Special Tools For Jobs

[fixbear]

Made many tools for special jobs over the years. Why we had a machine shop.

[techjoeb]

I bet that comes in handy. In-shop welders or welding capabilities are awesome. 

[fixbear]

Lathes, milling machine, surface grinder, Sunnen hone and acsess to a colledge machine lab with water jet, and CNC equipment

[techjoeb]

Some guys just use JB weld and some duct tape. 

[fixbear]

You laugh at JB weld, but in the early eighties I was hired to a shaker screen.  11 inch roller bearing with a loose fit in the housing.  Housing to thin to bore out and sleeve,  Found a outfit in England that had a special epoxy system ($2500 and that was half price) that we could prep the housing, coat the bearing with a release, mix and fill the housing around the bearing. Customer bought the kit, used it for years to repair pump shafts and housings, and scored hydraulic cylinders. Was even used in Britain to replace a broken prop blade on a 44 ft propeller that loss 1/3 of a blade. would take months to build and replace the original.

[techjoeb]

I don’t kid on the JB Weld man. It has saved me professionally and at home after a kid has broken something I can fix in 15 minutes. 

[fixbear]

Epoxies and glues have come a long way  in the last few years.  The key is to do proper prep and design the right one for the application.  There is no one that will do it all. 

[techjoeb]

This one for the chain is cool. PN 9134 Chain breaker tool for Nieco 

 

[fixbear]

That’s not a special.  Anyone that has used bulk roller chain will have at least one

[izzygreen]

With the  new Hobart Legacy mixers there are a whole slew of custom tools needed (according to the service manuals) to service the transmission or motor