Tools you have made

[zippy656]

Of course zips you made it, Rick

Found it when clearing out my dad's place a little while back

 

[Wallace]

I just sat staring at the photos of this and I have no recollection of fabricating it apart from I know the slots were filed by hand as I did not have the Milling machine and rotary table then. The basic ring was turned on the lathe.

 

[Wallace]

Top half, 3/8” drive socket tacked on.

 

[Wallace]

The tool was made to remove the fuel tank sensor securing ring fitted to a 1966 Jensen CV8 (and other vehicles that use the same type) without resorting to a hammer screwdriver.

 

[Wallace]

This contraption was for breaking the hub to half shaft taper on Salisbury axles. A 10 ton hydraulic cylinder loaded up and a tap on the end has worked for me on several but they can require more grunt. I lent the tool out only to get it back bent and bowed with burn marks from oxy-acetylene where the hub had been heated and sledge hammer marks on the end plate. (Some of the marks might have been spur marks!) It turned out the tool was passed on to a well known race preparation company to break the taper and they had done the damage.

 

[Wallace]

Adjustable car dolly, fits onto Autovip 1700 car roller mountings enabling the car to be moved without refitting the wheels or axle.

 

[Wallace]

Adjustable to fit any car that will fit on the car roller.

 

[Banshee]

Adjustable car dolly, fits onto Autovip 1700 car roller mountings enabling the car to be moved without refitting the wheels or axle.

I'll have one of those for a SWB Terrano please :thumbs

 

[solarman216]

Brilliant stuff Wallace I like, Rick

 

[Wallace]

I'll have one of those for a SWB Terrano please :thumbs

Do you want some closeup pictures of how it goes together? Simple construction for the main frame with flat plates welded on in a couple of places. I designed it round the wheels which I think are off a scaffold tower and rated to 450kg each with brakes. The brakes are useful as I found locking one off allowed me to spin the car round on my own.

Brilliant stuff Wallace I like, Rick

:thumb2 Cheers Rick.

 

[Lobo]

That is a dynamite piece of kit Wallace, fairplay to you. You could retire on just the orders from here.

 

[Jay666d]

Yes, I'll take one too! But I like a gadget, so if mine could have motors on the wheels to I could move it around using a controller like I do with the caravan, that would be great! :thumbs

 

[Wallace]

I made that to solve a problem I had with the Autovip 1700 car roller. The space I had to work in was just big enough to roll the car on its side one way so I had to turn the car round in order to work on the opposite side floor and chassis for repairs. To turn the car round meant refitting the wheels and steering column then pushing the car out into the road and back in the garage which I could not do on my own. The dolly allowed me to leave all the Autovip car roller hub brackets attached them remove the rolling frame and fit the dolly in its place. I could then roll the car outside on my own and turn it 360 within the drive and just for sheer bloody mindedness I did manage to turn it in the back garden which is narrower.

I did consider selling them at one point but thought they would be of limited use!

 

[Wallace]

I think from memory the box was 50x50mm and the plates were 10x75mm cut to 200mm. They were bolted together using M10 studding with nuts welded on as it was cheaper than bolts. Uprights were round tube to suit the wheels. The clamping effect from the plates on the box section worked better than I thought and the bolts did not need to be murdered up tight to hold firmly.

The car on the dolly in that photo is currently up for sale on Ebay if you search Jensen CV8........