General Tech What did you work on Today?

[anderson750]

I can't really claim doing much of the work but helped a friend of mine with the design of the spare tire carrier for my RZR.


Most important part was this for opening Cervezas in Baja.


5D

 

[Pile of parts]

A few updates from the last week and a half.
Put down tube for radiant heat. Left a section down the middle for the ability to bolt into the floor - lift, tube bender, etc.


Had the floor poured just over a week ago.


Started framing on Saturday.

 

[Bart]

WOW, that is awesome. Nice job on the heating, floor and walls. Going to be a great shop.

 

[zmotorsports]

Put the finishing touches on my work benches finally. I've only had the benches built for about three months now and finally got around to finishing them by fabricating doors for the two large compartments.

Painted them using the same Rustoleum Hammered paint that I used on the benches themselves.

Enclosed the side first then moved onto sheeting the doors.

The 16-gauge aluminum measured and marked for cutting.

After cutting to size and deburring I marked out a line 4” in from the perimeter to add a small kustom touch.

Dug out the bead roller and installed the step dies.

I think it gives the doors a bit of dimension.

I picked up some inexpensive small tapered brushed finish handles a few weeks ago. I thought these would be low profile enough to not catch on my shop apron while working at the bench.

I think they finish off the work benches quite nicely.

Now I'm not embarrassed to show off my benches and have to explain why I have open junk collectors.

Thanks for looking.

Mike

 

[Jinx]

This is AWESOME,

I love the fact that you did this in your OWN garage!

Put the finishing touches on my work benches finally. I've only had the benches built for about three months now and finally got around to finishing them by fabricating doors for the two large compartments.

Painted them using the same Rustoleum Hammered paint that I used on the benches themselves.

Enclosed the side first then moved onto sheeting the doors.

The 16-gauge aluminum measured and marked for cutting.

After cutting to size and deburring I marked out a line 4” in from the perimeter to add a small kustom touch.

Dug out the bead roller and installed the step dies.

I think it gives the doors a bit of dimension.

I picked up some inexpensive small tapered brushed finish handles a few weeks ago. I thought these would be low profile enough to not catch on my shop apron while working at the bench.

I think they finish off the work benches quite nicely.

Now I'm not embarrassed to show off my benches and have to explain why I have open junk collectors.

Thanks for looking.

Mike

 

[Bart]

Oooooooh, a bead roller. I think I'd go crazy with one of those. Nice work.

 

[zmotorsports]

Awesome, Mike!

Thanks Brent, I appreciate that.

This is AWESOME,

I love the fact that you did this in your OWN garage!

Thank you. It has taken a lot of years to acquire all of the tools to pretty much do ANYTHING I need to in my own shop. Feels pretty good to be able to walk out in the backyard and have everything I need at my disposal. I am very blessed.

Oooooooh, a bead roller. I think I'd go crazy with one of those. Nice work.

Yeah, the bead roller is something that is great to have but I don't use it nearly as much as I did when I was racing or building sandrails. Like most tools that don't get used on a regular basis, it's hard to look at them when they are sitting there not being used.

Thanks for all your comments guys. I appreciate them.

Mike

 

[Greg]

I've wanted a hitch carrier for awhile, have seen them pop up for sale for around $50-60 used but they always sell before I get to them! New they're around $140-150... I'm sure their's a Harbor Freight version that's 1/2 the price, but it would probably last a year or less. I had some material laying around and find myself with plenty of time on my hands recently, so I went to work. The actual fab work took about 3 hrs and I probably have $60-70 into it.... and I know it'll last a long time! It feels like it weighs around 20-25#'s, not too bad IMO. I may add a couple more tie downs on the ends.

I was going to add a raised rail 2-3" high, but I don't want to add any more weight... maybe tomorrow. I'll get it painted tomorrow too, then toss some reflective tape on the back end.

 

[Gravy]

Not too shabby.

 

[Greg]

Not too shabby.

Not bad for a guy with one working arm...

 

[thefirstzukman]

Finally pulled my bender out of the box after a year and rebuilt an old engine stand into a bender stand. Still have a couple parts coming from Swag and a longer hose for the foot pedal to install.

 

[RogueJeepr]

Finally got my sawblades mounted.
Love em.
Before and after.

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[zmotorsports]

I've wanted a hitch carrier for awhile, have seen them pop up for sale for around $50-60 used but they always sell before I get to them! New they're around $140-150... I'm sure their's a Harbor Freight version that's 1/2 the price, but it would probably last a year or less. I had some material laying around and find myself with plenty of time on my hands recently, so I went to work. The actual fab work took about 3 hrs and I probably have $60-70 into it.... and I know it'll last a long time! It feels like it weighs around 20-25#'s, not too bad IMO. I may add a couple more tie downs on the ends.

I was going to add a raised rail 2-3" high, but I don't want to add any more weight... maybe tomorrow. I'll get it painted tomorrow too, then toss some reflective tape on the back end.

Hitch carrier turned out great Greg. Nice job.

Mike

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Finally pulled my bender out of the box after a year and rebuilt an old engine stand into a bender stand. Still have a couple parts coming from Swag and a longer hose for the foot pedal to install.

Nice way to repurpose an old engine stand. Turned out great.

Mike

 

[Herzog]

You guys make me feel lazy

 

[Pile of parts]

I made a little more progress over Thanksgiving weekend.
I had a lot of help and great weather on Friday and Saturday.

Go the beam up.


Trusses on.


Working on sheathing the walls and roof. Hoping to get shingles on before the snow. Looks like good weather for Saturday again.

 

[Bart]

Wow, that shop is moving right along. Good luck.

 

[rholbrook]

Plenty of door height. I have seen people screw that one up. This will be exiting for you to have

 

[zmotorsports]

I've had the idea of fabricating an axle stand or fixture for many years now, mainly from back when I was racing and building street rods. However, over the past 5 or 6 years now of building Jeep axles, it has resurfaced. I am tired of wresting axles around on my welding table so I wanted something to securely hold the axle while working on it yet small enough to not take up a lot of space for storage. If I did more axles I could probably justify a sawhorse style mobile cart but seeing as how I only build about 6 or so axles a year I am just not ready to have a cart of that size eat up that much space to store. I settled on an adapter style that will bolt to my geared head engine stand and could be easily hung on the wall when not in use.

This is my version or what I came up with. I figured maybe someone on here may find it interesting and want to incorporate it into your own workshop.

This is the best kind of project, one that I already had material for so no $$$ out of pocket. I dug through my metal supply rack and was able to locate everything I needed.

I started with the adapter that will bolt to the engine stand.

Next I started on the arms that will come out from the stand. I cut recesses into them and filled those with some 4”x .250” wall tube that will support the axle and have the other have of the tube hinge over and pin.

I then machined the remaining components for the hinges and clasps for the arms of my axle stand.

Welded in position.

Test fit.

I then machined the threaded bungs for the lock down bolts. Decided to use my weld positioner to weld the bungs in place.

Cut the arms out and welded the square tube.

All of the components painted and ready for final assembly.

Completed and installed on the engine stand.

Clamps opened and ready for an axle.

I think I may cut some thin rubber and glue it to the saddles where the axle will sit.

Thanks for looking.

Mike

I also posted up a youtube video to my channel if you would rather see that. I apologize for the poor audio quality, I am still playing with the new cordless mic and trying to fine tune it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR3-J7S1pXY

 

[I Lean]

Your axle stand is a WAY NICER version of what I use regularly. Mine's just cobbled together.

One question though, how will you deal with the huge range of axle tube sizes? I have a couple different clamp pieces in differing sizes, along with a spacer for my saddle part I have to use sometimes....since I've had to deal with anywhere from 2.25" to 4" diameter tubes.

 

[BlueWolfFab]

The grade 8 bolts in the center of the clamps should hold the axle tight against the bottom side of the valley, if the tube is too small to reach with the bolts in there he could put longer bolts in.