12-22-2016, 12:15 PM
Ok no laughing now, but I made my first shop tool yesterday. I'm actually not even sure it qualifies as a tool but I'll post it anyway.
I needed some small M4 set screws and as my lathe is still not working this was going to be hand tools only. So inspired by you lot I decided to make a tool for the job. It's basically a piece of 01 that I drilled and tapped for M4, then I cut a slot in it and then hardened it. So I run an M4 bolt up the tool and then use the slot as a guide for the hacksaw, wind it out to the length required and cut it off.
Ok you can all stop laughing now, but the fact is a year ago I would have jumped in the car and driven to the shops and bought these set screws, now I'm making them courtesy of the information and inspiration from this forum.
Cheers Fellas
I needed some small M4 set screws and as my lathe is still not working this was going to be hand tools only. So inspired by you lot I decided to make a tool for the job. It's basically a piece of 01 that I drilled and tapped for M4, then I cut a slot in it and then hardened it. So I run an M4 bolt up the tool and then use the slot as a guide for the hacksaw, wind it out to the length required and cut it off.
Ok you can all stop laughing now, but the fact is a year ago I would have jumped in the car and driven to the shops and bought these set screws, now I'm making them courtesy of the information and inspiration from this forum.
Cheers Fellas