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bplayer405

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Thing I like the most about welding is the ability to make tools to make our work a bit easier. In just the past few months I've made a vise brake press, a rod/flat bender, portaband table and a mig cart. I'm currently working on a trailer hitch vise mount. Post up some of your projects intended to make your work easier.20200315_141130.jpg20200325_171149.jpg20200518_193952.jpg20200322_155219.jpg20200514_133335.jpg20200519_202402.jpg
 

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I like your vice bending tricks and might adopt them (if no royalties are involved).

One that I have done is to keep 2ea 12 inch angles that I often use to clamp thin metal stock and hand bend to 90 deg's.

The hitch vice mount also should prove to be very handy. Clever!
 

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Royalties? Wouldn't that be nice! Lol! Adopt away. Its one of the reasons I joined is to see what and how others are designing and building projects.

I did get my pipe vise mount done this afternoon... can't wait to get a drill press...20200523_170138.jpg
 

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Don't laugh now. I've been known to use my log splitter as a brake and a tire bead breaker.
 

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Nice press, have always planned to build one, just haven't collected enough free steel yet, same with a gantry I could use.
 

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Most of the tools I make tend to be a one-off use, and either get recycled or given to a friend. The only stuff i have currentyly are these two crude crankshaft holding bars, and T-Post driver. The T-post driver gets used often, so it had to be a little more finished.
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I have a brake drum puller I made for my '37 Plymouth restoration project somewhere, it is crude like the crankshaft bars, just some pieces of scrap angle iron and a large nut and bolt welded together.
 

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Guess the brake drum puller was a little more than I remember.
 

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PILOON

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Yep, post pounder.
Made mine from a discarded 'dozer cylinder and welded a solid slug at the top end.
Side grips/handles slightly towards the operator.
Used rebar for the grips in order to have a good hand hold.
My neighbors all use it more than I do, but that' OK, makes a good loaner credit for when I need to borrow something.
 

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Don't laugh now. I've been known to use my log splitter as a brake and a tire bead breaker.
my boy gave me a pallet jack that his company through away for osha because it had the forks spread apart, I put it in my log splitter with a chain and straighten it out.
 

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bplayer405

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I love this! Are you using any specific size of 2" sq. tubing?
I happened to come up with a 5' section of 2" square that's 1/8" wall. Short leg is 1' and the long is 2'. Its not thick enough for making towing accessories, but strong enough to hold the vises I use for work. Last mod I did was to cap the ends of the tubing with 1/8" material to make it stronger. Had a chance to use the pipe vise today, just to hold some copper tubing to sweat on fittings. Makes an awesome 3rd hand...
 
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