Dave's Tool Box`

[jerrythegerman]

Hello all,

This idea was punted out last night in the pub, post hot rod meet.

I'm gonna ask Andy to set up a area, maybe under technical where we can have section discussing tool's.....not volenteers for the title (though could become a weekly idea too!!, nominations to me if you please) but a certain tool, described weekly and it's usage. Technical and comical as I won't be able to resist!!

I'll be careful, this is a family forum after all.

Early suggestions will be :-

Timing lights,
Nut crackers,
Ball (joint) spliters,
FBH's (F'in big hammers)
Grease's and the usage of
Reamers

Your thoughts please and Andy.....do your thing.

[pk1was]

a Manchester spanner

[jerrythegerman]

the late great Tony Wilson?

[Tommy D]

you need help mate.........

































































































hahahaha

[Lickerty Split]

I always said Dave was a tool






but well done from bringing variety to the forum

[novocaine]

The Ten Best Tools of All Time By J. William Lam, Stockton, CA
Duct Tape:
Not just a tool, a veritable Swiss Army knife in stickum and plastic. It's safety wire, body material,
radiator hose, upholstery, insulation, tow rope, and more in one easy-to-carry package. Sure, there's a
prejudice surrounding duct tape in concourse competitions, but in the real world everything from Le
Mans - winning Porsches to Atlas rockets uses it by the yard. The only thing that can get you out of
more scrapes is 10p and a phone booth.
Vice-Grips:
Equally adept as a wrench, hammer, pliers, baling wire twister, breaker-off of frozen bolts, and
wiggle-it-till-it-falls off tool. The heavy artillery of your toolbox, Vice Grips are the only tool designed
expressly to fix things screwed up beyond repair.
Spray Lubricants:
A considerably cheaper alternative to new doors, alternators, and other squeaky items. Slicker than
pig phlegm. Repeated soakings of WD-40 will allow the main hull bolts of the Andrea Dora to be
removed by hand. Strangely enough, an integral part of these sprays is the infamous little red tube
that flies out of the nozzle if you look at it cross-eyed, one of the ten worst tools of all time.
Margarine Tubs With Clear Lids:
If you spend all your time under the van looking for a frendle pin that caromed off the peedle valve
when you knocked both off the seat, it's because you eat butter. Real mechanics consume pounds of
tasteless vegetable oil replicas, just so they can use the empty tubs for parts containers afterward.
(Some, of course, chuck the butter-colored goo altogether or use it to repack wheel bearings.) Unlike
air cleaners and radiator lips, margarine tubs aren't connected by a time/space wormhole to the
Parallel Universe of Lost Frendle Pins.
Big Rock At The Side Of The Road: (note not rock light)
Block up a tire. Smack corroded battery terminals. Pound out a dent. Bop nosy know-it-all types on
the noodle. Scientists have yet to develop a hammer that packs the raw banging power of granite or
limestone. This is the only tool with which a "made in India" emblem is not synonymous with the user's
maiming.
Plastic Zip Ties:
After twenty years of lashing down stray hoses and wired with old bread ties, some genius brought a
slightly slicked up version to the auto parts market. Fifteen zip ties can transform a hulking mass of
amateur-quality rewiring from a working model of the Brazilian rain forest into something remotely
resembling a wiring harness. Of course, it works both ways. When buying used dubs, subtract £100.00
for each zip tie under the bonnet.
Ridiculously Large Standard Screwdriver With Lifetime Guarantee:
Let's admit it. There's nothing better for prying, chiseling, lifting, breaking, splitting, or mutilating
than a huge flat-bladed screwdriver, particularly when wielded with gusto and a big hammer. This is
also the tool of choice for oil filters so insanely located they can only be removed by driving a stake in
one side and out the other. If you break the screwdriver - and you will, just like Dad or your shop
teacher said - who cares? It's guaranteed.
Baling Wire:
Commonly known as splity muffler brackets, baling wire holds anything that's too hot for tape or ties.
Like duct tape, it's not recommended for concourse contenders since it works so well you'll never
replace it with the right thing again. Baling wire is a sentimental favorite in some circles, particularly
with air cooled.
Bonking Stick:
This monstrous tuning fork with devilishly pointy ends is technically known as a tie-rod- end separator,
but how often do you separate tie-ends? Once every decade, if you're lucky. Other than medieval
combat, its real use is the all purpose application of undue force, not unlike that of the huge flatbladed
screwdriver. Nature doesn't know the bent metal panel or frozen exhaust pipe that can stand
up to a good bonking stick. (Can also be used to separate tie-rod ends in a pinch, of course, but does a
lousy job of it).
10p and a Phone Booth:
See first entry.

[Andy K]

I like it!

I'll create the sub-forum in a mo..

DONE!

[Sir Dubalot]

Can anyone help me to identify this please..

Thanks in advance.

Willy.............

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[Andy K]

I'd say it looks like a tension/weight type gauge.. Whats on the display? any units?

[jerrythegerman]

Look's like a run out gauge to me, if you move the arm up and down does the dial show? your missing the magnetic stand by looks of it too.

If it is, it can be used to measure the straightness of a rotating face. You set it up to the top or bottom face of the thing you want to measure (at 90deg and under slight load) and set the dial to zero. Then rotate the item and see if the dial shows a raise or fall.

[Sir Dubalot]

Thanks Guys for the answers, took a couple more.

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[novocaine]

it's correct title is a dial test indicator also known as a dial indicator for obvious reasons.
the magnetic stand is normally an accessory.
it is used for measuring tolerances in machined faces or as dave pointed out deflection in a shaft or beam.
not a tool that most people have in the garage unless they have a miller or lathe for machining or regularly balance crank shafts/valve cam shafts. quite a specific peice of kit really.
as you can see from the gauge they are designed to measure very small increments your's appears to be +-0.4mm with a tolerance of 0.001mm, the set i have are 0.2,0.5 and 1mm and sit quite nicely on the back of the lathe at the folks house for balancing cranks or checking tolerence of valve stems.