Home made workshop tools

Nothing fancy, just a ground box section. Useful for Flathead cylinder base nuts. I usually pull the genny, but if you toss a bend in this wrench, that's not necessary.



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I forget where I got this. Kerry Sayre, maybe? He offers the flat version (top) for timers. I don't have any timer-equipped bikes, so I added a few bends and this is absolutely indispensable for the inboard mag nut.



Here's that trans jig I mentioned a few years ago. Basic, but if you've ever tried installing a sprocket on the trans off the bike or fought the thing turning and sliding on the bench, you'll appreciate the waste of a perfectly good trans plate.



Bullshit anvil made from scraps. Good for really reefing on shit. (You use the back of your vise, don't even lie. And you shouldn't do that.)



I don't even know what the actual tool for installing neck cups even looks like. I've just always used this rigged-up shit and it works fine.

Allthread is glorious. Besides as an expedient bushing/bearing press I use it to seal hubs and steering necks (by coating the joint between flat washers and neck or hub with clear RTV) for sand blasting and powder coating. It beats having to degrease inside those parts and the extra allthread is handy for hanging parts. For press use it's handy to weld a nut to some scrap angle, clamp the angle in a bench vise as the angle prevents the rod from tipping.

I have a bad back I don't need to make worse so I use a patient lift (they fit through standard doorways and have non-marring casters so ya can use them anywhere) to lift engines. I adapt every bike engine I work on to cheap auto engine stands because they beat chasing an engine around a bench and can rotate 'em 350 degrees. Pic shows patient lift, stand head bolted to Sporty rear mount (I also have one for Ironheads) with lifting adapter which has clearance for top end R&I.

Big twin stand was some aftermarket softail frame with no title. I can shove a pipe into the engine stand head and wheel a drivetrain easily on dirt if needed, lift the assembly with my patient lift then place it in the Harbor Freight stand to work on it. I left the seat post in case I want to mount dummy fuel and oil tanks for a run stand one day. The stand was usable at every stage of construction.

here goes two, also nothing fancy... a shock spring compressor & a tool for the transmission sprocket nut

You guys have probably heard of the Baja tyre mounting tool. If not here's a listing for one.


It's a great idea but at 160$, just too expensive for me to buy so I decided to make one.

I made this mostly from metal I had about the workshop and only bought 3 parts. It works so easily, I was worried about making it strong enough but really I so over engineered it. I mounted 2 tyres today on spoked rims and no problems at all.

Bored while waiting for a shaft, so made a spanner for 8 sided cover nut:





Patrick