home made tools

good idea Tedd, But I all ready beat ya too it. I have the "attic" filled with stuff also.. LOL
 
Here's a bike work stand I built last year from scrap lumber - mostly 2x6.

It's in two pieces, for easier storage.

Plus, a couple of shots of another 'build' I did, for my wife's pre-school special ed class. It's 'Farm Month!' The two pieces clamp on to a standard pre-school/K tricycle. The kids seem to like it.

Note the hitch on the back - she ties a wagon handle to the hitch, one kid pulls two more in the wagon... and, it tires out the "driver" - not a bad thing at times!
 

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very nice and ez to build bike stand, I saved the images to add this to my inventory of home made tools.

The trycycle is cool, I see you are like me and love to screw. haha
I over compensate by using to many screws myself when building these kinds of projects, I really like deck screws cause there cheap and I have lots of them,plus construction adhesive..
 
homemade tools

I taped a flashlight with an adjustable head to my auto darkening welding helmet.
It keeps the weld location well lit when welding and moves with my head.
 
Now thats amusing james, Ive been welding as a professional for over 26 years and never thought to do that. I always used trouble lights. good tip
 
I like that stand, hurricane. I built one for my drill press years ago that had a rear shelf, which was where I put my scrollsaw (built it from wood. At the time I was doing a lot of intarsia work, and having the drill press right there was great. Unfortunately I no longer have the drill press or the stand.

I have an el cheapo HF hand truck I am planning to mount a large base plate and a riser post to get my scrollsaw back up to a comfortable working height - with an integral hand truck rolling it into my little garden storage shed will be dead easy. This thread has me thinking about making it with an interchangeable mount on top - I'd like to be able to get my chop saw up to a comfortable working height.
 
Duct tape, Drywall screws , battrery drill, ty-raps, bailing wire, A GOOD VISE, fender washers, JB weld, RTV and (Large size asprin) are best inventions ever.
When you mentioned deck screws these popped into mind.

I work in my basement and have limited space so I am always looking for homemade shop/tool ideas.
Especially if they are space saving. I already have pretty much wall to wall pegboard. I believe in organization by visibility.

I also take pictures of the shop so that I can look and see if something is out of place or missing. The memory is not as good as a picture.
It seems that most people on this board have creative juices flowing in them. When they share them, like in this thread it is rewarding for for all!



very nice and ez to build bike stand, I saved the images to add this to my inventory of home made tools.

The trycycle is cool, I see you are like me and love to screw. haha
I over compensate by using to many screws myself when building these kinds of projects, I really like deck screws cause there cheap and I have lots of them,plus construction adhesive..
 
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haha james , i like the picture idea. mostly for theft reasons to know what is actually missing. But I think i would do video instead, seems easier to me than pics.

I thought of pegboard, my father is a huge fan of the stuff and i get alot of my organizational skills from him. But when i was younger i always had trouble getting the darn tools off the peg holders , so i always thought that when i got older I would never use pegboard. And to this day i have never purchased the stuff.


I'd like to be able to get my chop saw up to a comfortable working height.

Now you got me thinking on how to expand on my pedestal, i have a chop saw for wood that gathers dust due to me not having a nice place to set it other than the ground. I just might have to get the welder out and add something to my stand. great tip simon
 
Use a lot of drywall screws in assembly. The bike stand was the first project that I started using polyurathane glue - the stuff is really messy when you're using it, and because it expands as it sets, it's easy to use too much, but it fills gaps, and the resulting joints are stronger than the wood. I've started using fewer screws with the polyurathane now - I tend to mark everything, do a dry fit, glue the parts, assemble, and pop some finish nails in with the air finish nailer I picked up last winter, just to hold things together until the glue sets.
 
To gain more storage room in my shop I bought 6 gorilla racks shelving units. 4-24"x48"x72" and 2-18"x48"x72". I put two of the 48" units end to end, placed the 18" units end to end and parallel 6 feet on center and finally the last two 48" units end to end 6 feet on center. I placed 4 sheets of 3/4 plywood across the top and now have an "attic storage above the Gorilla racks. No if I could get the wife to stop going to yard sales!
 
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