Gaffer Tape, Baler Twine, your tools that aren't tools?

[bikeworkshop]

That why your teeth are
A) so pearly white
B) yellow, crooked and scarce?

(Delete as appropriate)

 

[novocaine]

Sovol Autosol for me

for the teeth, fine, but what do you use on the bikes?

edit: damn it, @bikeworkshop got their first.

 

[originsoundd]

nail varnish as thread lock
aluminium tape - like gaffer tape by shiny
beer can shims
11mm headed bolt to remove a free hub (used like allen key)

bent spokes as a chain retainer
lead pipe as a headset race seating tool
hoovers for pulling thread through a frame so you can pull through internally routed cables.

there are millions of them.

none of these are bodges as such but certainly not the completely right way to do it.
I own a 3d printer, so many things are made to do jobs.

What tools have you 3D printed? Do you design them yourself?

 

[novocaine]

What tools have you 3D printed? Do you design them yourself?

design most tools to do the job myself.*
what I've printed is hard to remember. I do have a spoke tension gauge that I printed (but didn't design, only altered). spoke nipple tools, errr, does a chain guide count as a tool?
I'd need to dig through design files to look at what I've come up with over the years.

*ex design engineer and draftsman, I have a good start on most.

 

[originsoundd]

design most tools to do the job myself.*
what I've printed is hard to remember. I do have a spoke tension gauge that I printed (but didn't design, only altered). spoke nipple tools, errr, does a chain guide count as a tool?
I'd need to dig through design files to look at what I've come up with over the years.

*ex design engineer and draftsman, I have a good start on most.

Sounds cool. I just got one like a month ago. Trying to learn Fusion and design my own stuff.

 

[novocaine]

Sounds cool. I just got one like a month ago. Trying to learn Fusion and design my own stuff.

I moved away from fusion. It's an awesome piece of software (as an Ex AutoCad user it makes sense). I found freecad to be more than sufficient for me. Currently printing a tripod slimmed out tripod head for a mini tripod.

 

[originsoundd]

I moved away from fusion. It's an awesome piece of software (as an Ex AutoCad user it makes sense). I found freecad to be more than sufficient for me. Currently printing a tripod slimmed out tripod head for a mini tripod.

Might have a go with that. I'm somewhat familiar with After Effects and Blender, but Fusion breaks many rules I'm used to. Nice to use free software too.

 

[novocaine]

Might have a go with that. I'm somewhat familiar with After Effects and Blender, but Fusion breaks many rules I'm used to. Nice to use free software too.

because 90% of what I make is mechanical or engineering rather than artistic I suspect freecad is perfect. for more artisitic stuff (which I have little bother with, I don't print unless it has a use) I'd lean toward blender.

 

[originsoundd]

because 90% of what I make is mechanical or engineering rather than artistic I suspect freecad is perfect. for more artisitic stuff (which I have little bother with, I don't print unless it has a use) I'd lean toward blender.

I guess switching between the two based on what your trying to achieve is the most powerful.

 

[bikeworkshop]

I guess switching between the two based on what your trying to achieve is the most powerful...

...for making Darth Vader valve caps