Toolbag Tales-Homemade and improvised tools

[mickthemaverick]

Anyone won the lottery and looking for a new socket set?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/GRIPEDGE-Tools ... ae75f1e9cd

[bobins]

For that sort of price I'd want it to come with a minion to do the work for me.

[myglaren]

A lot of money but probably acceptable for someone who has need of all those somewhat unusual bits.

I have a similar but less extensive one from Lidl (?) for about £16.
Even less extensive now as I dropped it and some of the bits that escaped have never been seen since.

[Stickyfinger]

Anyone won the lottery and looking for a new socket set?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/GRIPEDGE-Tools ... ae75f1e9cd

For that price I would want a socket or two that fitted at least one bolt on my cars....

[Paul-R]

And I'm disappointed that none of the items are gold plated.

[CitroJim]

Not much of a Black Friday deal!

[mickthemaverick]

Anyone foolish enough to follow my antics on the DIY Motoring thread will remember my plan to overcome the problem with the dangerous 'push fit' joint in the spring compressor. I posted a sketch of my plan to remake them with a far safer design.

Today after completing my headlight polishing I set about the necessary work. First job was to erect a safe grinding bench using my welding blanket to catch all the sparks:

The bench and vice in my safe zone

Firstly I cut the handle off the lower hook bar to give me more bolt length at the top.

The hanle removed

Then I had to cut the upper tube as I was moving the failed receptor boss from the bottom end to the top. I actually cut too short a piece the first time so I made a second cut which gives the two waste tubes in the picture further down:

The first cut of the upper tube

The next job was to grind 21mm flats onto the boss that had pulled out to be used as the captive nut at the end:

The boss with the flats ground on

The last task was to cut out the top hook retaining pin to allow the bolt to pass through the end to the repositioned nut and newly sourced bearing washers:

The pin in question

Then it was a matter of cleaning up the edges and assembling the unit in its new arrangement:

Note the two sections from the upper tube

Laid alongside the original so the lack of inset tension joints is clear:

Comparison of original and revamped version

Having completed the job on the failed unit I repeated the procedure, but cutting the upper pipe just once, on the other unit to eliminate any chance of a similar failure in the future:

The finished job

Now its time for a friday evening relax watching England Women play Portugal

[CitroJim]

Good work Mick

[mickthemaverick]

I don't know if anyone is interested in this?

https://www.i-bidder.com/en-gb/auction- ... 960114313e

[CitroJim]

I don't know if anyone is interested in this?

https://www.i-bidder.com/en-gb/auction- ... 960114313e

Gosh, there's something I never even imagined existed! Mind you, judging by the mess made when mine was last topped up - not by me I hasten to add - it might be a good investment if needed on a frequent basis.

For now I have a plan to use a funnel.

[Stickyfinger]

For now I have a plan to use a funnel.

The Titanic had four funnels Jim, look where it got them !

[CitroJim]

For now I have a plan to use a funnel.

The Titanic had four funnels Jim, look where it got them !

I'll be very careful to make sure there's no ice-cubes in the vicinity when I top up

Reminds me of Sian, who was born on the day Titanic sunk. One day when she was little she said 'Daddy! I know how Titanic sunk!'

Slight pause...

'It hit an ice-cube...'

[myglaren]

Reminds me of Sian, who was born on the day Titanic sunk. One day when she was little she said 'Daddy! I know how Titanic sunk!'

Slight pause...

'It hit an ice-cube...'

She's older than I thought Jim.

[CitroJim]

Reminds me of Sian, who was born on the day Titanic sunk. One day when she was little she said 'Daddy! I know how Titanic sunk!'

Slight pause...

'It hit an ice-cube...'

She's older than I thought Jim.

Makes me pretty ancient too

[mickthemaverick]

Reminds me of Sian, who was born on the day Titanic sunk. One day when she was little she said 'Daddy! I know how Titanic sunk!'

Slight pause...

'It hit an ice-cube...'

She's older than I thought Jim.

Agree there Steve and I have to say she looks amazing for her age!!