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thanks everyone for comments, support and patients on this project!
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thanks everyone for comments, support and patients on this project!
probleby both yes and noForgive me if this question has been asked already and I've just missed it...
Given the minimal overall travel required to draw a case together, is there any particular reason these tools are so long? Seems to me twice as many tools could be made from the same amount of stock with no discernable difference in the effective/desired function..., maybe even three times as many. Really doesn't need to be a whole lot longer than one of the Stihl threaded flywheel pullers. More machining cost overall, but it would easily be offset by double or triple the sales from the same investment in materials. Could maybe even find a more friendly price point while still maintaining reasonable margins.
Just seems like a lot of wasted material involved for what these tools are actually designed to do.
Yep I did not properly estimate how many times you have to handle each rod. They get really labor intensive. The way I’m setup now I use a jig block for the cross holes. 3 spindles all going at once. Cross hole is drilled with a bushing in the block, pull the bushing and the next spindle will chamfer both sides of the hole, and the last spindle taps with the tapping head. Tried to make it so any joe blow could stand at the drill presses and run through them with barely any setup time.
Mattyo
Recieved my set of tools yesterday and got use them this am.
That has to be the easiest, simple way to pull crank in and put cases together. Less than 15 minutes and never using them before the case was pulled together and bolted up . Thank you
Anyone that is interested or thinking about a set, it makes things so simple, best money I have spent on a set of tools.
Now you just need to get your logo stamped on them.
C