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Show and Tell: Your DIY Homemade Tools

By mof

10 years ago


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    Post #3 Light bulb remover. Posted by mof (10 years ago)

    Post #16 Link to homemade CNC router. Posted by vid1900 (10 years ago)

    Post #20 Lock picks and tension wrench. Posted by Fanatic (10 years ago)

    Post #21 Roll pin remover. Posted by KenH (10 years ago)

    Post #24 Raised playfield stabilizer. Posted by mof (10 years ago)

    Post #28 Soldering platform. Posted by OuttaSpace (10 years ago)

    Post #31 Inexpensive pinball dolly. Two wheels, a handle, and some scrap 2x4. Posted by SchertzPinball (10 years ago)


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    #486 4 years ago

    Hey, I have something for this thread. Its not a big deal but I hope others can use it. I always have trouble moving the pins around on the floor, so I got those little mini-dollies from Harbor Freight: https://www.harborfreight.com/material-handling/hand-trucks-carts-dollies/dollies/3-wheel-steel-dolly-63683.html
    basic dollysbasic dollys

    While they technically worked, in my case the legs always popped off after just a couple of feet of travel. They really need deeper cups so the cabinet legs won't come off. So I ran down to the hardware store and bought a set of the largest PVC caps they had (2",) drilled a hole in them and bolted them on.with a 2: pvc pipe cap attachedwith a 2: pvc pipe cap attached

    Sadly, 2" caps are just a bit too small and the legs won't quite fit in them. I checked on the 3" caps but they are $10 each so I went to the dollar store and bought 4 sets of measuring cups. I cut off the handle of the 1-cup cup and bolted it on.with a 1" measuring cupwith a 1" measuring cup

    Its actually a bit too big, so I have switched to the 1/2" cups and they seem to be fine. Grand total: $20 for the dollies and $4 for the cups!with a 1/2" cupwith a 1/2" cup

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    #509 4 years ago

    I like this design. The wood looks nice and will lay flat when disassembled

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    #512 4 years ago

    I needed to do something to get more organized so I picked up a couple of mid-sized drawer cabinets
    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003TV3NL0
    then I used some cheapie wood and built a little rollaround cart for them. They are bolted to the wood and the wide base with casters keeps it from tipping over. Now to populate it!

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    #515 4 years ago

    The drawer cabinets are screwed to the wood, however I iwll have to see if the drawers themselves will fall out once filled with parts, might need some bungie cords across each row or something.

    1 year later
    #643 3 years ago

    I've got 2 items here, only one is homemade but the other is based on one.

    harig posted their homemade deep clamp for leveling raised inserts in a post: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/vids-guide-to-ultimate-playfield-restoration/page/139#post-5635204

    I don't have the ability to make one, but fortunately Harbor Freight has a reasonably good substitute for just a few bucks: https://www.harborfreight.com/12-inch-deep-throat-c-clamp-45919.html

    It really allows you to warm up a raised insert and clamp it down until its smooth clamping down a raised insertclamping down a raised insert

    #644 3 years ago

    the second one is an actual homemade. My Whirlwind has a raeasonably good playfield that is mostly covered by mylar. I'm trying not to make it nicer without having to tear it 100% apart. So I pulled most of the easy stuff off the playfield and gave it a good cleaning. The mylar cleans up nicely but it was pretty scratched up and dull looking.

    I wanted to polish it but I didn't want to have to take everything apart. I was unable to find a small polishing tool, so I whipped one up.

    I used one of those flapper sanding wheels, Stuck a piece of velcro to the end of it. Then I grabbed one of my old big foam polishing discs and cut a small circle of it. Since it was velcro-backed I could simply stick it on and put the whole thing in the drill. This allows me to polish the playfield and do the mylar without worrying about grinding off the paint in the non-mylar areas.the personal polisher toolthe personal polisher toolmini-polishing in processmini-polishing in process

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    #649 2 years ago

    Are there any Jones plug extension cords? When I have the pf out on the rotisserie and am trying to check through things the length of the cords makes it a lot harder than it needs to be

    5 months later
    #734 2 years ago
    Quoted from mark532011:

    I used one of those flapper sanding wheels, Stuck a piece of velcro to the end of it. Then I grabbed one of my old big foam polishing discs and cut a small circle of it. Since it was velcro-backed I could simply stick it on and put the whole thing in the drill. This allows me to polish the playfield and do the mylar without worrying about grinding off the paint in the non-mylar areas.

    This tool did not work as well as I had hoped, I thought the concept was good and it was probably the execution. low and behold Harbor Freight just sent me a ad with a similar tool.

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    #838 1 year ago

    nice and solid looking

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