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I miss the Sperm whale Sure Grip lube smell. The nastiest smelling almost anything usually worked the best. The EPA took out all the working ingredients and we are worse off for it.
Mike
I just read the post on adjusting front wheel bearings and it made me think about my wrenches. I have accumulated these in the last 55 years.
From the left:
Dial readout 1/2" drive Kwik-Way (currently broken) (Army-Air Forces) Army Surplus
Dial readout 1/4" drive Snap On Army Surplus
Beam type...
Well I don't know but, obviously it presses something into something else! Ignorance can be fixed with education-stupid is mainly a genetic disorder!
Mike
I built a mobile bench/stand for my snowmobile maintenance years ago and found it worked well for my cars as well. Of course, a lift makes it work as designed.
Mike
...foam insulation? I have trouble in the summer, here in MI with humidity so, I installed a one ton split system A/C. It does not get much warmer than 70* normally in my shop but does get "muggy". That minisplit system did the job! My shop is quite large so even that small system is enough.
Mike
I made my set in 1971 at college in Auto Machine class. All steel with a cone. I have individual drivers for each size and even Chevy size drivers-engine and rear case bushing in T-350s.
Mike
I have fractional, letter, metric, and number size drills from 0 to 80. I do use them for drilling and checking clearances. Very nice to own.
No substitute for having the right tools.
Mike
I bought mine at a auction (installed). One friend and I disassembled it on site, manually loaded it, manually unloaded it, and reasembled it at my shop. 9,000 # Rotary. I did the entire installation. Back before I was old!
Mike
The hoist column base can always be sawed out and the area and depth can be whatever you desire. Common practice in factories with heavy machinery.
Mike
I chose a 12,000 mini to just dehumidify the air. The shop rarely gets warmer than 72*. The conditioned space is about 35'x68'x10' or 23,800 cu ft. The North-South building is 144' long. The East-West building is 78' long now that I added a full width lean to on the East end (not shown). I...