HOMEMADE TOOLS, and best tricks

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Michael Young

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Guys, if you've been doing this for very long at all, you've probably had to manufacture tools to get some of your jobs done. Any clever ideas you care to share?

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super-long drill bit. I had to drill through almost 5-feet of block. So I bought a brand new bit and took it to the welding shop. They welded on an extra long shaft for me. So I have a drill bit that's about 6 feet long :) I later used the same drill bit to bore a hole through the soil where we were running a water line :)
 

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I use a 10" crescent wrench to install and remove expansion tanks. The jaws are thin enough to fit between the tank and the female threaded fitting. Ran into one that wouldn't break loose, so I hammered a 16" piece of 3/4 copper tube onto the handle for leverage. It was supposed to be temporary, but that was two years ago and it's still on there. Turned out to be useful for a lot of things.
 
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