for unintended purposes...

I get all excited over this stuff. I didn't have a "clutch spring compressor tool" for my sportster & I wasn't about to fork out 60 bones for one either. So I did a little digging on the interweb & found this idea. An oil filter wrench (size D). This wrench happens to be right around 3.5 inches in diameter & is a perfect fit. The only modification needed was to drill out the square hole to a 1/2 inch round. After that I found a washer & used the same nut that came off the bike to make it all work; & it works beautifully! By the way, the filter wrench I bought is plastic & showed absolutely no signs of breaking. So I just spent a whopping $6 on an otherwise over complicated & over priced tool to accomplish the same job. I love this sh#t!

custom tools

Totally unrelated, but I finished this knife today. I built it in trade for another custom leather tool by a gentleman in South Carolina. Custom tools are great & fairly unique, but when one is build just for you & to your specs it is truly one of a kind & nothing beats that. I love the bartering system.

Dyna Beads

I met a guy in my neighborhood who was filling the tire of his Triumph with these things. Check out Dyna Beads. I love inovative stuff like this.

It was a productive holliday.

engine stand

Made this to aid in the rebuild.

Electrolytic Derusting... Good stuff!

Check >> THIS << out! After reading a post over at the Quadcamer's I did a quick search on the interweb & found this. Great information. Looks easy & cheap. I can't wait to try it.

Mystery Tool?

Made this today.

Good Stuff

Picked these up at a model engine show. If you ever get a chance, go. They are not plastic & yes, they run!

What?!

Strangely cool, yet completely useless!