Technical Little tips and tricks for garage hobbyists.

I get my readers in quan***ies of 4 from Amazon. I seem to like those a little better than the ones from Wally World and the dollar stores. Slightly higher priced but not much.

 

If I get readers, will it help my spelling?

 

No you need spellers for that

 

I've had a 235 chevy 6 hanging on a cheapo (taiwan?) engine stand for at least 10 years with no apparent sagging...

 

For rejuvenating leather or rubber, Ballistol apparently works well (Google it)

 

Also good for locking stuff to your floor, including OT 2-wheelers

 

After seeing me at work with a pair of $2 readers taped in front of my safety gl***es, someone gave me a set of safety gl***es that had a 2.5 insert at the bottom of the lens. Great idea when you have to choose between seeing what you're doing or keeping **** out of your eyeballs.

 

Part 1:

Part 2: Replace phillips head with a good fastener...

 

I did one better. Eye doctor said I had pretty bad cataracts so recommended I get them fixed. I wasn't aware of that but was wearing many strengths of readers from the dollar store- one for distance, another one for closer, another one for near, double gl***es for reading so I decided to see if lens replacement might fix that. WOW! First thing I found was white became white again with the old dirty lenses out. But the big thing - I opted to shell out for the fancy $$$$$ multifocal lenses. They have many concentric rings with different focal lengths and my brain decides which one I need for which depth. I now need zero gl***es for anything except the tiniest fonts on ingredient labels. Colors are great, white is white and vision is better than 20/20 far, near, and close up. If you have to get cataracts fixed, save up and get the fancy lenses. You won't be sorry I promise.

 

didn't know that existed!

 

This is what they look like. Normal cataract lenses look like a smooth curved lens. They clear up the fogged natural lens but don't focus so you still need readers or other corrective gl***es. These multifocal ones have the concentric circles, each ridge a different magnification. The magic is your brain decides which magnification to use so you seamlessly see way-far to up-close. 5 minute operation. Makes working in the shop a pleasure again. No stupid gl***es falling off, scratching, fogging, getting broken, etc.

 

Wow! I don’t have cataracts. And presbyopia gets us all as we age. I bet they won’t do it for presbyopia though. Oh well,

 

Save for how long? Ben

 

I paid $8,000 extra for the upgraded lenses.

 

@willys36,
My experience also!

 

I shared this little tidbit in another thread and it was well received so I’ll post it again here. Was running new brake & fuel lines on my 59 Rancho and was looking for a way to secure the line, away from the frame, as to prevent chafing. Here’s what I came up with;




The frame already has a bunch of random holes in it from the factory. I utilize as many of those holes as I found along the route where the lines were run. I only had to drill two or three new holes for the whole job. Simply thread the hole for whatever bolt will fit. I grabbed a handful of short fine thread bolts and ran them on the lathe. Simply machine the head flat, then drill & tap for a size small enough not to compromise the bolt and big enough to grab the adel clamp. I used 5/16” bolts and 10/32 screws. Works like a charm.

 

That's pretty dadgummed (credit 3wLarry) cool.

 

Yeah, Robertson!

 

harbor freight moving blanket makes it even more comfortable

 

Love those blankets for lots of uses. Can get them on sale often for $5! I use them for paint drop cloths in place of the expensive canvas ones. I like their performance as well as price of the canvas ones.

 

Since they're not "electronic", I wonder how much they'll be in 6 months?

Better get some now.

 

Great idea! I’ll plaigerize it, but with a twist. Socket head cap screws.

 

Yes please do! I went with the Fillister head for a more traditional appeal

 

I understand what you were thinking but it seems to be a lot of extra monkey work. When we built my cpe I just used Adel clamps alone screwed to the frame. Been on the road since 97 and 100K+ mi without any problems

 

I guess part of my motivation for doing this is to use as many existing holes as possible to avoid drilling new ones. That’s just me. I’m wired that way.

With that being said, the existing holes are too big to accommodate a screw that would typically be used to hold an adel clamp.

 

Slick, most monkeys throw poo-poo at vacationers. Fellow monkey, like.

 

Has anyone tried this (Ballistol) on rubber that gets sun exposure? Used to use Ru-Glide, but can't get it anymore. The big rubber strip around my windshield could use some, but don't want to use something that will cause the rubber to perish. Thanks, it does work on guns.

 

Can’t Ru-Glide anymore? I wonder what chemical was on the no-no list?

 

From their website.