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09-19-2013 07:31 AM #1
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Home made tools
What tools have you made at home to help you with your project? I did this wrench to get to a back bolt, on the headers, on my 78 camaro.
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09-19-2013 08:34 AM #2
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well done and I guess that "necessity is the mother of invention" after all isn't it?
don't have any pics but I made a hood spring application tool for my '56 Jimmy and when I was shoeing horses, I built a tool that would allow me to pick up a "hot" shoe and place it on the hoof for a perfect fit without burning me or the animal.
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09-19-2013 10:22 AM #3
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some I have had to change over the years +++ a set of adjustable metric wrenches
. Yes they are metric as in made in France.
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09-19-2013 12:52 PM #4
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Here's a handy spark plug tool for tight places;
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Here's another pic (trying to figure out pic posting)
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09-19-2013 01:53 PM #5
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Yep, I had to shorten a spark plug socket before.
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09-20-2013 03:34 AM #6
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Here is a link to a few I have made.
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