Topic: Home made tools during lockdown

[scunny]

Let's see what you have cobbled together during the lockdown.

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Bent forks and no access to a press. EDIT. It worked very well, got one fork leg nice and true, problem being, I've lost the other one some how. Clean garage time tomorrow.

[Don R]

 I bought a harbor freight hydraulic press and used my old homestyle press to cut into stackable bearing splitter holders. Along with some old chunks of 1" plate. I now have an old toolbox full of old races and pipe sections for arbors.
 Soon I'm building a frame jig for assembling a custom chassis for my 69 firebird. I'll post some pics of that as it develops.
  This was the crate the front subframe came in, now it's tire cribbing. https://photos.app.goo.gl/wiXAcJR2Si5SYyet6

[scunny]

Anybody got a 32mm fork leg made of unobtanium ? 

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panic over, found it where I put it  .So that's been straightened as well.
Might re-purpose my hand made press to straighten the buckled wheel, any tips ?

[Don R]

 I wonder if a larger rim could be used as a sort of arbor to pull it towards that shape? Or maybe some wood cut to the proper radius? Wood makes a good softener so it doesn't jump out of place too.

[Don R]

https://photos.app.goo.gl/xWAME6c3bXnTHCKM9
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Dh38ipQHZyKz8oTn7

https://photos.app.goo.gl/XYNUWdCZuqfWQFn29

 not all during lockdown, but ideas of what can be done.  I built the bender with the holes per a blueprint online, the holes were 1 1/16" apart but the correct measurement should have been 1.1" I built it twice to get the dies right. The first time I used undersize pivot bolts to get close until we figured out the issue. The air cylinder is air/hydraulic bending with an air pressure only return. Works well with genuine Hossfeld dies.
 This is making the new one using the old one,
https://photos.app.goo.gl/qXXfwo6n7rFhdgA99

[scunny]

Nice job on the bender.

[754]

Try making a tool with a notch to straddle the bent part, put a wood pad undef rim, then use far side of rim  to pull or push, it's quite a bit of leverage.

[Don R]

Nice job on the bender.

Thanks we front halved two alcohol funny cars and a full cage with a new seat on one, a taller cage on a jr. dragster, and built a back half 4 link chassis for my rear engine dragster.