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George
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Lots of us on here have served an apprenticeship of one sort of another, so thought I would start a thread about some of the handmade tools we have made over the years.
Here is a sample of some of the tools I made as a first year apprentice airframe fitter, back in 1962 ![]() ![]()
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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WOW. Very impressive.
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if you use them regular they have stood the test of time very well.
put some commercial products to shame.
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I present to you, my (modified by hand) universal screwdriver, for when you don't have the right tool, but need something that does jam into most weird screws:
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Tools made when I was an apprentice disappeared many years ago.
This stuff was made a couple of years ago from scrap metal. Img_7345.jpg Img_7348.jpg
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I did my apprenticeship in telecommunications so never got a chance to learn a trade like that. In all seriousness I think my life would have been happier working as a fitter and turner that the job I landed in. I need to convince Charliewool to move to SEQ and take me under his wing to learn some things. I just hack away in my shed, but made a bead rolling machine a few years ago as a project. I had an Eastwood bead roller and it wasn't very good. So repurposed the dies and spur gears and built the rest from scratch. A variable speed reversible bead roller. A bit of fabrication, a bit of machining, a bit of sheet metal work. Was a fun project. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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![]() My very first tool box is under the house and has all my tools from my apprentice days in it, I made a clamp like yours, a small "G" clamp, a die stock, a trappaning tool and a few other test items. [QUOTE=cs123;6752327]That's fantastic. I did my apprenticeship in telecommunications so never got a chance to learn a trade like that. In all seriousness I think my life would have been happier working as a fitter and turner that the job I landed in. I need to convince Charliewool to move to SEQ and take me under his wing to learn some things. I just hack away in my shed, but made a bead rolling machine a few years ago as a project. I had an Eastwood bead roller and it wasn't very good. So repurposed the dies and spur gears and built the rest from scratch. A variable speed reversible bead roller. A bit of fabrication, a bit of machining, a bit of sheet metal work. Was a fun project. QUOTE] Excellent job you did too, it would have been a privilege to have worked alongside you as a fellow Fitter and Turner ![]()
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