Technical Little tips and tricks for garage hobbyists.

I do the simple green bit too. Keep a spray bottle right next to the paper towels. Cleans well, doesnt smell like hell & lasts forever.
I opened a thing of Gojo out of the cabinet the other day. When I bought it, it was the consistency of petroleum jelly. When I opened it it was now a liquid mess only fit for the trash can.

 

I don't clean my whitewalls, but I do use Brillo Pads and lacquer thinner to clean my hands!

 

After years of using solvents & chemicals at work with bare hands (young & dumb). Ive gotten a bit more paranoid (smarter ??) & now prefer gloves & avoiding exposure to carcinogens as much as possible.

 

You probably don't like to breathe asbestos dust either!

I was being facetious and still am.

 

Oh yea I got the facetious part, I though it was funny ! I was just rambling, not busting your balls.
I was going to say nowadays "I avoid carcinogens, unless they get me really high.." but I figured someone would miss that Im joking.
Back to our regularly scheduled tips & tricks.

 

It's not a solvent, but the MSDS does warn:

If I have to wash my hands thoroughly after handling it, it's not hand cleaner in my book.

 

I hate the smell of gear oil or diesel on my hands so I give them a quick wash with lacquer thinner and then soap and water. Gets rid of the pong.

 

When my son did his first gearbox oil change, he got the gearoil everywhere. Took a long time to get rid of the smell. He still refers to gearoil as Liquid ****.

Cheers,
Harv

 

I got one too

 

Looks like old man toenail clippers.

 

Picked up a couple WorkMate benches a while back, yard sale find. Needed to get them up off the floor and not falling over. Came up with a modified French cleat design for storing them up on the wall and outta the way. Just a bunch of s**** wood and some Sheetrock screws, worked slick!

 

Very nifty way of storing them. I can't understand why people throw them out. I've been using 2 that I picked up from kerbside rubbish 30 years ago.

 

Great idea. I ‘m out of wall space at my place, i’m actually considering building a wall down the middle of my pole barn just to get more wall space

 

Hah ha,,, on my hands I favor Dawn 1/2 strength.
Clothing Used to the smell of diesel. First Dad memories was that of him running asphalt in a '50 flathead Ford dump truck.
Decades later I ran 18 wheelers long haul. The fun was from the fifth wheel black graphite grease. Dawn Dish Soap always removed the grime.
As a teenager,, A couple of rear diff changes led to my Denim jacket getting a righteous aroma.
I sported it for several weeks but I think the 'laundry lady' Mom 'disappeared' it.

 

wall shelving coming soon to a shop near me...lol..6 foot high to free up floor space...anchored to wall and suspended by roof joists...

 

If you are in a pinch

 

I'm sure there are lots of stories here. My quick tip is don't use this approach on the OD fuse in your Studebaker on a really hot day between Vegas & Kingman.

 

Photoshop or not, that's hilarious! If not photoshop then it's one of the dumbest things I've ever seen.

 

I needed to hide an engine under the bench..
My carts were too tall and I didn't want to spend time building one...i have several HD casters but naa.
I went to HD got a couple of 5/8 round stock hard wood,cut them in 2' sections then used plywood and an angled frame...rolls real easy.

 

Whatever that picture was, it looks like someone "fixed" it!

 

I think it was gone in 60 seconds!
But I dont know why......

 

You have mail!

 

Worked for the Egyptians'

 

A very smart old man who worked alone and did amazing things showed me how to load huge loads of lumber on pipes so I could unload them by my self.

 

Dude unloaded our 12x16 shed off his flatbed & into my backyard using 4" round PVC pipes by himself. It worked like a champ. Probably took less than an hour from arrival, unload, move into my yard & leveled it all up.

 

I grew up on our ranch and had to work alone a lot of the time sometimes a couple of miles from the shop. My truck was always loaded with come-a-longs, chains , crow bars , pipes, block and tackles, a lot of things to get the job done.
Necessities is the mother of invention. Many times my Dad would come by and ask “ you did that by yourself?”. I would say “ yes, you taught me!”
Still, to today, I rarely ask for help. I figure out how to do it myself.



Bones

 

Me too ranch/farm raised machinist/mechanic/farmer/rancher/well driller dad. Never saw him fail to do anything he started including retrieving the drill bit from a 280' hole after spending several days fishing for it. He rode the slush bucket down the hole and hooked the bit! That was his last day as a driller. The rig was in our yard that night with a FOR SALE sign on it.
The old man who showed the loading trick demolished an old 3 story school in Carson City almost completely by himself. High timbers and stone work. Much of my house is built with material he salvaged. Down to shingles, flooring, & electrical fixtures.

 

I had to unload and position my mill (big ol' english Harrison) so I backed in under where my block and tackle is mounted for engine changes, and then hoisted it up and then onto some 3' lengths of water pipe, and then made like the egyptians, removing the last pipe and replacing it to the front. Because of the very small contact area on the pipe, the load can be slid slightly off centre so it can be steered in the right direction.

 

I have a 63" semi sleeper on my car trailer. I put it on by myself using a floor jack and blocks to reach the trailer bed height. I put a pair of 2x6 on the blocks and using some pipe rolled it into place on the trailer. I'm another old guy who out of necessity learned how to do many things alone