homemade tools

[MercuryMac]

Before I got a spot weld drill bit, I made a spot weld chisel. I started with a muffler removal chisel and cut a notch in it where a ridge had been in the middle. It worked O.K. if you weren't going to save one of the pieces of tin, because it bulged the tin a bit. The muffler chisel had a heel in it so it helped by keeping hammer away from the tin wall.

 

[MercuryMac]

Years ago I accidentally broke the tip off a new chisel [It may have been a cheapy] so I ground the broken edge flat and used it as a rectangular punch. You may think this wouldn't get used much but I needed it more and more over the next quite a few years, until I lost it and missed it badly, so I went to town and bought a new chisel and purposefully cut the end off it.

 

[Chapelrose]

Before I got a spot weld drill bit, I made a spot weld chisel. I started with a muffler removal chisel and cut a notch in it where a ridge had been in the middle. It worked O.K. if you weren't going to save one of the pieces of tin, because it bulged the tin a bit. The muffler chisel had a heel in it so it helped by keeping hammer away from the tin wall.

Nice idea... have to try that when I pull off the rocker panels... thanks