Let's see some homemade and unusual tools

[Zacsdaddy]

Thats not your garage thats my garage. And my stool, and welder, and hey, I've been looking for that ...

Zacsdaddy

[duke182]

finally access to the computer again.
finally get to see what you guys are posting.
great stuff so far.
keep it coming.

i've only have a few to start with.
thay are not motorcycle specific but they are all useful.

the vise stand is an old split rim piece with a piece of pipe and plate for a mounting surface.
its very stable and portable at the same time.
i intend to improve on the angle supports at some point.

the hammer is one of my favorite tools.
the head is a regular 24oz ball peen,
a piece of 3/8ths rod is welded tthrough the head.
then the pipe is slipped over this an also welded to the head.
the rod inside absorbs any vibration and you do not feel it in your hands.
both ends are capped to keep water out.
you can also use the handle as a striker also.


the tongs and the poker, i made while taking a basic blacksmithing class.
they also come in handy around the shop at times.

thats all i have for now
i will post more when i get the chance.

[Greg]

C'mon now you can't claim my pile of tresures as your own.

Duke. Nice tools .
Under that pile in the corner lies a whole Black Smith shop. coal forge,/ferries hand cranked forge anvil with hardy .BSV , hammers, tongs etc,etc.
For making these strictly by hand.

This one I made to look like it was made in the 1840's to go with my period stuff from that era.
The rest I made to donate to charities for terminally stricken children .There's more ,but this is enough to give you an idea.
Greg.

[duke182]

greg
your work is awesome.
i would love to see more of yoiur knives and the tools and equipment you use tocreate them.
have you ever heard of or been to the metal museum in memphis tn?

[Greg]

Thanks Duke.

The tools I use to make them? Just a forge, hammers and anvil for the rough shape. Then I use nothing but hand work with file and sand paper for the satin finish. It takes a long time by the time I do the finish work on the blade the handle then make the sheath. worth it though to say it's hand made and mean it.
It's just a hobby anymore that gives me great pleasure to gift them to special friends and family and good causes .

I'd post more stuff that I make but since they are not motorcycle related I might be pushing the moderators buttons.
Thanks .
Greg.

[duke182]

i dont see where the mods could get upset.
this thread is in the clubhouse.
the place for things off topic and personal.
imo there's nothing more personal than homemade handcrafted items.

i asked to see homemade tools and you showed us superb examples in your knives.
i hope you choose to show more examples of your work, whatever type tools or equipment you decide to make or modify.
if not thanks for showing what you have already.

[KYpondman]

i hope you choose to show more examples of your work, whatever type tools or equipment you decide to make or modify.

+1 I like great handcrafted anything! It's all about ingenuity.
Claude

[Greg]

OK ,I luv showing my hand made stuff. Here's couple more knives that were donated for "The hunt of a Life" For cancer stricken children ..

That's me doing leatherwork sitting on my home made sew horse. I'm making shot charge belt for my ML shot gun and a Powder and a period shot and powder snake charger. For the next post.

[Greg]

This si the cartridge charge belt and the next one is the powder and shot snake with measurers.
Then I make whistles out of deer horn for birddogers..

[heraldhamster]

I've made a couple of steering head removal tools for 'Wings from old pipe lying around and a couple of specialty tools for removing I disassembling MacPherson struts on old VW Super Beetles. nothing fancy, mind you. and I use an 18" piece of railroad rail as an anvil. somewhat portable.
I more enjoy making custom mounts & parts for my weird/odd designs for 'Wings. but I definitely enjoy re-purposing things for other uses.
I'm in the midst of cleaning out my shop to get out of my last, rented storage unit and installing roof insulation panels with EPS sheets. so when I find interesting stuff, as I know I will, I'll take some quick shots.

[duke182]

greg,
cool stuff

I've made a couple of steering head removal tools for 'Wings from old pipe lying around and a couple of specialty tools for removing I disassembling MacPherson struts on old VW Super Beetles. nothing fancy, mind you. and I use an 18" piece of railroad rail as an anvil. somewhat portable..........
.....when I find interesting stuff, as I know I will, I'll take some quick shots.

looking forward to it

[05c50]

Not quite as nice as those knives , but here's a couple of mine. The small ones are float gauges, the one is adjustable. I'll let you guess what the big one on the bottom is for.




..........Paul

[Greg]

Nice.
The bottom one has me baffled . I'd say its some kind of a specialty wrench. ?

Greg.

[Mike-C]

Gents;
I'll post a picture of the tool I made to torque the swing arm nuts on my 1200's this evening. Now as far as garages go, I am glad to see that there are more of us to do not have sterile operating rooms as garages. My hat is off to those of us who are able to maintain a shop like this, but not in my world. With 5 cars, one pickup truck, a 5th wheel trailer a bunch of lawn equipment and 8 motorcycles in the fleet clean up time is minimal. But as I say to anybody who asks, 'it is my mess and I like my mess'. AND, I know where everything is too. I have a 26x28 ft garage attached to the house and at the moment it is full. My 1978 Dodge Tradesman van (bought new by me and never winter driven) occupies one side of it, 6 or so chords of firewood in the middle and the Wings are holding their own on the other side.
Mike
'84 Wing-Lite (ex-Aspencade)
'84 un-Terstate
'84 Standard (as yet un-named)

[05c50]

Nice.
The bottom one has me baffled . I'd say its some kind of a specialty wrench. ?

Greg.

First, please understand that I make these things functional, not pretty.
I'll give you a couple clues: You won't need this tool unless the engine is out of the frame and the three holes in the round end are used to bolt it on while the large center hole is used to allow a socket to access a "special" retaining nut.

........Paul