Golf balls for file handles?

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A great idea from Smithboy for a file that has lost its handle.It's one of those ideas we won't find in a text book.I bet you guys have lots of tricks like that you can pass on? Who else has worked out something clever that we won't find in a book?Scott
Reply:My grandpa uses wine corks for the little ones.
Reply:Well, if you need a really good quality steel scraper (such as for gaskets or scraping metals) sharpen the end of a regular file.  My grandfather was a master machinist and master mechanic (ran the maintenance dept of a huge machine shop for 30 some years) and almost every one of his files had some special shape ground on the end of it.  One he used the most was a 6" long triangular file with the last 1" of the teeth ground off to a razor sharp point.  It is really handy for deburring, scraping bores, etc.  And they never seem to dull since the steel is so hard.On a side note, you never dared to let him see you drag a file or hacksaw blade backwards against the piece of metal!  You lift completely off the part when pulling back or you might get your hand slapped a bit...
Reply:On all the adjustment knobs of my Vise-Grips I weld a 9/16" - 3/4" lock washer. It allows fast and easy adjustments with oily hands and a place to connect a chain etc. to pull materials in to submission. You will wonder how you ever lived with out them after awhile.Millermatic 251Century 180 migSpectrum 625 Syncrowave 250DX
Reply:That's pretty neat.  I'll have to try that one.  Never really thought about using vice grips as a pulling tool.Smithboy...if it ain't broke, you ain't tryin'.
Reply:works great for minor body work, and flying sheet metal on a building.Millermatic 251Century 180 migSpectrum 625 Syncrowave 250DX
Reply:We used them to pull out stuck plastic form injection molds. Use all 3 sizes for different applications, obviously with different weighted slide pulls. I can post a pic if anyone is interested.
Reply:CarterKraft, You might want to explain to some of the folks out here, what "flying sheet metal on a building" means. I didn't want to step on your toes, but I don't think many of the younger members would know what you mean.  As a side note to the other Vise Grip uses, if you weld a rod coupler of the proper size on to the adjustment bolt, you can thread in a slide hammer. This is one of my dad's tricks. P.S. In my opinion, if it doesn't say Vice Grip, it's just another piece of scrap metal.Just my  opinion, not from a book, just from the road.Howes Welding Inc.www.howesweldinginc.com
Reply:gotcha, My meaning for "flying sheet metal" is the art of using the wind to help you pull R-panels or similar sheet metal up on to a roof when a forklift is not available. You put the wind to your back and hoist the sheets (on the down wind side of the structure) up onto the roof. The wind if any, lets you fly the sheets away from the building while you hoist them. it's usually a 3 man job in high wind, with 2 men hoisting and one connecting.Millermatic 251Century 180 migSpectrum 625 Syncrowave 250DX
Reply:Not so much for a tool handle, but when your little brother "borrows" one of your tool boxes and "forgets" to return it, a bright pink golf ball makes a suitable replacement shift knob for the leather wrapped one you steal off his brand new Acura.   2 part epoxy also helps it remain permanent.Carter, I flew galv. sheet roofing on a small playhouse for the kids.   Only a few other times in my life did I bleed as much.   That job made it to the top of "my never do it myself again" list. Attached ImagesThere are no small projects
Reply:Very nice work there for sure. Sheet metal work is one of the jobs were the blood is gonna come out, regardless.Millermatic 251Century 180 migSpectrum 625 Syncrowave 250DX