The Mechanical Stuff thread

[adrianw]

I have eight of these, they are mesmerising, you forget how clever they are if you see them every day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Cl7gH7sZo

[Mr Curta]

I have eight of these, they are mesmerising, you forget how clever they are if you see them every day.

Completely captivating, I could watch those machines for a long time and not get bored.

Flocking waterfowl I think...

Not keen on them?

[oldoakknives]

I have eight of these, they are mesmerising, you forget how clever they are if you see them every day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Cl7gH7sZo

Yes that is amazing how fast they are.

Couldn't get a clear idea at first what they were doing so found a similar machine here.

[steptoe]

A hand made tool with one sole function in life.
To make removing the brake disc flange from a BMW final drive a very simple 30 second job . Otherwise it's a time consuming pain in the arse.

[oldoakknives]

Looks like a good piece of kit, probably not cheap to buy!

It's always satisfying to use 'special' tools for the job.

[thieuster]

Looks like a good piece of kit, probably not cheap to buy!

It's always satisfying to use 'special' tools for the job.

Indeed! Bespoke tools are always the best tools. I spotted a special tool on Wheeler Dealers last week. Ant took out a simple-but-precisely-shaped piece of metal resembling something you use to scrape weeds from the terrace. He used it for raising the camshaft of a Mitsubishi 3000GT.

I am waiting for Dave S' contribution: he showed us bespoke tools for his Porsche engine's rebuild.

Menno