mr chris <
[email protected]> wrote:
> a little extra time at work, stick welder and a big nut........ volia!
>
http://www.geocities.com/singlesprocket/homemadetool.html well we all tried to make our own tools,
> sometimes they works and sometimes it was a butcher job (my homemade headset press that kills
> headsets). lets hear those stories...
I made a headset cup remover out of a piece of EMT conduit (mild steel pipe, from any hardware
store) - cut slots in it and flare the end out. Works great. Made a headset press from a long bolt
and some nuts and washers. I haven't destroyed any headsets, but have only used it on inexpensive
steel headsets. It took a little care to make sure the cups were going in straight. I haven't made
a crown race setter, maybe a piece of EMT or PVC pipe would work if there's one with the right
inner diameter.
Sheldon Brown's pages have a tip on how to make a BB fixed cup remover/installer out of a bolt, nut,
washers, and a socket wrench. This works awesome, much better than the wrenches that slip off, but
you only need it if you have a cup-and-cone bottom bracket.
Tried homemade chainwhips, dismal failure, bent up some angle iron pretty good trying to disassemble
a freewheel. Mild steel does not work in that application.
Ben Still prototyping the internal-cable-routing Pez dispenser
