skoronesa Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Here are some homemade/modified tools. My very powerful wirewheel My vise on 2" floor flange with 2"x1-1/4" bushing to 1-1/4" pipe in a satellite dish stand. The motor is from a jet pump which means it is very robust and moisture/rust resistant, it also does not need a start/run capacitor because it has start/run windings with a centrifugal switch. The wirewheel rig is mounted with two bolts and wingnuts. In my bench top I have 1/2" holes drilled at 4" centers, makes for easy, quick mounting. The sat dish stand I found in a dumpster still wrapped in the packaging it was shipped in, yeah, new. I replaced two of the bolts with eye-bolts so they can be tightened/loosened with a screwdriver through them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skoronesa Posted February 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Some more jet pump motors. The grey one is 2/3hp and does have a cap because of it's size, I am saving it for mountign a saw under that table. The green is only 1/3hp. The one on my wirewheel is 1/2hp and if I didn't get it first I would have used the 1/3hp because a wirewheel doesn't need a 1/2hp. also in that pic is a jerry can I was turning into a tool box, a small table saw, and one of the legs of my saw table, the pair were only 25$ and they are quite strong legs. Like my stereo rig? its a server psu powering a car head unit. Not in the frame is a pair of center speakers from radioshack I got from the dump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skoronesa Posted February 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 A radial arm saw that I removed from it's stand and bolted in a table I made originally for a table saw. When I say table saw it consisted of a skil saw that I drilled two holes in the plate and bolted it to the underside of the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 LOL. Fun. Do you give tours of your workshop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skoronesa Posted February 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Lolz, I do give tours of my SHED. There is about 15square ft of space in the center. It is hardly a workshop. If you ever stop by I will certainly give you a tour. I do want to build a new shed/workshop but while the kids are young I just don't have the time. It's a pain working in such a small space but at least my tools are easy to get at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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