Hmmm so, not so much a tool but a process... Has anyone on here tried Hydro Dipping at home? I can buy the Activator and there is a plethora of different films around.. looks to be a reasonably simple process as long as water temp and times etc are adhered to... While not the best video on doing it this gives a reasonable idea of what is involved.
spludged out and bought a 2nd hand big blue bike lift .. bought mainly 99% for the canam spyder as there is stuff all room to get under it even for oil changes etc .. since getting it have gone and bought the different fittings for normal bikes and also for the sports bikes (lift off the pegs instead) all fairly exie $$$ but worth the coin for the other fittings .. aust distrib has gone out of biz so got a good deal on the other bike lift fittings off him .. now have got it home wish that had bought one yrs ago when first checked them out .. if haven seen /heard about them utube them and you will see them in action .. my xmas gift to myself for next few yrs
Went to local gun shop and bought a .17 caliber brass brush to clean the female parts of wiring connectors. Chucked in battery drill on slow and cleans them up spot on.
Decided to try a method of installing some Nutserts I found on the Interwebs... Fairly simple. I was using 6mm SS Nutserts and simply stuck a nut (slighty larger than the thread size) and a washer onto a 6mm bolt... screwed it into the Nutsert then held the nut with a spanner and used my 3/8 Impact driver to tighten it all up... worked a treat. Saves having to buy the special tool / gun and probably not size limited either.
Whilst working on Franksters turbo ZXR250 this morning I discovered a fault with my Minimax 1/4" drive ratchet. I bought this in a set in 1975 as a first year apprentice and now 45 years later it is stuffed. I tell ya, nothing lasts these days.
I have a Kingchrome 1/2" drive ratchet, a little older than your Minimax unit Murdo, the handle has a kink in it from strongarm abuse (a 6" over Kawasaki mach111 fork leg ), but it still works ok
I bet you that a similar name brand purchased today will NOT last even half as long.... I still have some of my original tools from my set that was a subsidised purchase as a 1st year Apprentice with Hawker de Havilland in 1972.... plus a few specialist tools that we made in the Apprentice School in the first year.
Amateurs! I break and lose tools in a fraction of that time... I mean, you probably don't even leave them in the dirt and rain for weeks - I bet you clean them and put them away neatly!
I introduced someone to flush-cuts the other day. And sold them a pair. Today, I needed a magnet on a stick to lift the spark plug socket out when I had not enough clearance. But I found a bit of rubber hose that fit in the 3/8 square drive hole. And I made a short extension using an opposite pair of ⅜-½ adaptors. I really need to sort toolboxes and tools out at home - what a mess!