These things are really handy, it's a huge roll of news print paper great for masking or just
covering up large areas, see your local newspaper and ask for an endroll.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i8...s/IMG_1562.jpg

 

These height adjustable tables are also really handy around the shop, this one is a bed
table from a hospital, the second one is just homemade and works great for holding tools
and junk next to your car or truck.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i8...s/IMG_1558.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i8...s/IMG_1559.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i8...s/IMG_1560.jpg

 

Thought I'd throw this in too, removing the swivel plate from your trolly jack and using a "C"
clamp you can safely and easily remove and install heavy bumpers on your truck.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i8...s/IMG_1542.jpg

 

well, i think i have been hanging around with Fredric to long. i was out in the garage this morning, and started to do some fabrication to mount the plasma cutter to the mig cart.
i know it ain't pretty, but it was 26º out there, and i did not turn the heat on. it will look better after it is painted.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...port/cart3.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...port/cart2.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...port/cart1.jpg

 

Made a U-Joint press from a 6" C-Clamp that dad busted the flat cup off of. I took it and notched the fixed clamp end to hold a large socket so I can press out almost any U-joint. Also crimped and welded a 9 foot piece of 1.5"x3/16" wall round tubing to fit over a 1/2" drive ratchet once for a cheater bar... engines don't seize, you just never have the right cheater bar at that moment.

 

Ha, at 26 deg., whatever works.........

 

ok, i started this thread so maybe i should chime in that i have made a tool box out of 18 guage steel,use a mig welder and a break and shear. it has a lift out tray, latches, welded it up once and everything fit right the first time!

i have also made an engine test stand out of the front half of a frame out of a 61 ford truck that me and my dad made into a trailer.

 

I keep forgetting to get pics-
I built a 4x8 welding table at work, 1" thick top, six 3.5" square tube legs, it's about 1200lbs and solid.
Also built a 23x38x20" catch box for the ironworker out of the scrap from the old welding table. 3/8" sides and floor, lots of angle, 6x1.5" ship channel on the bottom, and built in lift hoops. It weighs about 450lbs.
I also have a device in one of my galleries that has come to be known as the redneck hoist- It's an engine hoist I put a set of 8" pneumatic tires on to use on dirt. I also took this hoist, unbolted it from the bottom, welded it into the back of my truck, and used it to pull an engine out of a boat. There's pics of that too.

 

Ok well before anyone points it out, I know I'm bringing back an old thread, but I always think its cool when people think of ways to make something work better for them.

Anyway I recently build an aluminum fuel tank but I wanted to bend the sheet instead of cutting and welding a whole bunch of separate pieces. So I made a simple sheet metal brake on the side of my work bench. The top of the work bench is like 3/8 inch thick, and the angle iron I used for the brake was 2"x2" x 3/16" thick. The hinges were made of 1" pipe and a piece of all thread in the middle. The Strong back is just clamped down on each side with C-clamps.









The tank is 1/8" thick. And seeing that my work bench is not bolted down it was a little tough getting it to bend to 90 degrees. Once I get to about 75 degrees it would start lifting the work bench, but all I needed to do was put some weights in the shelf on the bench and I was able to achieve the desired angle. Thick sheet metal is super easy to bend. This is probably the best tool I have made so far.

 

looks slick, whats the tank for? love to see some finished pics.

 

The tank is for my pick up that I'm rebuilding. I already have pictures of the finished tank in this thread.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...hemi-swap.html

but yeah I've used the metal brake for quite a few other things as well already and I've only had it a few weeks.

 

I can't say that I've actually made a tool, but, I've made several jigs in the past that helped me on my small table saw and with some light picture frame work, etc.

 

Interesting to see this thread dredged up.
I have a whole drawer in my roll away devoted to specialty and modified tools I've made up.
Lots for the Ducati & BMW motorcycles I've owned, some for various cars and trucks.

Wrenches, sockets, pullers, jigs, stops and holders mostly.

 

This is my most used tool that I've made. I use it for holding wires while I solder them together in the middle. It usually gets used a few times a week.

 

That's pretty slick. Back when I was doing lots of that sort of stuff I used a Panavise with two adjustable arms with clips. Back when I could justify a $100 tool to do the job of stuff out of the parts bin..........