The basic ultrasonic cleaner I bought arrived. I’m hoping that using it with a solution of Simple Green Extreme Aircraft and Precision Cleaner will make short work of some of the small aluminum engine parts cleaning I’ve been doing. That or it will have just been a major waste of money. Not a lot. But…
Category: Tools
Chinese Micrometers In The House!
So there have been more than a few times over the past 18 months when I’ve needed actual micrometers. During the 2019 New Build, I kept resorting to rather crappy digital calipers to get my readings and was always frustrated with them. Now mind you, the ones I have are pretty cheap so you get…
Weld.com’s video blogs are fantastic.
So as an amateur in pretty much everything I do on my home and vehicles, I have no formal and proper training. Most of my education is in physical and cultural anthropology and that doesn’t necessarily translate into knowledge about trades-related skills. I have lived off of book research and of course, with the maturity…
Hello Dolly!
So I am thinking that it will be relatively inexpensive to build my own body dolly out of wood and some reinforcing metal parts and casters. I’m thinking maybe $150 total. I’ve been snagging what Beetle dolly photos I can find on the net that are within my skill set to build. Some are really…
On custom auto rotisseries.
So I’m checking in with one of my favorite FB Groups, VW Body, Metal, Interior Work DIYers, and one of the contributors Shawn Mielke posted some pics of his custom made Type 1 auto rotisserie and quite frankly it looks like it would be simple to duplicate and mod a bit for 1302/1303 use. Knowing…
I can haz Snap-On flashlight!
I’m not sure if he got me this out of guilt (of not ever getting me Christmas presents) or what but my son got me a Snap-On 700 Lumen Project Light from his drug dealer, er… his Snap-On Man Salesman. I have to admit it is pretty nice and top quality. And damn is is bright….
I am your father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate…
As 2018 comes to a close, I’ve gone so over budget on automotive stuff that 2019 will have to be an extremely low spending year. I bought a lot of tools and parts this year knowing that it would take me some time to really put them to use. However, there’s one key tool I…
I certainly hope this is the last tool I need.
So the cheap ass Raiseek Handgun .45 Caliber Pistol Cleaning Kit Brush Kit I purchased on Amazon finally arrived. Between the bore brushes I already own, and this kit, I should be able to do a 100% solid cleaning of all internal oil galleries and passages in the AH engine. I’m also hoping the cleaning work…
Some more tools arrived today.
So my rotary burrs arrived today. These are for the new Universal case work more than the AH case. There’s quite a lot of metal left from the forms that really needs to be cleaned up. I’m hoping this will work. I never though I would purchase a hand gun cleaning kit but I…
I think I may be ready to drill and tap tomorrow.
I realized that I was missing some tools to complete the block preparations so I ordered them yesterday and hopefully they should all be here tomorrow. I picked up the 9/16″ drill bit to do the main oil return line and and I’m hoping, based on what I’ve already seen, that I probably will not…