:::RHMT::: Real Home Made Turbo
General Category => Fabrication => Topic started by: PhilStubbs on August 01, 2010, 04:48:58 PM
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just curious if anyone else has done this. i have never seen anyone talk about it, but one night of chipping i decided that i needed a stand so i built this out of some 1/2" square tubing i had laying around and stuck some rubber feet on the bottom. i wish i had done it a long time ago. i cant believe how much faster and easier chipping goes now.
i also dont give 2 shits what anyone thinks of the blue paint. i had some left over in the gun at work and did this at the same time
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I like to work over top on an almost flat surface. But I like the idea
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I use the spring loaded solder sucker so I have to be able to get to both sides at the same time. I used to solder everything in with it laying flat on the table, but once I got used to this I like it better.
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thats pretty sweet. I would build one that rather than flat i would lay it vertical and be albo to lock it into say flat 45 90 45 and flat again. i bet that would save time over holding it between your legs haha
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I use a hobby vice.
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I rock a radio shack bulb sucker. I just prop it up about 2-3 inches on what evers around.
I would like a 20*-ish angle... ill have to see what I have laying around...
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still rockin solderwick. once you get the hang of it you can see and smell when its all sucked up.
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Looks good. I use a dremel vise for most of my board work.
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the best are the ones that swivel in any direction.
i used one to build my megasquirt and it was a lifesaver.
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I really haven't had a need to do anything but spin it on the base. I also only work on Honda ecu's. Hopefully I can assemble an MS unit for a turbo cafe racer in the near future
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oh good. well then that works out just fine.
nice little stand btw
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Does the stand bolt to the table or does it just slide around?
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it has rubber feet to keep it from sliding, but nothing securing it to the table. it works surprisingly well. so far i havent wished i had done anything different
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I think I would be annoyed by having to bolt it into that framework. Tossing one around in my lap has worked great so far for me.
Hey, maybe you can make a couple and sell them, use the money to buy a desoldering iron? That's going to be my next purchase, they rock.
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Not a bad idea. I would really love a desoldering iron. The $5 radio shack solder sucker has never done me wrong but it does leave a bit of a mess to clean up. I do my best to make my chipping look factory.
Not sure where there would be a market for that though since everyone here can weld. Maybe I can just chip enough ecu's to buy one. That business has picked up around my area quite a bit.
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Good work! :yes:
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Not sure where there would be a market for that though since everyone here can weld.
Make a YouTube video of the stand in action, and throw it up on eBay. Rinse and repeat.
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Good thinking sir. If you didn't have so many internetz already, I would hook you up with a few
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Thank you, but I agree that your internets are best spent elsewhere.
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Sell 5 to Chris Harris!
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Chris might not buy them outright, but he'd be happy to do a consignment deal for the first few so you can both see how they sell.
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Sell 5 to Chris Harris!
With my luck he would sell them to some Canadian for $20k who would then patent it and proceed to ruin it.