Shop Made Tools

[J. Randall]

A cut out for personal injury lawyers? Are you waiting to sue yourself when you get hurt?

That is probably a freebie fridge magnet, I got one in the mail awhile back with a phone book.
James

[ZINOM]

Hey all, I often need to drill a hole in some thin stock that doesn't require a lot of precision so I don't like to spend much time on the set up.

*disclaimer* I use a small screwless vise almost exclusively so this may not be too useful to those with vises without vee grooves.

Threaded rod, scrap strap and a couple of set screws that fit in the vee groove to prevent the clamp from pulling upward.

Not a complex thing but for me it speeds up some operations and I hadn't seen anything similar in all the web surfing I've done.




Thanks for looking,

John

....ps. yes I know my mill is a mess

[bborr01]

GNM109,

I like the spanner wrenches for the mill. Beats using a pliers and messing up the o.d. of the mill parts.

I also like the lazy susan for mill tooling. It looks like it holds more tooling than the standard collet rack.

Thanks for sharing.

Brian

[bborr01]

John (ZINOM),

I tried to look at the pics in your post but they come up as deleted or something.

Your bench must have been a real mess.

Brian

[m_kilde]

Air Brush Painter

Helllo Folks

Just wanted to show you all my latest project. It's an Air Brush tool, that I believe will come in handy in future projects in my home shop

Here's the CAD:



And the final result :

[darryl]

Looks good. It will probably work as well as any manufactured unit. Now all you need to do is add a carousel to it, each color with its own siphon nozzle. You may not get as much paint in each cup, but it might open up an 'artistic avenue' for you. You'd have a virtually instant color change capability, and no nozzle cleaning between changes.

[oldtiffie]

Collet adaptors

This is not a pure "shop-made tool" per se but is with regard to a previous question and answer and a variation on a theme and a use of two tools to enable a wider use of collets with regard to this pic:

Is that hexagonal collet closer, cam activated?

Yes it is, You can get a square and hex 5C collet block for about $20 on ebay, useful. Comes with a cam and a nut closer.

I have both of those (square and hexagon) 5C collet holders. I also have several of the "John Stevenson" 5C>ER-32 collet adaptors from Arc Eurotrade (UK).

Here are the collet holders with 5C collets inserted and with the 5C>ER-32 adaptors alongside them:


Here are the C5>ER-32 adaptors inserted with ER-32 collets (the C5 collets are alongside).



I have a limited set of C5 collets for my grinders and which I use for better concentricity on metric shafts etc.

I have a full ER-32 collet set (2mm>20mm) in 1mm steps and each of which have a 1mm ~(0.040") gripping range so that I can handle any size between 2mm (~0.080") and 20mm (~0.800").

C5 and R8 collets are not as common as ER-32 in OZ as they are in the USA so this suits me very well.

I use ER-32 collets in my lathe, mills and grinders so I get better use from a limited catalogue of collets.

[gr8life]

I am a little late to the party but I will be bold and post some pix of tools I have made. If only to keep this thread going, some really fantastic talent here.
thanks
ed

Because I suffer from dyslexia when it comes to numbers, I have to write everything down. I ordered a D1-6 backplate for my 5C collett set thru chuck. I should have oredred a D1-5. Returned the plate, looked up the dimensions and made this to punish myself for being dumb and it even works.

[vpt]

Made a new holder for a boring bar and used a cummins exhaust valve for the boring bar. lol I have a bunch of these valves so I can make new grinds when necessary.

[moldmonkey]

Wow, I hadn't checked out these thread in a while. Lots of good stuff. Keep them coming.

My version of the Royal chuck stops. Cut out of 6061 1/2" x 6" plate. Spaced out from the chuck face with SPACE BLOCKS.

Edit: I've faced them. Hopefully they won't warp as thin as I got them in some spots. I'll just have to keep an eye on them.

[moldmonkey]

A fixture for holding small rods, bolts, etc. for cut-off on a vertical saw.





A modular knee tool for my second op lathes. Sorry for the poor second pic. It shows it set up for spotting, facing & OD Chamfering in pull of the handle.

[moldmonkey]

A tapping tool for the second op lathes. I wasn't aware of the release & spin style of tools at the time so I made a compression style holder. Works fine as long as you are quick to plug the motor.

[moldmonkey]

Good ol' tapping guide





Drip-oiler for parting-off, knurling, etc.

[baldysm]

Just want you all to know that you all are bastards!

Here I was getting my to-do list down to a size that I would get done before I die, and then there is this thread with lots of great ideas for tools and stuff, some of them I didn't even know I needed.

Thanks Brian for starting the thread and to everyone else for keeping it alive. As soon as I remember to take the camera out to the shop, I'll add a couple of my own tools.

Scott

[darryl]

Chuck stops! That's my very next project! Today I made a cutoff tool holder and a cutoff guide for the toolpost. Tomorrow its the chuck stops in two thicknesses.