The Unsung heroes of your garage...

[diesel4me]

You are doing it wrong then. I can have a bitching fire going in less than 5 min. It helps that I modified the stove with a air compressor fitting

I can have a good roaring fire going in 5 minutes also,IF the wind is blowing the right way,or the weather isn't rainy or storming--often the smoke wont go up the chimmney or will backdraft during bad weather,low pressure areas often cause poor draft--or makes smoke billow back into the shop profusely--I made a cap for the chimmney,which does help some,but dont always prevent that completely on certain days ..................................................................................................most days it dont take long to get my stove roaring,other days I must resort to using liqiud kindling like drain oil or varoius other accelerants to get things going...I have used the air hose and blow gun to wake up a lazy fire more than once myself!...some days I leave a desk fan going in front of the stoves air intake,it dont take much of a breeze to turbocharge a wood stove..............................................................................................

 

[British Slave]

My bench vise. It's a clamp, it's a press, and it's a bender.

 

[496truck]

My bench vise. It's a clamp, it's a press, and it's a bender.

Makes a good anvil too.

 

[fabjunkie]

Cherry picker. One of the best $100 I ever spent. Doesn't get used all the time, but more than the press.

 

[Blue85]

cheater.
several years ago I threw away a stand alone hammock, but kept several of the metal pipes that made up the frame. now I use them for cheaters and I can slide several of them together to make it as long as needed.

Ah yes, how can I forget my 4' buddy "el-pipe-o"? Although I must admit he stands in the corner more and more since I got my big impact gun.

 

[Speedo]

When this is the view out the window on one side of the shop, and out the back door, and out of the computer room upstairs, the boiler is the hero.

Gus

 

[Greg72]

1. My "Oracle" Notebook - There's no way I'd remember where I left off otherwise
2. An iPod filled with "Angry Man" music docked in the HiFi
3. Large cup of coffee (which usually ends up filled with grinding dust)
4. Microwave for the coffee and old pizza
5. Silver Sharpie Markers

-G

 

[Zeus33rd]

1. My "Oracle" Notebook - There's no way I'd remember where I left off otherwise
2. An iPod filled with "Angry Man" music docked in the HiFi
3. Large cup of coffee (which usually ends up filled with grinding dust)
4. Microwave for the coffee and old pizza
5. Silver Sharpie Markers

-G

I second the Sharpie markers... invaluable tool to have around.

 

[blazinzuk]

I buy sharpies in bulk at sams club

both black and silver

 

[Greg72]

Some guys on Pirate insist that the blue Sharpies last a LOT longer than the black ones...

I'm not sure why, but the black ones seem to crap-out pretty fast when marking steel.

One of these days when I get serious about my build I'm going to get some Dychem Blue marking fluid and a sharp awl set.


-G

 

[big dan]

I carry a sharpie in my pocket. Never knew I would ever have a use till I needed one one day and stuck it in my pocket. Now I dont know how I made it so long without it.

Grinding discs, seems like Im always out and need them for almost every project I do.

BFH and screw drivers are my favorite tools.

 

[TheBeast_88K5]

Black ink is thicker.
It dries up faster.

That's why.

I used to make inks, back in my graffiti day's.
NA$TY stuff, too...