Home Made Shop tools.
Teching In
Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 25
Likes: 0
I made my own pipe beveling tool out of a repurposed Harbor Freight electric die grinder and some scrap steel. I'll be using this when I start making my turbo manifold to bevel all the joints for welding.
Still needs some fine tuning, but it should work out pretty well. I need the little posts about ⅛" higher or so and one needs to be relocated.
Still needs some fine tuning, but it should work out pretty well. I need the little posts about ⅛" higher or so and one needs to be relocated.
I made my own pipe beveling tool out of a repurposed Harbor Freight electric die grinder and some scrap steel. I'll be using this when I start making my turbo manifold to bevel all the joints for welding.
Still needs some fine tuning, but it should work out pretty well. I need the little posts about ⅛" higher or so and one needs to be relocated.
Still needs some fine tuning, but it should work out pretty well. I need the little posts about ⅛" higher or so and one needs to be relocated.
Teching In
Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 25
Likes: 0
I was willing to sacrifice a $40 die grinder to make a purpose built machine. If I never make another manifold after this one, I can always grind off the tacks to free up my electric die grinder that I will never use lol. I have an air die grinder and 2 Dremels, so I don't foresee much use for this thing other than beveling pipe.
LS1 Tech Stories
The Best V8 Stories One Small Block at Time
Gas Monkey Built a 6-Wheel Ferrari Testarossa With a Corvette LT4 Engine
Verdad Gallardo
7 Most Reliable High-Performance Engines GM Has Ever Built
Verdad Gallardo
Amazing '71 Camaro Restomod Is Modern Muscle Car Under the Skin
Verdad Gallardo
6 Common C5 Corvette Failures and What's Involved In Repairing Them
Pouria Savadkouei
Retro Modern Bandit Pontiac Trans AM Comes With Burt Reynolds' Autograph
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Greatest Cadillac V Series Performance Models Ever, Ranked
Pouria Savadkouei
Top 10 Most Powerful Chevy Trucks Ever Made!
Hennessey's New Supercharged Silverado ZR2 Has 700 HP
Verdad Gallardo
Coachbuilt N2A Anteros Is an LS2-Powered C6 Corvette In Italian Clothes
Verdad Gallardo
You guys have got some pretty slick stuff!
Made this a couple years ago when I had to sell my toolbox. Was my first real woodworking project.
This is my current project. Need to bend some 4' wide sheet metal to make a bucket for a front end loader I'm building. Decided to make my own press brake for it.
Made this a couple years ago when I had to sell my toolbox. Was my first real woodworking project.
This is my current project. Need to bend some 4' wide sheet metal to make a bucket for a front end loader I'm building. Decided to make my own press brake for it.
I fabbed up an adjustable cheater bar ...
bought like 5 sections of 1 foot rigid threaded electrical pipe (3/4 inch) with couplings and slide it over wrenches, breaker bars and ratchets...
if its too long I take a piece off yada yada yada
pretty simple really
bought like 5 sections of 1 foot rigid threaded electrical pipe (3/4 inch) with couplings and slide it over wrenches, breaker bars and ratchets...
if its too long I take a piece off yada yada yada
pretty simple really
Thread Starter
10 Second Club
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 317
Likes: 0
From: Carlinville, IL
Very cool invention. That is the whole point of this thread. I love the ingenuity of all you guys. Keep sharing.
Steve
Steve
I made my own pipe beveling tool out of a repurposed Harbor Freight electric die grinder and some scrap steel. I'll be using this when I start making my turbo manifold to bevel all the joints for welding.
Still needs some fine tuning, but it should work out pretty well. I need the little posts about ⅛" higher or so and one needs to be relocated.
Still needs some fine tuning, but it should work out pretty well. I need the little posts about ⅛" higher or so and one needs to be relocated.
Thread Starter
10 Second Club
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 317
Likes: 0
From: Carlinville, IL
Now THIS is some serious home built engineering. Love the press break. Very nice!
Steve
Steve
You guys have got some pretty slick stuff!
Made this a couple years ago when I had to sell my toolbox. Was my first real woodworking project.
This is my current project. Need to bend some 4' wide sheet metal to make a bucket for a front end loader I'm building. Decided to make my own press brake for it.
Made this a couple years ago when I had to sell my toolbox. Was my first real woodworking project.
This is my current project. Need to bend some 4' wide sheet metal to make a bucket for a front end loader I'm building. Decided to make my own press brake for it.
Aluminum- 1/2"
mild steel- 1/4"
stainless- 1/8"
The new design will be top die supports of two 1"X6" cr steel plates sandwiching the die, so strength is limited to the 40T of hydraulic force at this point. With upgraded hydraulics, capacities could almost double.
