[TheForge] Nifty tool (Was: [OT] Re: Cats, boots)

[peter fels]

On Mar 26, 2011, at 3:40 PM, Mike Spencer wrote:

> 
> PF wrote:
> 
>> I tried improvising a flex drive for the expander, but couldn't
>> transmit enough torque....
> 
> Did you try one of these?
> 
>  http://www.uktools.com/sealey-ak2723-skeleton-drive-adaptor-38sq-drive-p-39657.html

It's the 
" I wish to god i'd had one of these by the side of the road that time" tool!
> 
> I saw a drawing of this mechanism, as a power transmission option, in
> a 19th c. engineering book 50 years ago but somehow lost the book long
> ago.  I think this is the first real-world implementation I've come
> across.  Every toolbox should have one.
> 
>> I braised a big ball on a piece of cable and dragged it through
>> forcibly but it was messy.

Imaging a gear head , hydraulic motor output, on the end of a flex hose 
with a sleek head ,festooned with tapped holes for replaceable hardware.
> 
> I heard this yarn from some Formula-V guys:
> 
> To make a classic VW Go Fast, you can put separate, big honkin' carbs
> on each head but that won't do for Formula-V, where everything has to
> be "stock", like Wolfsburg made it.  How to get more gumpties?
> 
> You may remember the central carb that sits on a T in the middle of a
> simple pipe-like steel maifold, which latter runs to each head?
> Remove manifold, press polished steel balls of increasing size through
> it until it bursts, collapses or otherwise fails.  Repeat with another
> manifold, but stop at slightly smaller ball size.  Strip paint, seal
> ends, etch exterior in acid until OD is reduced to "stock" spec,
> repaint.  You now have a paper-thin manifold that's a bit bigger
> inside.  When the scrutineers come around to the winner's circle with
> their calipers, it will measure out to stock specs.  Maybe just a
> greaseland legend?

I like it.. How can a guy compete.
> 
>> All the while i was furiously thinking of all the nifty special
>> purpose tools i could make to solve the problem and how long it
>> would take to make them.
> 
> My weakness.  I've found myself making the tool to make the tool to
> make the tool to do the job after the job itself is no longer
> relevant.  No wonder I ain't rich 'n famous.
I'M STILL WONDERING.
Still trying to learn the diff between " I can do that " and "  I oughta do that"
> 
> 
> - Mike
> 
> -- 
> Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada       .~. 
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