Using a few older tools today.   Made a plane stop a while back.   Piece of old saw blade and a wood dowel.   Dowel then becomes a bench dog

That I smack down into a dog hole near the end vise...

The saw teeth grip any wood item pressed against it by the end vise.    I also cleaned out the tool well......decide to at least make that chore easier to do the next time around..

So, I made a wood ramp.   Nailed in place, it will help out as I can sweep out the well right up the ramp.   Once the trash hits the floor, Igor's problem, then.

been having a bit of trouble, when chopping out mortises.....how to remove the chips down in the bottom?    Found an old Drum Brake adjuster, and an old screwdriver handle..

One curved end becomes a "Goose neck chisel"   the other curved end becomes a tang.    took a while, using a grinder, and a beltsander.  

Now  I can lever those nasty chips out of the mortises.    Width was narrowed down to 1/4", as I can get more use out of it. 

Then, spent the rest of the afternoon..chopping box joints.   MIGHT have a project in the works....

It does involve all the "usual suspects"..

Along with my favourite toy..

Something I can park my....er..foundation on.  

Part of the shop remodel was to clean out a trash bag filled corner...

I think Shop Cat has been stealing socks......I even swept the floor today, and the steps.   Sent the bill to Igor. 

Been a busy day...

Cool idea with the brake adjuster!

4 minutes ago, lew said:

Cool idea with the brake adjuster!

+1...Like it...

Poor Shop Cat...taking the heat when he is "purr-fick..."

21 minutes ago, steven newman said:

Something I can park my....er..foundation on. 

Most important tool in the shop...I have to give my knees a break...

Careful.  Get the shop all gussied up and you won't want to get dustied up again.

Wonder how many of us remember drum brakes and how they were adjusted (before the self adjusting do-jiggys)?

Let alone  that  funny looking pair of pliers to remove/install the springs and clips.....still have my Dad's old pair.    hated when you would remove the drum, and all the parts would fly out.....

5 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

Wonder how many of us remember drum brakes and how they were adjusted (before the self adjusting do-jiggys)?

Put lots & lots of them on in a former life...fronts were always the worse dealing with the wheel bearings and grease...even combines (Deere at least) used a drum brake made by Bendix for years

 

Can't speak for all, but relatively current (our stables anyways), kinda', sota' still have a drum type brake on the rear; besides the rotor they have drums incorporated then a set of small shoes that function as the parking brake...@ least Chrysler, Jeep and Ford; all of which in the 'ole days used brake set-ups by Bendix...don't know about GM-haven't owned a GM product in over 20 years...hadn't thought about that in some time Fred even with all the pads, rotors and calipers I've replaced. Still have about every type made of adjuster spoon, spring pliers and the like...

3 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

 Still have about every type made of adjuster spoon, spring pliers and the like...

 

Why would you ever get rid of a good tool?

 

Anyway, like Steven said, " all the parts would fly out "  You know that's just like when you drop something.  The part will bounce; you'll hear it hit; and you'll never find it again as it turns invisible.

Edited March 9, 20179 yr by p_toad

Last drum brakes I worked on was the rear drum brakes on a Dodge Caravan.......all day job...found the original brake shoes still inside the drum...R. Lee Ermy needed ear plugs, to safegaurd his ears from all the cussing going on...

 

Not sure which brakes the adjuster I used for the chisel was used on.....One end was a flat, the other was a curved point thingy.   Almost 3/8" wide on the flat end...yard sale find, maybe a quarter....

On ‎3‎/‎9‎/‎2017 at 10:35 AM, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

Wonder how many of us remember drum brakes and how they were adjusted (before the self adjusting do-jiggys)?

 

Still have the adjusting tool in my toolbox...hasn't been out in a long time...

Seems like lot ov us were wrench jockeys somewhere at one time or another....

Cheaper IF I do, then pay someone $40/hr to do the same thing I can do in 20 minutes.  Latest van is all disc brakes.   The Mopar drum brakes  needed a pair of bolts to remove the rotor/drum.   There was two threaded holes through the drum.   You'd thread a long bolt through the two holes, and they would push the drum off....in theory....BTDT.

On 3/9/2017 at 10:45 AM, steven newman said:

Let alone  that  funny looking pair of pliers to remove/install the springs and clips.....still have my Dad's old pair.  

 

I finally gave mine away a few years ago.   Now I could have used them to attach sinuous springs on sofas.   Never occurred to me at the  time.

24 minutes ago, kmealy said:

 

I finally gave mine away a few years ago.   Now I could have used them to attach sinuous springs on sofas.   Never occurred to me at the  time.

Are you talking about those pliers that work backwards, with the little bent tips? I have a pair in a drawer. They're not used often but, they are invaluable when they're needed. 

6 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

Are you talking about those pliers that work backwards, with the little bent tips? I have a pair in a drawer. They're not used often but, they are invaluable when they're needed. 

As i remember, mine looked sort of like this.   I got them when I took an auto mechanic's class, but I never trusted myself to work of brakes.   You don't want them to fail because you did them up wrong.

 

OK, I see now. I was thinking snap ring pliers.

 

At the recommendation of a buddy, I got some hose pliers to remove the cable releases on recliners.   I sometimes have spent most of my time getting that little clip out.  All sorts of crazy stuff I do.

Edited May 16, 20178 yr by kmealy