Thread: Show The World How You've Modified Your Tools To Work For What You Needed/Razors etc

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Mike that was Great Humor!

Now to a wrench that was modified for a specific use/I've never used it/but Dad somehow needed to do the modification

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It's 1" on the straight side and 15/16 on the bent side. Go Figure!

He apparently needed a bent 15/16" in a certain situation!

A few of my tools. I have a modified allen wrench in there somewhere. I have these inside since it is winter. Some hammers, flush cutters, carbide drill bits (3/32, 1/8) for oversized pivots, punches, hole punches, piece of railroad track, a 1"x1" x8" key stock for a small anvil, brass tubing (3/32, 1/8), pin vise, files, small vise & bench pin & anvil, a bone wedge for spreading apart scales in boiling water, Dremel's with one set up as drill press & a lot more..............
Oh yeah, I found those three punches at Harbor Freight a few weeks ago, 2/32, 1/16, 3/16. I have my main workbench in the garage with a drill press, belt sander, vise & regular buffer. I want to be able to use wheels with greaseless compounds but don't know if the regular buffer will work.

Hi folks, I've enjoyed reading all the posts and thought I would share this: I was wanting to clean one of my Razors and as you can see an old Yake type key and some file work and I have a usable Fat Boy Spanner.

Cheers.

The spanner is used to remove the end cap of the Fatboy?

Originally Posted by randydance062449

The spanner is used to remove the end cap of the Fatboy?

Yes, it appears so to me.

Originally Posted by randydance062449

The spanner is used to remove the end cap of the Fatboy?

Yes, there is also a crimped version like you see on a slim, but the threaded version is so much easier to work with.

Originally Posted by MattCB

Yes, there is also a crimped version like you see on a slim, but the threaded version is so much easier to work with.

Looks like this:

Originally Posted by MikeB52

This thread is a good idea.
My first tools when I graduated aviation were from my dad. Proto open end offset wrenches were in that kit, I still own those thin tuff bastards. And miss that less thin, equally tuff bastard I called my dad...he too loved Proto,, and Craftsman.
Now as to the topic. I built this just for razors. Currently running 2"x30" belts in a variety of grits above 400.
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While I could buy a belt sander, I wanted variable speed, and different interchangeable radius wheels for the front. I mounted an adjustable uhmw strip under the belt for support while in operation. I also made a couple of belts out of some leather and croxed one, diamond coated the other.
So far, I've only cleaned up one razor on it but it helps me maintain a steady stroke while cleaning the sides.
Anyway, cheers.

What does that 3/8 beam clamp do?

Got one of those myself. Work's pretty well.

SLawman

Originally Posted by tedh75

What does that 3/8 beam clamp do?

Hey, thanks for noticing, and asking.
That's my tensioner. The entire rear spindle and bearing assembly are built on a tray between linear bearings.
I built a slight negative angle into it so the belts track to the left until I wind up the beam clamp and as it gets taught, spindles resist each other and the belt moves to the right slowly with each turn .
It tracks very well and allows me to use commercial belts or home made leather ones.
Cheers.