Shop Made Tools-room but in a tread solely about nr 6?

Ragnar

[sasquatch]

Wow Steamfixer, this is very interesting and very heavy duty work.
Great pics, and i too was interested in that stove, never saw anything like that.

[Steamfixer]

The stove is a typical Norwegian Wood burning stove. Its the huge size that makes it special.
Most stoves of same design are just 50% of the one You see. Its 2,6 meters ( 8 feet and 6 inches) tall.
The combustion Chamber are lined with a sort of firebrick and further up there are baffle
plates that makes a longer trip for the flame/smoke before it reaches the chimney.

[trackfodder]

With a proper chopper speed controller you should have full torque and slow enough to tell time.

[morehelium]

Ragnar, (steamfixer) Thanks for sharing. I think Many of us would be most interested in a separate thread on your shop and the locomotive under repair.

Gotta love a world where people half a planet a part can share their experiences....

[hammerfest]

A pin spanner for my Jacobs Rubber Collet and 2J Collet.

[flutedchamber]

Very, very nice. The holes give some additional grip and add some style to the tool.

[sasquatch]

Thanks for posting, nice piece of work.

[chevy3755]

very nice piece.......

[dian]

why is it double sided? the pins look the same diameter.

[TGTool]

why is it double sided? the pins look the same diameter.

One end for clockwise and the other for counterclockwise turning?

Actually, I think he's got slightly different diameters for the chucks. It's just not obvious in the photo.

[hammerfest]

It's two different chucks a 2J and a Jacobs Rubber Collet both are different diameters and both have different pin sizes (1/2 & 7/16). Thanks for the compliments, much appreciated and happy to share, I have benefited greatly from others posting projects, and I have a lifetime supply of stuff to build. Best wishes for the holidays!

[trackfodder]

You guys might enjoy a trip to www.metalmeet.com and check out the plans for planishing hammers etc. there. I think I may do one or at least an English wheel or bending brake.

[ajl959]

I've just finished my first real project as a beginner, and proper tool, a soft faced mallet - so thought I'd stick a photo up here since I've enjoyed seeing everyone else's work so much

I've got a nylon and a bronze face made for it (was just lucky my Dad had some bronze, it was supposed to just be two nylon ones) and really pleased with how it turned out. Wasn't confident that I could knurl the handle without getting it wrong, and none of the other ways of texturing one appeal, so thinking I will wrap that section in handlebar tape or something similar. Think the contrast might actually work well.