"How to Set Up Your Workshop For Seagull Maintenance"
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 1:00 pm
So we have a bit of a list of tools...can those who would like to contribute lists or ideas also include photos....
So we can put it together as a 'Pictorial Guide'.....
So here's Oyster's list again...
....what else is useful or necessary, and what are these things you refer to with such nonchalance that we beginners do not understand...
A good workbench with a heavy duty vice, with a set of removeable soft jaws.
A selection of spanners and sockets.
A blowtorch - So far a simple plumbers canister one has been enough for me. Go for a propane/butane mixed gas rather than just butane which does not burn so hot.
Engineers ball hammer, ally drift, tool steel punch, nylon mallet. Also a larger lump hammer.
Small and medium mole grips.
A cleaning set up - old washing up bowl you can parafin wash in.
Emery paper-medium and fine, wire wool, metal polish.
WD-40 and light machine oil, SAE140 & 90 oils.
Gasket paper, to make your own gaskets.
Feeler guages
Rotary wire brush - different sizes.
Consider getting a second hand bench drilling machine, if one turns up grab it, plus a selection of drills.
Bench grinder can be found very cheaply, always handy to have. Learn how to sharpen drills correctly. Not easy to start with
A 7/16 BSF die & die wrench to clean crankshaft threads - Always likely to be used.
So we can put it together as a 'Pictorial Guide'.....
So here's Oyster's list again...
....what else is useful or necessary, and what are these things you refer to with such nonchalance that we beginners do not understand...
A good workbench with a heavy duty vice, with a set of removeable soft jaws.
A selection of spanners and sockets.
A blowtorch - So far a simple plumbers canister one has been enough for me. Go for a propane/butane mixed gas rather than just butane which does not burn so hot.
Engineers ball hammer, ally drift, tool steel punch, nylon mallet. Also a larger lump hammer.
Small and medium mole grips.
A cleaning set up - old washing up bowl you can parafin wash in.
Emery paper-medium and fine, wire wool, metal polish.
WD-40 and light machine oil, SAE140 & 90 oils.
Gasket paper, to make your own gaskets.
Feeler guages
Rotary wire brush - different sizes.
Consider getting a second hand bench drilling machine, if one turns up grab it, plus a selection of drills.
Bench grinder can be found very cheaply, always handy to have. Learn how to sharpen drills correctly. Not easy to start with
A 7/16 BSF die & die wrench to clean crankshaft threads - Always likely to be used.