Homemade Tool of the day

bishopNlouisiana · Nov 15, 2017

For several days I've been looking for an Alan wrench tool to reach four screws 6" deep in the bottom of an electric pressure washer. Everything I had was either too short or the shaft was too large to fit in the narrow shaft to get deep enough to reach the screws.
So today I made the perfect tool.

Everyone has the little hex and star adapters in a kit some where in their tool box. I could not tell the size of the head of the screw so I began cutting a slot in the top of the hex adapters. The third adapter or the 3/32 hex tool fit just fine.

I took a screwdriver with a 6" blade and hot glued it to the slot. I only needed it to unscrew the bottom of the pressure washer and re-screw the screws back in.

It worked!

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AzPeapicker · Nov 15, 2017

I like it when someone shows a tool that they have made & it works , Don t have to buy anything .

John Azpeapicker

Mike(NEOhio) · Nov 15, 2017

And he didn't ruin a good screwdriver either. Nice job.

PaGlenn · Nov 15, 2017

In my Air Force days I remember taking a wrench to the metal welding shop to have it altered to facilitate an easier removal of an aircraft part. On removing an air duct in the wing of a F4 Phantom fighter/bomber I used a 1/4 ratchet with 4 extensions and a swivel. Had to put gum on the pinky to press into the nut to get the bolt to attach. A lot of times you had three other birds waiting on you for their four jet scheduled mission.

leroy in ne · Nov 15, 2017

have done similar with electric tape or heat shrink tubing to hold in place.

Moonlite37 · Nov 15, 2017

When I bought the metalworking shop where I retired, there was a set of long (appox 12 inch) long hex wrenches in fractional sizes and a drive handle with the correct size hole to serve as a handle. slowly they got lost.

Southern Ray · Nov 15, 2017

Hey,Hey! Well done

jackbrit3 · Nov 15, 2017

I mig welded the correct driver insert tip onto a piece if 3/16 rod

Bernie/MA · Nov 15, 2017

I had a Wis V4 with stuck valves. I could stick a quarter inch allen wrench in the plug hole, rotate it over the valve and with a tap the valve would pop down. It had been soaking all winter. After a couple hours of tapping I made an external spring to push the wrench down as I spun the crank. Had all 4 exhaust valves working in about 20 minutes. On the first one I had to use an air hammer to push it down the first time. Intakes weren"t sticking.

dr sportster · Nov 16, 2017

I got sent to an office building to change out a lobby heater fan motor. That was required to get the squirrel cages off the old one . I went to Granger and bought a set of long T-handle Allen wrenches. Probably the only job I used them on.

kevinthefixer · Nov 18, 2017

Same setup on a lot of RV furnaces. I used mine a lot back then, still do occasionally although you couldn't pay me to work on an RV anymore.

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