Cool tools

[someguysjeep]

not sure many of y'all might be familiar with this bad boy, it's a mag drill.

a HD hole maker that can make holes up to 2" (with this model) . and can hang itself on any solid metal platform, no need to break your arms pushing on a drill overhead........you just have to have room to use it.
they are not cheap, nor are the bits, but i scored this 1 for 300$ a while back, and use it quite frequently at work.

there my new crossmember with 8 big holes that only took about 10m to do.

 

[Jim Byrne]

Great tool---I have used them a lot in the past

 

[someguysjeep]

ay this thread is not just for me.... post up unique tools that others may not be aware of and maybe make someones day easier.

this is 1 i'm surprised very often to hear people don't know about. to me it's a pinch bar. some call it a drift others refer to it as a spud wrench or alignment bar, but it's next to me almost every time i'm working on the Jeep. this 1 is a 1.25" open end they come in several sizes and even with a crecent head. if your doing lift installs or shocks this tool is worth more than all the rest i have scattered on the ground next to me.

 

[TJ4Jim]

In the trades that is known as a "Pin Wrench" typically used by iron workers and pipefitters to align bolt holes. This is what we consider a spud wrench, used to install traps and valves on radiators.

 

[Cheesy]

Baja No Pinch tire tool for getting that pissy last couple of inches of tire on a motorcycle rim. And not have to do it over because you poked a hole the tube.

 

[someguysjeep]

https://www.amazon.com/Spud-Wrench/s?k=Spud+Wrench

never seen 1 of those things thing you posted, whats it do? how's it used?

i'm sure many tools are called what they were introduced to you as, and may not be the technical term the industry
uses.

https://www.amazon.com/pin-wrench/s?k=pin+wrench

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=pinch+bar&crid=3805NS37CSMAH&sprefix=pinch+bar,aps,232&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_9

 

[scottgraham]

i'm sure many tools are called what they were introduced to you as, and may not be the technical term the industry
uses.

I have a friend that calls a cotter pin a "cotter key". First time I heard him say it, I was like WTF is that?

 

[TJ4Jim]

Have a go at this tool from my shop.

 

[someguysjeep]

Have a go at this tool from my shop.

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used for trim work and miter cuts?

 

[TJ4Jim]

used for trim work and miter cuts?

Pretty much, it's an antique trim guillotine that allows amazing wood trim fitment.

 

[scottgraham]

I posted this somewhere else but will throw it up here. If you use a lot of rattle cans, this thing is awesome. Worth the ten or so bucks, quick release ratchet, takes two seconds to set can, and less to remove it. Shakes a can of paint in about five seconds.

 

[jgaz]

Have a go at this tool from my shop.

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I’m jealous.
I’ve been watching for one of these for years.

 

[TJ4Jim]

I’m jealous.
I’ve been watching for one of these for years.

Been in the family 60 years now and it's still a pleasure to use.

 

[JEEPCJTJ]

I have a friend that calls a cotter pin a "cotter key". First time I heard him say it, I was like WTF is that?

When I was young I heard, and probably said, both cotter pins and cotter keys. If I had to guess I'd say the term cotter key is used on the same equipment as a farmer nut. Since google can't help with farmer nut, it's any of the many square nuts used on (square head) farmer bolts that held everything together a century ago.

Well what do ya know, google does have one link to where "farmer nut" is used. It's someone I don't know, wdTom that said, 17 yrs ago, "I have called (fondly) square head fastners "farmer bolts or nuts" for sometime now." in the 5th post down.

 

[TJ4Jim]

When I was young I heard, and probably said, both cotter pins and cotter keys. If I had to guess I'd say the term cotter key is used on the same equipment as a farmer nut. Since google can't help with farmer nut, it's any of the many square nuts used on (square head) farmer bolts that held everything together a century ago.

Well what do ya know, google does have one link to where "farmer nut" is used. It's someone I don't know, wdTom that said, 17 yrs ago, "I have called (fondly) square head fastners "farmer bolts or nuts" for sometime now." in the 5th post down.

Across the pond they seem to call it a split pin, which seems reasonable.

 

[jgaz]

Have a go at this tool from my shop.

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@TJ4Jim This is my set up for making picture frames,
but being able to fine tune a troublesome corner would be really handy

 

[jgaz]

ay this thread is not just for me.... post up unique tools that others may not be aware of and maybe make someones day easier.

this is 1 i'm surprised very often to hear people don't know about. to me it's a pinch bar. some call it a drift others refer to it as a spud wrench or alignment bar, but it's next to me almost every time i'm working on the Jeep. this 1 is a 1.25" open end they come in several sizes and even with a crecent head. if your doing lift installs or shocks this tool is worth more than all the rest i have scattered on the ground next to me.

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If someone wants the line up ability without the open end wrench I find this set of pry bar and line up tools pretty much indispensable.

I think these are referred to as a rolling head bar.

 

[TJ4Jim]

@TJ4Jim This is my set up for making picture frames,
but being able to fine tune a troublesome corner would be really handy
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Interestingly the same company still produces the tool.

https://www.rockler.com/miter-trimm...hf7WRl7FWF9bRp1RZI-aPRHCtNn6mBgEaAmWPEALw_wcB

 

[jgaz]

Also in the OP‘s thread about the mag base drill he shows a cutter that’s the cat’s ass for drilling frames etc.
A popular brand of that type cutter is the Blair Rotabroach

http://shop.blairequipment.com/Rotabroach-Cutters-s/2.htm
I have the individual Blair spot weld cutters in 1/4 thru 9/16 for thinner metal and sheet metal.
Some of those mounted on arbors are shown below the blue kit box.

I also have the larger hole kit shown below for up to 3/4” holes in thicker metal.

Expensive, yes but so is a set of quality 1/2 thru 3/4“ reduced shank drill bits.
IMO worth every penny when drilling a frame etc.

There is much less torque applied to your body using the Blair cutter compared to a large drill bit in thick metal.
Nice clean round hole as well.

If I’m drilling a thru hole I usually drill a pilot hole the diameter of the pin in the bit arbor and don’t just rely on a center punch mark.

 

[jgaz]

Interestingly the same company still produces the tool.

https://www.rockler.com/miter-trimm...hf7WRl7FWF9bRp1RZI-aPRHCtNn6mBgEaAmWPEALw_wcB

Yes they do.
Thankfully they survived a copycat, imported tool, that was available in the 80‘s and 90’s.

Edit: Looks like I misspoke, the original maker of the tool, Pootatuck, seems to have gone out of business quite awhile ago. Too bad.

I had a chance to use the original tool as well as a knock off years ago in a picture framing class. The original was hands down the better tool. Surprised?!