The Jalopy Journal

I don’t typically push sponsor stuff in posts, but this is a bit different. CB Structures contacted us about a sponsorship a few weeks ago and while checking out their site (to make sure they were relevant), I stumbled upon a great little online application. Essentially, the CB Structures Layout Planner allows you to generate your floor plan and then populate it with all of the furniture, vehicles, and other objects you plan to outfit your garage/shop with. It’s great for the dreamer or the builder…

Now, I know there are a ton of these little applications out there, but this one is just so simple. You really don’t have to invest anytime to figure out the functionality.

Check it out here.

I’ve long been a fan of tool rolls. In fact, I have vintage WWII tool rolls in every one of my portable tool boxes. They are just so damned simple and do their jobs so well that you can’t beat them with anything else. Eric at Hot Rod Leather had heard of my passion for rolled tools and sent over one of his new products – a handmade leather tool roll.

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Well, it’s done – the folks of The Garage Journal have spoken and Brad54 will take home the super sweet Montezuma tool box. I just wanted to thank all of you fellas that participated as well as Strictlytoolboxes.com for donating the box. This was a first for us and I think it was pretty cool.

Congrats Brad54!!!!

The folks that make this thing sent me an email today and I figured I would float it out there. Essentially, it’s a wide-angle LED mounted in a golf ball sized sphere with magnets attached in various spots that allow you to point the LED. The idea seems pretty feasible, but this is definitely something where execution is the driver… Meaning, if this is a quality product then it’s uses could be infinite and if it’s not, well… more junk in the drawer. Anyone have one that can report back? Admittedly, I’m curious.

Details here.

So the editors of Wood Magazine contacted us a few months ago and asked if we would help them out on a new print magazine they were working on. It sounded interesting, so we volunteered and quickly pointed them to some of our favorite members on the forum. The folks at Wood Magazine took that ball and ran like hell. Some of you already know this story as your garages are featured in the magazine. In fact, many of the features found in this first issue came from right here – garagejournal.com.

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