Are they the same diameter/spacing? can't tell that from the pics. 
Tool Nerds, Questions and Tool Snobbery
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I don't know. That's why I'm asking. I figured if someone had both, maybe they could compareAre they the same diameter/spacing? can't tell that from the pics.
Don't need, won't buy, but kind of want.
www.orangevise.com
@bullcrew you're up
Original Bench Vise
An American manufacturer of premium single and dual station CNC machine vises, machinable quick-change soft jaws, and quick-change fixturing solutions.
www.orangevise.com
@bullcrew you're up
Rather have a Emmert universal bench vise.Don't need, won't buy, but kind of want.
Original Bench Vise
An American manufacturer of premium single and dual station CNC machine vises, machinable quick-change soft jaws, and quick-change fixturing solutions.
@bullcrew you're up
Someday I might get a wilton.
Yeah I'd buy it for the cool factor..way precision...I do like CNC work and I love precision...it's an art form and when executed right makes me want it...must touch vise!!!!Don't need, won't buy, but kind of want.
Original Bench Vise
An American manufacturer of premium single and dual station CNC machine vises, machinable quick-change soft jaws, and quick-change fixturing solutions.
@bullcrew you're up
I have a Wilton tradesman that I've been hammering on for 15 years...son of a bitch is still flawless...(Maybe not precision lol)
My Wilton has
Helped build race cages , suspension, welding, grinding, notching, fixxed a crap ton of misc stuff and handled thousands of shocks, dampers, etc for repair...has a hammer flat that I've used countless times to deform and shape edges, plates and over correct..
Best third hand I've had ..most used single tool I have ever had...
Oh I have so many dirty comments that I'm refraing from, lol that last comment leave it easy to do ..
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I've got a 70's era 1755 that I bought used. Its good, but the base needed replacing as the teeth stripped out so it no longer stays locked. I can still source a base from Wilton but it's $150. Ouch.
If I were doing it over again, I'd spend a little extra for the C series with a more robust base and superior locking mechanism. Some day I'll pony up for an 8" jaw behemoth.
I pulled my Wilton out of a delipitated barn and had a friend powder coat it with whatever he had loaded up. I bought some China jaws online for it.
Phwoar, look at the length of that handle!
That's a vise made for doing stuff.
EDIT- What are the wires coming out of the freezer seal?
That's a vise made for doing stuff.
EDIT- What are the wires coming out of the freezer seal?
That freezer had some sensors in it that needed to be kept at 36* F so that was a lil thermostat plugged into the power cord that cycled the freezer to keep it a cooler.
That facility and job sound like a dream.
Being in Eureka, not so much.
We stayed in town just long enough to know we shouldn't stay in that town. Which was the time it took for us to eat lunch.
I've been waiting for someone with an 18V battery I own to make a decent duster, will be great for drying the cleaning alcohol outta fork lowers and blowing out brushed motors at work.
Pre-ordering this-
Pre-ordering this-
Gotta give credit where it's due, big thanks to @crabjoe for whipping this up on his 3D printer for me. Now to work on filling up those 1.5 billion empty slots.
That is a fucking big box for only 176 bits of storage. Worse than than a floppy disk.
Saw a video of someone crimping a cable end with these today.
Looks pretty dreamy.
www.knipex-tools.com
Only concern is the bulbous proportions of the tool itself, might make it tricky working with short cable ends on things like dropper levers.
Looks pretty dreamy.
Self-Adjusting Crimping Pliers For Wire Ferrules
Increased crimping capacity up to 6 AWG for single wires and up to 8 AWG for twin end ferrules. The adjusting wheel can be rotated between the two positions, Self-...
Only concern is the bulbous proportions of the tool itself, might make it tricky working with short cable ends on things like dropper levers.
I made custom pins for those years ago.
Absolute pain in the ass.
Build a set of six indenters holding +- .0002 to go into a store bought tool with .010 slop.
Absolute pain in the ass.
Build a set of six indenters holding +- .0002 to go into a store bought tool with .010 slop.
Pretty sure I've said this before but old broken or bent punches are good for making roll pin starters.
Do recut your Fox air shafts?
Here a new Fox 36 Na2 air shaft is around 100€. I am use to get 3 from RS for that price! I have a 160mm and need a 140mmm. Is it just pushing the pin out, cutting 20mm away, drilling a new hole for the pin and mounting the piston back?
This is a Manitou air shaft, it just uses spacers to change travel but I can't use the fork because the one O ring I needed to make the air spring work wasn't in my full rebuild kit. It's weird how much was missing, I think @Jm_ bought the kit and took out the bits he needed then returned it.
When you put the pump on the silver shaft moves up and fills the pos and neg chambers at the same time.
I need to have a better look at my Formula fork, it looked like they may just use threaded spacers for different wheel sizes and maybe have the same air spring and damper.... I was just doing a lower service on it so I didn't look too hard.
Suntour lost me as a customer when they moved to a RS/Fox style air spring.
Suntour went away from the coil negative? I guess that explains why dvo came out with an air negative option.
Yeah maybe two years back.
New air shaft for each travel setting.
I need to have a better look at my Mezzer to see if it can be made dual air then use tokens like other forks.
To fill the pos chamber you'd just remove the seal from the IRT.
To do the neg you could probably just shorten the pushrod to stop it activating the top valve.
But you'd have to have more POS pressure than neg at all times or the valve would open....?
It's late, will look after work next week.
EDIT- I will say that the coil neg spring in my Selva is far superior to the one that was in the Durolux. In the Selva the coils are under compression for at least 4" of stroke so you don't get the contact clunk nearly as often, it's also less sticky, the plastic slider thing in the Durolux sucked.
Comma splice, huzzah!
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There are crimpers with a swivel anvil set so you can crimp end on but they won't do an Insta worthy hex crimp.Saw a video of someone crimping a cable end with these today.
Looks pretty dreamy.
Self-Adjusting Crimping Pliers For Wire Ferrules
Increased crimping capacity up to 6 AWG for single wires and up to 8 AWG for twin end ferrules. The adjusting wheel can be rotated between the two positions, Self-...
Only concern is the bulbous proportions of the tool itself, might make it tricky working with short cable ends on things like dropper levers.
Wiedmuller and some Swiss or Swedish mob make them......maybe Pressmaster.
Glue lined heat shrink and a lighter.
So that brass moustache is to facilitate a smooth slide down the side of a board being scribed?
As long as it is consensual I don't care if someone wants to give their wood a moustache ride.
Got a Sapim Nipple driver which is an absolute piece of shite, so I needed to make something better-
Spray can straw and heat gun to the rescue.
Spray can straw and heat gun to the rescue.
Marking gauge. Allows you to consistently mark distance from edges across multiple pieces. Think locating dado grooves in casework.
Before I go find a 160 + ton press for making shovel heads - I decided to find a sheet metal brake first. I was surprised at the cost, so I watched some youtube videos and went to the local supply shop. $50 later I have myself a sheet metal bender. Now I am considering if I should mount it to a table or make a pedestal. @gonefirefightin that welder has come in handy!
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Is said 160 ton press for stamping out the heads only? Or for stamping and forming?
Well if we are using words like that - the 160 ton is just for forming pre made blanks.
Why are you making shovel heads? Have you developed new digging technology?
Wouldn't it be easier to hand forge them, then sell to hipsters for their free range organic gardens?
It all started with the rakes and then my friends were complaining about the shovels.
I found a guy selling hand made artisan shovels in Canada for $200 each. It didnt even address the things we wanted different.
Now we've got a design and need to make a prototype.
We're thinking "Dirt Jump Tools" or "DJT"
"MAKING TRAILS GREAT AGAIN"
This the design you were talking about seeking a patent for?
If you post it up (though maybe not, deoending ok the above) I'm sure the engineers here can offer feedback the design to manufacture process.
The shovel isnt really a shovel but the patent is for this rake I've been playing with. Give me a few more days and I'll take some pics of this shovel comes together.
That one in the middle is a dead ringer for our Lip Smacker.
Looks quite a bit like a Swedish construction spade "Byggskyffel"
www.karlstadredskap.se
Art.nr: 10102, Byggskyffel 60 K
Byggskyffel 60 K Art.nr: 10102 Byggskyffel som bör finnas på varje arbetsplats Kryckhandtag Bladets mått: 235 x 340 mm Total längd: 1220 mm
www.karlstadredskap.se