Tuesday Tool Thread

[philhan89]

All these tools are droolworthy but Dough Hook wins all. This is where this thread is laid to rest.

[aosty]

Another red power tool... this one is quite handy.

[Gsinill]

Mystery project completed. Works well and complements my manual Hozan thread roller.

[aosty]

Originally Posted by Gsinill

Mystery project completed. Works well and complements my manual Hozan thread roller.

Too cool... and thanks for the thread bump!

[dddd]

Originally Posted by tctyres

Out of curiosity, how do you guys who carry patch kits keep the glue from getting a hole and then drying out? Those tubes seem to be made of tin foil.

Always kept the tube wrapped in a strip of paper napkin/towel, which further prevents rattling noises.

I keep a couple of patches cut into eight quarter-patches, which work well on thorn holes and more.

[charliedid]

Originally Posted by aosty

Another red power tool... this one is quite handy.

I think I need one.

[ColonelJLloyd]

Originally Posted by aosty

Made a dough hook for quarantine baking... freehand bent some 1/4” stainless rod.

To what do you anchor yourself while operating that? Or are you working with very small batches?

[aosty]

Originally Posted by ColonelJLloyd

To what do you anchor yourself while operating that? Or are you working with very small batches?

Small batches... roughly 500g flour.

[reuben]

Originally Posted by philhan89

All these tools are droolworthy but Dough Hook wins all. This is where this thread is laid to rest.

Yeah, what he said.

[Velocipede]

New Italian dies. I love pulling the plastic coating off these things.

[aosty]

A selection of essential tools... oops, the Park BO-1 missed the photo shoot.

[PTinz]

Such a simple yet often used item in the toolbox. Sadly I've been looking for the red safety tips for mine for years, just not complete without those......the search goes on!

Originally Posted by Gsinill

Bringing this thread back to life with a shout out to this little fella:



It's one of these gizmos that I happen to grab all the time, countless uses.
Scribe, scratch, poke, pull...

Just recently, fiddling with the shifter cable on a Chorus 11 shifter, it worked perfectly to guide the cable up into the shifter body, rather than it coming out on the opposite side.

[Gsinill]

Originally Posted by PTinz

Such a simple yet often used item in the toolbox. Sadly I've been looking for the red safety tips for mine for years, just not complete without those......the search goes on!

Yes, and if you get the General Tools 380A one, it also works perfectly to pick up nipples for wheel building.

It really holds the nipple well and allows to get the first few turns on to the spoke.

[unterhausen]

Is that one of those ebay nipple sorters? Or did you print it?

Thanks for pointing out you can use a scribe for nipple insertion. I only build wheels occasionally, but I was thinking about buying something to do that

[Gsinill]

Originally Posted by unterhausen

Is that one of those ebay nipple sorters? Or did you print it?

Thanks for pointing out you can use a scribe for nipple insertion. I only build wheels occasionally, but I was thinking about buying something to do that

Printed my own.
Finally an excuse to get a printer which I’ve been eyeballing for a while.
I also wanted an “inner box” for it that I can put inside the shuffler to flip the whole thing upside down.
So far I always dipped the spoke tips into oil but didn’t like how messy this was.
Now I can put a tiny drop of oil in the bottom of the nipples while they are in the shuffler.
No more oil on the rim, I know, OCD