Topic: Cool Tools.

[Honda Hansel]

Remember that one
from sienfeld LOL

[70CB750]

Little/big project.  Ball turner. 

And  no, it's not for the bedroom  , it's for lathe.

[Dr. Frankenstein]

Anybody use one of these? Lisle 36050 Valve Keeper Remover and Installer...taking out and putting in the valve keepers on ANY engine is a bit of a PITA, but with this tool all you need to do is smack it with a BFH - I use a 5 lb sledge, and it makes the whole process SO much easier - and fun, believe it or not! You can literally take out all the keepers in an inline four in about a minute - seriously!  Probably two minutes or thereabouts to put them back IN! No more C-clamps and keepers *PINGING* and flying off into the stratosphere! You use the silver part to take them out, and the black part to put them back in -it's magnetic, and there's a very brief learning curve (minutes only), but It Is Awesome, and I love mine.  Here's a good price on one on Amazon ($40)...it doesn't say it's a "Lisle", which is what I have, but it's the same tool...

https://www.amazon.com/Hihitomorrow-Remover-Installer-Compressor-Retainer/dp/B0BP1NGSWC/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=15VNLVBXL4IJ6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.BwKiQx8sHWqyu0zDaYbKHkVjTBfkKsPOwjwonOWerAEOx-0uSolX7u2ojCARcJjJ1wJV5X-22tX6ox7ypyjsFDqYiVTG3ZMF7SvkzBikgd1bToMroi_l4ERlezjBHX6_cF1QhleFwIgHplkPa2uCgAHfA-DhbAXtWSM3KSm3f2bA79Eka0goHePiCruUkVLeTp7l8sdujlMfkwtce0H34_szykO8gMzqFbST0cXjDE5y3ELMuWxKpMsl1UmH6zf4Hz2k7WIIP7j_3bDznyINNuxL5TYVBQKa_F2yAU1rGRI.WcrxJufQVya8EN8hKcp_hhk8bsTEufoRrO-32hD9yOY&dib_tag=se&keywords=lisle%2Bvalve%2Bkeeper%2Bremover%2B%26%2Binstaller%2Bkit%2B36050&qid=1735741383&sprefix=Lisle%2Bvalve%2Bkeeper%2Caps%2C84&sr=8-2-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

Here's another nice one to have: a Vevor Articulated Borescope - unfortunately their website says it's sold out but runs about $106 and lets you take a look around inside the engine. There are slightly cheaper ones online too.

[willbird]

Really nice packaging. Would like to make a lexan box to sit over it when it is on the granite plate in order to protect it from dust and debris when not in use. Need to make a plywood cover for the Granite too that rests on the angle iron and does not touch the top. It is really not in a "good" spot adjacent to the back end of the lathe spindle but that has been the "spot" that it fit into for the lst 20 years :-). The height gage is new out of the box.

Back in year 2000 or so I worked in a machine shop in Toledo, OH, we were allowed to buy tools and such payroll deduction, somebody had a screaming deal on this 18"x24"x3" granite plate. The Angle iron stand was actually found material, I had made it more than a decade prior for an old drill press that I ended of scrapping. When that 125lb or so granite came in I took it out and flopped it in the back of the 1986 Camaro I was driving then :-).



These boxes contain gage pins in .001" increments, at the machine shop they lived in my Kennedy roll around that rarely moved. They were another screaming deal. Pins come in a selection of grades with more precise ones being a lot more expensive, these are dirt cheap ones at the lowest level of "precise" those still have uses in everyday machine shop work even in a high precision shop. We would put them in holes to align parts, or put them in a hole so that clamping the part in a vise did not crush that finished hole. The pins are heavy and the boxes get stacked on top of each other for the last 20 years and were then in the way for the next thing going on where they were. I COULD have went crazy with some angle iron and the MIG welder and made "nicer" but the 100lb granite would have to come out and go back in, this took an hour and a half and gave the pins a place to live where they are not in the way. I did order a new set of .061"-.250" ins, they are pretty cheap and that is the size range that really got beat up a lot and or some lost. The cheap pins range all the way to 1", my sets stop at .750". The cheaP pins are kind of crazy in the fact that the font used to engrave the size on them varies from pin to pin within a set, as if in China there is a ".247" gage pin factory" that makes just that size, right next door to the ".235" gage pin factory" that makes only that size :-).



I have a cheap set of gage blocks too, again they have uses where you might not use really good gage blocks, putting into a slot so that clamping the part in the vise does not cursh the slot as an example. Typical SIN bar use does not demand ultra precision blocks either really.

[strynboen]

got the russian milling machine up and running..have burned a rele..for the main power engine suply...it vas a mess to find a viring diagram...so pulled all the russian stuff aut...and rebuild a simpel system vith a hold rela..and start and safty stop loop...all stering power is 400 volt..a bit powerfull ...but vith no null..only 3- 400 fases.(russian standart)..vaws thinking to make a 24 volt control power..but keeped it as it vas...use only 400 volt/2 fases..the dc braking system  put 50 dc to 2 fases on the engine...i just droped it...to complicated to rebuild..

[Gurp]

Do you have 3 phase in your shop or are you running a VFD for it?

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[strynboen]

in denmark ve have 400 volt 16 amps inevry singel house..some even 35 amps..only small flats have only 240 singel fase..its from the 1960 " idea vas atom energi for heating houses...but ve newer got it...today eu push harder for singel fase to vashing machines and kooking and heaters..
but its nice to have a robust power suply...make it easy to have a home shop..vith industrial machines

[willbird]

got the russian milling machine up and running..have burned a rele..for the main power engine suply...it vas a mess to find a viring diagram...so pulled all the russian stuff aut...and rebuild a simpel system vith a hold rela..and start and safty stop loop...all stering power is 400 volt..a bit powerfull ...but vith no null..only 3- 400 fases.(russian standart)..vaws thinking to make a 24 volt control power..but keeped it as it vas...use only 400 volt/2 fases..the dc braking system  put 50 dc to 2 fases on the engine...i just droped it...to complicated to rebuild..

What was the original intended voltage ?? For 3 phase in the USA 240VAC and 480VAC are pretty standard voltages. 60hz at 400V may not be so great for the motor. Motors on a VFD run on a Volts/HZ ratio that would put the proper Hz for 400V lower than 60hz probably. 400/480 is 20% low on V so maybe 50Hz would be close to correct at 400V ??

[strynboen]

ve have 50 hz in most of europa and russia

[Gurp]

got the russian milling machine up and running..have burned a rele..for the main power engine suply...it vas a mess to find a viring diagram...so pulled all the russian stuff aut...and rebuild a simpel system vith a hold rela..and start and safty stop loop...all stering power is 400 volt..a bit powerfull ...but vith no null..only 3- 400 fases.(russian standart)..vaws thinking to make a 24 volt control power..but keeped it as it vas...use only 400 volt/2 fases..the dc braking system  put 50 dc to 2 fases on the engine...i just droped it...to complicated to rebuild..

What was the original intended voltage ?? For 3 phase in the USA 240VAC and 480VAC are pretty standard voltages. 60hz at 400V may not be so great for the motor. Motors on a VFD run on a Volts/HZ ratio that would put the proper Hz for 400V lower than 60hz probably. 400/480 is 20% low on V so maybe 50Hz would be close to correct at 400V ??

I think it's really just north America that uses 60hz. About everywhere else is 50hz.


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[Gurp]

in denmark ve have 400 volt 16 amps inevry singel house..some even 35 amps..only small flats have only 240 singel fase..its from the 1960 " idea vas atom energi for heating houses...but ve newer got it...today eu push harder for singel fase to vashing machines and kooking and heaters..
but its nice to have a robust power suply...make it easy to have a home shop..vith industrial machines

That's awesome you have 3 phase at a residence. That's a major expense to have in the USA.

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[willbird]

got the russian milling machine up and running..have burned a rele..for the main power engine suply...it vas a mess to find a viring diagram...so pulled all the russian stuff aut...and rebuild a simpel system vith a hold rela..and start and safty stop loop...all stering power is 400 volt..a bit powerfull ...but vith no null..only 3- 400 fases.(russian standart)..vaws thinking to make a 24 volt control power..but keeped it as it vas...use only 400 volt/2 fases..the dc braking system  put 50 dc to 2 fases on the engine...i just droped it...to complicated to rebuild..

What was the original intended voltage ?? For 3 phase in the USA 240VAC and 480VAC are pretty standard voltages. 60hz at 400V may not be so great for the motor. Motors on a VFD run on a Volts/HZ ratio that would put the proper Hz for 400V lower than 60hz probably. 400/480 is 20% low on V so maybe 50Hz would be close to correct at 400V ??

I think it's really just north America that uses 60hz. About everywhere else is 50hz.


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I do not doubt that a bit, we have our own way of doing things :-) for nearly a century in that particular instance.  Some nameplates that we get on motors have 50Hz info included on them.

Bill

[spotty]

In anticipation of more activity on Terry's Ducati tomorrow I went out and bought a new hammer

[dave500]

cordless hammer!!what will they think of next?

[newday777]

cordless hammer!!what will they think of next?

😅

[Alan F.]

I picked up one of the Honda piston ring compressors from JTMarks on ebay.
Part number 07954-4220000 listed for CBX1000 fits these 65mm pistons very well.

[newday777]

I picked up one of the Honda piston ring compressors from JTMarks on ebay.
Part number 07954-4220000 listed for CBX1000 fits these 65mm pistons very well.

Cool!

[newday777]

I picked up one of the Honda piston ring compressors from JTMarks on ebay.
Part number 07954-4220000 listed for CBX1000 fits these 65mm pistons very well.

They actually fit 63mm-66mm so an 812 kit too, up to 849??

[Alan F.]

Yes they'd probably be just the tool for all of those.
Give me a call anytime and I'll fill you in on the latest here. I hope you're feeling better.

[newday777]

Yes they'd probably be just the tool for all of those.
Give me a call anytime and I'll fill you in on the latest here. I hope you're feeling better.

Will do. Definitely feeling better now thanks.

[grcamna2]

I picked up one of the Honda piston ring compressors from JTMarks on ebay.
Part number 07954-4220000 listed for CBX1000 fits these 65mm pistons very well.

They actually fit 63mm-66mm so an 812 kit too, up to 849??

OEM Honda quality 

[Remcod]

Let me know how those work, because Im not clever enough. I cant get them to clear the studs.

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[Terry in Australia]

I like vapor blasted parts, but vapor blasting is really expensive here, because the machine, without the compressor is around $20K AUD (say, $13K USD) here, and so all of the guys doing the blasting have a pretty big overhead to pay, with a need for a big compressor, a dry blasting outfit for removing paint and rust etc before vapor blasting some items, rent on their shops, etc.

A few months ago I bought this cheap heated pressure washing machine.

Vapor blaster project 10 February 2025 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Vapor blaster project 10 February 2025 2 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

While I was playing with it, I wondered how hard it'd be to convert it into a vapor blasting machine. I watched a few Youtube videos and saw that a lot of folks are turning their sandblasting cabinets into vapor blasters by using a submersible "Dirty water pump" to pump the grit laden water up to the blasting gun, and then using compressed air to blast the media at the items that need blasting. I needed a bigger compressor, so found this 15 CFM Australian built compressor which also has a bigger tank than my other compressor, for the bargain price of $350 AUD, on FB marketplace from a seller only a couple of suburbs over from me. It's about the biggest single phase machine available, and works very well.

Vapor blaster project 10 February 2025 6 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

I bought a gun on amazon, along with a one way valve to stop water getting into my airline, and found a shut off valve in my garage.

Vapor blaster project 10 February 2025 3 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

And a 1500W dirty water pump, that sits in a tub of water and blasting media.

Vapor blaster project 10 February 2025 5 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

The machine has a clear viewing panel which gets hard to see thru when grit is splashed on it, so I added a garden hose to wash the screen from the inside.

Vapor blaster project 10 February 2025 4 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

The dirty water pump has a "T" fitting on the hose, and I added a piece of hose with a restrictor in the end of it, and drilled holes in the hose to keep the media circulating in the tub, so it doesn't settle on the bottom. It's picking up some media, but I need to keep refining it until it picks up enough grit to really blast the bike parts.

I was thinking about it in the middle of the night, and think I'll add another pump, just to help circulate the media. I have another one in a box that I'll add this week. I don't like the clumsy ball valve tap on the airline, so have ordered a foot pedal to turn the air on/off. It's not perfect yet, but I think that with a little more fine tuning, it should work well, and all up I only have a few hundred bucks in it, and can still use it for it's original purpose as a heated parts washer.

[newday777]

Well done Terry. It looks like it will do the job very well.
A wiper blade with a washer nozzel to squirt on the screen will be a handy addition.

[Alan F.]

Let me know how those work, because Im not clever enough. I cant get them to clear the studs.

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My understanding was that the ring compressor needed to straddle a cylinder stud here or there to reach a piston, I'll see if I can find the picture I'm thinking of.

Here it is, all thanks to Mike Nixon.