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Title: Re: Scrap Yard Gold by Allpax
Post by: Hero on March 02, 2020, 08:39:34 pm

  NEVER! 🐴

Title: Re: Scrap Yard Gold by Allpax
Post by: Nick on March 02, 2020, 08:33:10 pm

Haha, maybe you need to part yours out  :D :D

Title: Re: Scrap Yard Gold by Allpax
Post by: Hero on March 02, 2020, 08:26:42 pm

Look at what they want for a long scale bar!

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And then there's the knurled nut that took about 20 minutes to make:

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These things might just as well be really made of gold!

Title: Re: Scrap Yard Gold by Allpax
Post by: Nick on March 02, 2020, 08:10:56 pm

Quote from: Hero on March 02, 2020, 08:04:59 pm

I can go bigger, too: just need a longer piece of square bar.😁

Didn't realize it was that easy to go bigger, no you need to make it steam powered  ;)   :D

Title: Re: Scrap Yard Gold by Allpax
Post by: Hero on March 02, 2020, 08:04:59 pm

I can go bigger, too: just need a longer piece of square bar.😁

Title: Re: Scrap Yard Gold by Allpax
Post by: Nick on March 02, 2020, 07:58:08 pm

Quote from: Hero on March 02, 2020, 06:44:28 pm

I'll need it this summer to make hand-hole and radiator cover gaskets for my McCormick Deering 10-20 tractor, lots of oiler gaskets (I have tons of oilers), a couple of carburetor bowl gaskets, and who knows what else?

I needed to make hand-hole gaskets too and I could not find one of these cheap/used so went with this style from Alpax for $40 on ebay (used)

You can add extensions to go bigger and bigger

https://youtu.be/TsThd0N1qp8

Title: Re: Scrap Yard Gold by Allpax
Post by: Hero on March 02, 2020, 06:44:28 pm

I'll need it this summer to make hand-hole and radiator cover gaskets for my McCormick Deering 10-20 tractor, lots of oiler gaskets (I have tons of oilers), a couple of carburetor bowl gaskets, and who knows what else?

This gasket-maker is worth every penny at $.35/lb....

"Proudly scrounged from my local scrap yard"

Title: Re: Scrap Yard Gold by Allpax
Post by: txlabman on March 02, 2020, 06:04:09 pm

Very cool.

Looks like a great piece of kit to have in the shop.

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. 🤠

Title: Re: Scrap Yard Gold by Allpax
Post by: Hero on March 02, 2020, 04:47:24 pm

Thanks, Nick.

This thing is great! Works just like a can opener!

Title: Re: Scrap Yard Gold
Post by: Nick on March 02, 2020, 11:56:13 am

Awesome find!! I have always been on the lookout for an Allpax like this...

Title: Scrap Yard Gold by Allpax
Post by: Hero on March 02, 2020, 11:50:06 am

I was looking for a pulley, and came across something I didn't recognize, but I liked it because it had a crank and gears and looked pretty "mechanical".

I found out that it was a rotary gasket maker ("Yay!") that was missing its scale bar and spindle ("Boo!").

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So I made a scale bar and spindle.

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Here's how it works today to make gaskets for an old hit & miss oiler.

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And here's what a new one costs!

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Works like a can opener--and only $.35 per pound!