Topic: Cool Tools.

[willbird]

the one with missing pulls is actually a Union brand box

https://share.google/9FEWtVaoBoao7JCLq

[BenelliSEI]

My wife collects old “printers drawers”. I refinish them as gifts. This one is in our mudroom and has a small trinket from every trip we’ve ever taken.

[willbird]

My wife collects old “printers drawers”. I refinish them as gifts. This one is in our mudroom and has a small trinket from every trip we’ve ever taken.

That is nifty :-). some stuff like that one might not recognize until they knew what it was.When I was a kid a friend of my dads had a working Linotype machine in his garage, the whole family was kind of the pain in the butt type of people so I never actually saw the machine itself. I have melted a lot of linotype to cast into projectiles. The machines cast out portions of a sentence which were all assembled up into what was needed to print a whole page. 

[BenelliSEI]

Interesting fact: All the printers drawers are exactly the same layout. When a typesetter stood at the set up table, no matter what drawer he pulled (for all the different fonts) the letters were in the same slot. Slot sizes are determined by frequency of use/page. Vowels had the largest and “Z” the smallest…..

When I take them apart to repair and refinish I usually find at least a few of the old lead sets jammed in somewhere.

[grcamna2]

My wife collects old “printers drawers”. I refinish them as gifts. This one is in our mudroom and has a small trinket from every trip we’ve ever taken.

I Like that. 

[BenelliSEI]

Here’s how the laser chain alignment tool works (see my earlier post #672). Strong magnets hold it to the sprocket. I have this one set just right, so the red beam touches the top of the outer chain face all the way to the drive sprocket. Very “cool tool”.

[Alan F.]

My wife collects old “printers drawers”. I refinish them as gifts. This one is in our mudroom and has a small trinket from every trip we’ve ever taken.

That looks great, nice collection.

When I read your post my mind somehow drifter to these: pic

How silly would it be to make a wall hung shelf from those and have it turn into the next big thing with latest generation.

[spotty]

Here’s how the laser chain alignment tool works (see my earlier post #672). Strong magnets hold it to the sprocket. I have this one set just right, so the red beam touches the top of the outer chain face all the way to the drive sprocket. Very “cool tool”.

what happens with alloy or nylon sprockets ?

[grcamna2]

Here’s how the laser chain alignment tool works (see my earlier post #672). Strong magnets hold it to the sprocket. I have this one set just right, so the red beam touches the top of the outer chain face all the way to the drive sprocket. Very “cool tool”.

I appreciate this demonstration.

[BenelliSEI]

Here’s how the laser chain alignment tool works (see my earlier post #672). Strong magnets hold it to the sprocket. I have this one set just right, so the red beam touches the top of the outer chain face all the way to the drive sprocket. Very “cool tool”.

what happens with alloy or nylon sprockets ?

Hold it? Double sided tape….?

[dave500]

powerfull magnet on the other side.

[willbird]

Here’s how the laser chain alignment tool works (see my earlier post #672). Strong magnets hold it to the sprocket. I have this one set just right, so the red beam touches the top of the outer chain face all the way to the drive sprocket. Very “cool tool”.

I ordered one up from Ebay....

[BenelliSEI]

powerfull magnet on the other side.

Clever.

[britman]

Jims Fork Filling Tool #740.  Hook a Mity Vac to it pump it up to 23-25 pounds of pressure, turn the lever after filling the container with the correct amount of fork oil, and fill the fork through the drain holes.  It is sold on a couple of Harley sites and the main selling point is you do not have to pull all of upper tin work on Glide and other HD forks like my Servi Car to get to the fork caps.  It is also a long process if you fill from the top since the early fork tubes have to be filled very slowly.  The manual suggests making a contraction with a funnel and rubber stopper and let it hang overnight, seriously. 

This damn thing sells for ridiculous money but I found this one used on Facebook Market Place and of course the seller said he had used it and it worked great but he had sold his bike and just wanted it gone.  It has been too cold to give it a try, but will post the results when I do.  Yes I am a sucker for weird tools you only use occasionally, the ones you can never remember where you put them when the time comes for use.........

[BenelliSEI]

My wife collects old “printers drawers”. I refinish them as gifts. This one is in our mudroom and has a small trinket from every trip we’ve ever taken.

That looks great, nice collection.

When I read your post my mind somehow drifter to these: pic

How silly would it be to make a wall hung shelf from those and have it turn into the next big thing with latest generation.

Alan….. Missed this initially. Made me laugh out loud! I recall they were always empty?

[MRieck]

Jims Fork Filling Tool #740.  Hook a Mity Vac to it pump it up to 23-25 pounds of pressure, turn the lever after filling the container with the correct amount of fork oil, and fill the fork through the drain holes.  It is sold on a couple of Harley sites and the main selling point is you do not have to pull all of upper tin work on Glide and other HD forks like my Servi Car to get to the fork caps.  It is also a long process if you fill from the top since the early fork tubes have to be filled very slowly.  The manual suggests making a contraction with a funnel and rubber stopper and let it hang overnight, seriously. 

This damn thing sells for ridiculous money but I found this one used on Facebook Market Place and of course the seller said he had used it and it worked great but he had sold his bike and just wanted it gone.  It has been too cold to give it a try, but will post the results when I do.  Yes I am a sucker for weird tools you only use occasionally, the ones you can never remember where you put them when the time comes for use.........

Jims makes some nice tools....I have 2 sets of their ratcheting ring compressors. Yeah....they don't give that stuff away.😆

[dave500]

Ive used a modified work lamp stand for ages as a temporary fuel tank holder and vacuum sync rig for years,the tank was a bit small volume maybe 500 ml,I up graded it to maybe a full litre?the fill neck is on a better angle aswell,using tanks from used lawn equipment weed wackers etc.

[jlh3rd]

My wife collects old “printers drawers”. I refinish them as gifts. This one is in our mudroom and has a small trinket from every trip we’ve ever taken.

that's nice.
we have refrigerator magnets of trips we've done, plus christmas ornaments if they were available.

[Honda Hansel]

had to repair pulled threads in the cam box hold down after i torqued the head on
I should have knowen better then this (Engine had been apart before by some window licking F&^%$ H#$@^)and the threads was damaged .I should have done this in the mill instead.MY problem LOL
Here is what i made for the 6 MM and 8 MM heli-coil drill and tap guide

YES I will cover it up

Honda Hansel

 

[BenelliSEI]

had to repair pulled threads in the cam box hold down after i torqued the head on
I should have knowen better then this (Engine had been apart before by some window licking F&^%$ H#$@^)and the threads was damaged .I should have done this in the mill instead.MY problem LOL
Here is what i made for the 6 MM and 8 MM heli-coil drill and tap guide

YES I will cover it up

Honda Hansel

I like it! Very clever.

[BenelliSEI]

True

[grcamna2]

True

YES !

[PeWe]

Time to clean the bike inside so I purchased a good tool to verify that status on the piston crowns.

https://eur.vevor.com/pipe-inspection-camera-c_11031/vevor-articulating-borescope-camera-with-light-two-way-articulated-endoscope-inspection-camera-with-6-4mm-tiny-lens-5-ips-1080p-hd-screen-8x-zoom-8-led-light-snake-camera-for-automotive-plumbing-p_010921210736

I found it on Amazon.se.

It has a bending tip. I did not try to bend it too much inside cylinder. See the bore and piston crown carbon is enough.

I'll see if it will look better after a few long rides with fuel additive Redline  si-1 that has a good amount of PEA that is written to remove soot and carbon.

Here photos I took on the endoscope.
MicroSD mounted. It's cable is 1.5m long.
I'm too lazy to transfer photos taken with it.

The camera LED's can be adjusted hi-lo-off.
Well worth the money.  (If it will live long).
Useful to look in tight spaces. The wheel bends the tip.

[PeWe]

Another tool. Brake fluid tester to verify water content.
The brake fluid need to be replaced every 2nd year. ( More frequent than I thought before last change)

I noticed that both my bike's MC had the return holes clogged up when I changed fluid in February this year.
Last change was 4 years ago.
So easy to check if I must change every winter.

I got the tip from a colleague and biker friend.
A small simple tool with  leds indicating OK or not.

I had to order a bigger one that can tell how bad. The price was low...

I ordered a brake fluid pump device for my car. Also from Amazon.
Connect to the fluid reservoir, pump to make pressure.
Bleed caliper when changing wheels, winter vs summer.
Empty the container with a syringe first and fill fresh fluid.

It has a 3l bottle for new fluid.
I'll try to use pump first and see how quick I must refill the car's brake fluid reservoir.
Mine for European car standard. Size of the cap.

EDIT:
Test the small tester.
The new brake fluid is OK, 0% water.


Test in water lit all leds.

[BenelliSEI]

PeWe…… Never seen one of those before and I guess the message is clear. Change your brake fluid more often!

Picked up this “Ancel SP02” spark plug tester on Amazon a few weeks ago. Works exactly as promised. The spark plugs DO need the screw on end furl to snap into the unit properly, so hang on to a few…..