(drilling sounds)
- Hey, guys. Welcome back to my small engine repair channel.
Today's video's a little different, guys.
Today what I'm doing in this video
is I'm making a special tool for Jesse.
You've probably seen him in a previous video.
If you haven't seen him,
I've got the link to the video right
in the top right-hand corner of your screen right now
if you wanna go watch that video
and then come back to this one.
If you go watch the video,
you'll see why I'm making a special tool for Jesse
to work on four-cycle carburetors like this.
Now, Jesse is quite a bit more limited
than what most of us are.
So because he's so motivated,
I thought I'd make a special tool for him.
Again, all you guys watching,
if you wanna do anything to help Jesse,
that would be much appreciated as well.
So in this video, what I'm doing
is I'm making a mount
so that when he works on carburetors like this,
so this is like from a GX160 Honda engine.
And it's the same as all the cloned carburetors out there,
which these are clones.
Here's a GX390 carburetor.
So this adaptor I'm making,
he will be able to take these carbs,
bolt it on there, put the adaptor in the vise
or the holder in the vise that I'm making
and it's going to make it easier for him
to work on the carburetors.
So I'm gonna get right into it
and show you how I'm making that tool today for him.
So because it's more difficult for Jesse
with his hands to work on carburetors like most of us do,
I've decided to make an adaptor.
So the way it's going to work
is it's going to be a metal plate like this.
I'm going to drill holes through the metal plate
at both ends.
Then I'm going to weld some bolts
and then when it's all said and done,
he'll be able to put that in a vise
and then put the carburetor on this adaptor here
to make it easier for him to work on it.
So what I've done to get this nice metal plate here
is I've taken an old mower blade.
I had a whole bunch of these blades
that are obsolete now,
and I just cut a chunk out of it
where it's nice and flat.
So what I had to do here
is match up the holes of the carburetor
to the plate, just like that.
And what I used to do that
was basically an old gasket.
And then I marked where I'm going to drill
with some paint.
Then I flipped it over,
and then I grabbed a gasket from a GX390.
And I did the same here.
So what I'm going to do now
is basically drill four 1/4-inch holes through the plate.
And then I'm going to shove these bolts in
and weld them on there.
So I'm gonna use my drill press to do this.
Make sure this is lined up really, really well.
And I'm going to spray some cutting oil there.
(drill whirring)
(metal clanging) (spray hissing)
(drill whirring)
There's hole number one.
Now we'll get set up for hole number two.
(spray hissing)
(drill whirring)
(metal clanging)
(spray hissing)
(metal clanging)
(drill whirring)
(metal clanging)
Okay, one left to go.
(metal clanging)
Okay.
(spray hissing)
(drill whirring)
(metal clanging)
So here's how it's going to work.
The bolts are going to be shoved in like this.
Then I'm going to weld them up here.
Then he'll be able to put a carburetor in there
and work on it, and have this in the vise.
Just like that.
So I'm just going to prep the metal here for welding.
I'm just going to clean it up.
(grinding whining)
And then the two on the other side, I did as well.
All right, the welder I'm using for this today
is my MIG welder, 180C,
and I am using the argon CO2 mixed gas with it.
(torch buzzing)
Now it's incredibly hot right now
but the carb does fit in nice in there.
(screws clanging)
That's great.
I'm just gonna let this cool off
and then do the other side.
(torch buzzing)
(grinder whirring)
(spray hissing)
And I'm just going to spray paint it black.
(spray hissing)
So here's the finished product, guys.
I threw on a coat of paint there as you saw.
So I'm just gonna put it in the vise
and show you how it's meant to be used.
So depending on which carb he's working on,
the bigger or the small carb,
you just put it in the vise accordingly.
Just like that.
(vise clanging)
And this end here is for the bigger carburetor,
the GX240, 270 and 390.
You just put it in here,
tighten up two nuts.
I'm going to put some nuts here
and then you can work on the top part of the carb.
If he needs to work on the bolt side,
then he can just put it in this way,
tighten up the nuts,
then he can take this off, take the bolt off.
And do whatever work he will need to do.
It's going to be a lot easier for him.
It's gonna be a nice solid platform for him
to put the carbs on,
and it's not going to move on him.
And I don't think he's going
to have a hard time using this, by the way.
I think it's going to help him a lot.
Help him out a lot actually.
Now, I was thinking it might be easier
for him to just have wingnuts on the studs
as opposed to having nuts
but I'm gonna talk to him about that
and he can figure it out himself.
But once this is tight,
it doesn't need to be that tight
but just snug it up,
then the carb's nice and solid for him to work on.
So I really hope he's happy with this
and I hope it makes his work a lot easier.
And guys, please go watch the video
because it might inspire you to do things like this
for other people who need help.
And if he doesn't need to work on the bigger carb,
all he has to do is flip this over,
tighten it up
and then put in the smaller carburetor,
and just hold it in there securely
with the wingnuts or the nuts, and he's all set.
So again, here's a close view of this setup.
It's very simple.
So I want you guys to know I didn't make this video
just for views.
I actually made it to kind of inspire people
that are watching, if you know somebody
that needs help or if you can make their life
or their work easier, just do it, guys
because it'll make you feel good,
you'll know you're helping somebody
and you're actually helping to make somebody's work
or life easier.
And by the way, guys,
if you wanna do anything for Jesse,
please go watch the video if you haven't seen it
but if you wanna do anything for him, please do so.
If you wanna send him tools
or if you have an idea of something you could make
that would make his life easier to work,
please do so, guys.
We can arrange that you can contact him
through his email, and we'll go from there.
Just get ahold of him, ask him what he needs
and I'm sure he would really, really appreciate that.
Thanks for watching, guys and have a great day.
(drilling sounds)