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

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Well I'll be replacing the rear tire on my motorcycle here in a few days and I thought that I might need a little brute force and ignorance to get the shaft free. I don't own a dead blow hammer only a couple of rubber mallets but I had some brass 'punches' (brass shafts from large valves) that were my dad's so I ground the small end of one so that it will fit nicely into the counter sunk hold from when the shaft was manufactured so as not to damage the threads and make sure the punch didn't wander from the center.

The modified 'tool' is in the middle/you can see from the bottom 'punch' that dad had used it.



Here's a better look at the one I modified. I'll probably only use it for similar tasks.



Yes I polished it up a bit/it'll only be 'NEW' once.

This post has stuck with me and I got a couple of brass stems from some valves that got replaced at work. Just got them home today. Didn't have a ruler handy so the spoon and flashlight are for reference.

The one is a little on the large size.