Custom made shop tools

[Moparmat2000]

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Yep I think you did alright on that purchase lol

Pipe Jack stands from northern tool

WoW!! I wish the rest of the pieces of em were on the flat bed, but that's prolly why they were at the recycler. I will make my own adjustable tops. Good score though.

 

[Erik the Awful]

There's one too many zeroes on the end of that load rating.

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[Drunkcanuk]

There's one too many zeroes on the end of that load rating.

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That was a great watch....thanks for sharing

 

[Drunkcanuk]

Well I sold my dodge dakota scrap trailer to a guy the other day. I took it to the scrap yard first to unload it of the mountains of scrap metal, and make some cash before selling it. Anyhoo, while i was there, there was a flat bed truck full of these tall "jack stands" for lack of a better word. The tops were missing, but I plan to make my own adjustable tops with hitch pins. These say on them that they are rated for 2,500 lbs each. Not sure what these were for, but I know what I'm gonna make em into. I made $60 off the scrap, gave $30 back to the junk man and went home with 4 of em in the back of my 94. I scored on this I think. Theres still like 2 dozen of these piled up on there.

Those are definitely pipe stands. Used for welding sections of pipe together, usually used on industrial sites. They can be deadly. I have been onsite when large sections,called spools fell off the stands due to the stands falling over. They can't take much lateral movement. So PLEASE don't use them to hold up any serious weight.

 

[Moparmat2000]

Those are definitely pipe stands. Used for welding sections of pipe together, usually used on industrial sites. They can be deadly. I have been onsite when large sections,called spools fell off the stands due to the stands falling over. They can't take much lateral movement. So PLEASE don't use them to hold up any serious weight.

Only plan on using them for bare body shells of project cars.

 

[Stumpy]

Threw this setup together fairly quick, to help with the transmission swap.

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Took the pad off the jack, then drilled and tapped two holes in the bracket that the pad attaches to.

Bolted the bottom piece of 3/4" plywood to the jack, then screwed each additional piece to the one before it. The top board has 3" screws, going through all the boards.

Worked like a charm, and was very stable.

 

[Erik the Awful]

I need to do that with one of my floor jacks. I'd really like to make a pad that can tilt front-to-back. I have a spare space-saver jack from a car that could sacrifice some acme thread.

 

[Supercharged111]

I made this little shelf dealie out of a couple 2x4 scraps and some scrap plywood. Helps with floor space.

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[Moparmat2000]

As everybody here knows, I am an aircraft sheetmetal mechanic and I run a sheetmetal shop for a major air carrier. Well myself, and the crewchief opposite of me at the heavy check base I work at were "voluntold" that we would take over the GSE (ground support equipment) shop in addition to our regular duties. Dedric and I are both car guys and the last of the make it happen with what you got mechanics. So we naturally fit right in. Most of this stuff runs ford 300 straight 6 engines, with a few 2.3L ford 4 poppers, a Huffer cart (air start unit) with a detroit 8V72 and 2 GPUs (ground power units) that use Cummins 12BT engines. So we have been whipping things in shape the last 2 months. Getting these guys to run like a well oiled machine. One of the projects i made over the weekend to help them is this heavy duty peg hook setup for saw blades, hose clamps, and tape rolls. Prior to this everything was shoved in boxes. It will be hung on the wall.

 

[Erik the Awful]

Nice rack. (I'm sure there's a good joke to be made here.)

Gas and diesel? The Air Force got smart early in my career and ditched all the gas equipment. Everything we had could run on JP8 or diesel.

I had to maintain a few deicing trucks that had Ford 300s running the pumps. Never saw a Lima motor (2.3). Huffer carts are fun. Toss a couple tennis balls in the exhaust and fire it up. Then try to catch the flaming tennis balls as they fall back down. What kind of equipment is the 8V71 powering? We had 4-71s in our older generators. The newer ones had 6BTs, but our aircraft only needed about 20kW.