Some shop tools I built

[Sfrankland]

A 20T press I built. It was made out of scrap 6" x 1/4" steel channel.

 

[Sfrankland]

2" x 72" belt sander. Sander has a 2Hp motor and is on a stand with wheels. Very handy for cleaning up parts.

 

[Sfrankland]

Tool stand built from a front differential out of a 95 Chev pickup. The base is a break drum off a big rig. Tools can be rotated by turning the yoke bringing the needed tool up to the front.

 

[Sfrankland]

This is a tube notcher that a buddy machined for me. I didn't have my mill at the time so I got him to build it for me. It also has a shim back so you can do offset notches.

 

[Sfrankland]

I needed to do some bends in some plate that I had and built this brake out of some scrap. Been meaning to build a better one but this one just works and doesn't show any signs of giving up just yet. It is made out of 1/2" x 6" plate and some heavy 1" angle.

 

[radioman]

nice builds!

 

[Chaddo]

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[Farmerford]

Nice work!

What is the third position on the tool stand for? A belt sander?

 

[creekbend]

Innovative. Well done. :thumbsup:

 

[etcallhome]

Very nice, great job

 

[Sfrankland]

Nice work!

What is the third position on the tool stand for? A belt sander?

Yes it is a cheap 1" belt sander. I never installed it afterwards. Didn't see the need with the 2" x 72" belt sander sitting a few feet away from it.

 

[wirenut]

Why no finished pictures? Would like to see the belt sander.

 

[Sfrankland]

I will have to dig the finished pictures out and post them. These were all I had on my iPad. Here is a video of the building and first use of the belt grinder.

Belt Grinder - YouTube

 

[Sfrankland]

Here are the rest of the build pictures for the Belt Grinder.

 

[Sfrankland]

And the finish pictures of the press and some stainless steel stepper covers I made for the CNC mill.

 

[ruralnv]

Impressive.

 

[johnk]

I have trouble constructing a house out of Lincoln Logs! Great work.

 

[Agent Blue]

By the number of 1" belts you have for the sander either you hit a huge garage sale or the lottery. Ellis builds one but I could not see enough usage to buy their expensive model. I always wanted to build a press but they sell them so cheap it is almost just the cost of the steel and jack. Besides 1" holes are hard for me to drill. I admire metal " artists " when it comes to building machines. Good work !

 

[Sfrankland]

By the number of 1" belts you have for the sander either you hit a huge garage sale or the lottery. Ellis builds one but I could not see enough usage to buy their expensive model. I always wanted to build a press but they sell them so cheap it is almost just the cost of the steel and jack. Besides 1" holes are hard for me to drill. I admire metal " artists " when it comes to building machines. Good work !

The belts were an eBay buy. I got ten each of two different grits. The press was scrap stuff I had laying around so I only cost me a few dollars for the jack.