Showing posts with label tools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tools. Show all posts

Friday, February 24, 2012

handy

The Bends...
I found these things called "Kwiktwist" at the Lowe's in town for $6.They work pretty good for carrying shit on the bike or in the truck but they also work good to make 3-dimensional  bends,no more using welding wire that is hard to see, while doin a frame or makin a sissy bar or what ever the fuck else you want to put a bend on...That is all,carry on.


Monday, February 20, 2012

Meanwhile

Another day around here...
-Was planning on gettin a ride in after tuning in the carb on the Trumpet today but a few other jobs poped up...

First off,my grinders all shit the bed at the same time Friday after I picked up the tubing to get goin on the Ho-matic.I was gonna rebuild that today.
My step-dad Jay has had an exhaust leak for over a year on his old Chevy SS S-10.Only made these a few years, 87/88/89 I think and he loves this piece of crap.He had a shop(Sullivan's) supposedly weld the leak last week but but they did a shitty job and just made a mess.No welding skill at all from the looks of it,just splatter and bubbles.He asked if I could take a look and instead of tryin to get in a tight spot with out a grinder I ended up wrapping it in that muffler bandage shit...Worked pissa!
Next Brother Gike, my step-bro stopped by and needed a bolt for his exhaust on the FLH.It wasn't that bad out but he decided to sport his suede face mask anyway.I think he likes that is looks like a cereal killer made it from the ass cheek of a victim and it scares kids.
later this afternoon I finally got to my shit.I changed over the banjo from a dual to a single and ran new fuel plumbing.Cleaned it up for now but I either want to get copper, clear or braided line...Fuck it,as long as it runs!
About 15 minutes after this the ol' lady needed me to give her a hand and then we were off to drop off the truck.Have to finish up my shit  later.
We had an hour to kill so we took a ride up to Lowe's and scouted out some new tools. This Porter Cable will do just fine after getting rid of the guard and putting on a cutting wheel.Gonna get back to work on the Ho later on tonight,hope nothing comes up between now and then.


Saturday, February 18, 2012

Modifications

Tool Time...
Like most Harbor Freight tools if you make some modifications to them they will work just fine.This is a die from their tubing bender line the infamous "Kinkers".What I did is maker a strap to hold the pipe down tight to the die, theory being if it can't lift it can't kink.Well we'll see when I get back from Maine next week.

-I'm posting this from my phone on the way to Maine so it might come out a little strange.






Sunday, February 5, 2012

Vise

Tradin up
JR dropped off a new bench vise to me last week.Figured today was a good day to make the swap.The old one wasn't stayin tight and the new one even swivels.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Liberty Tool
"The whole idea is to help support the working people of New England and to allow them access to the tools that they need to provide for their families".
www.libertytoolco.com

There's No Place Like Here: Liberty Tool from Etsy on Vimeo.

Monday, September 12, 2011

toolchest


THE STUDLEY TOOL CHEST

“Born in 1838 in Massachusetts, Henry O. Studley is best known for creating the so-called Studley Tool Chest, a wall hanging tool chest which cunningly holds some 300 tools in a space that takes up about 40 inches by 20 inches of wall space when closed.”
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