I was cruising another blog this morning and stumbled across a brilliant set of “mini” saw horses. Use them for taller subjects or stack them and have a standard set of saw horses. They also look to be great as extra seating, step stools, etc…
For plans and details, check out this site.
If you don’t read Mr. Jalopy’s blog, you should… He’s one of those guys that just isn’t quite right upstairs. Maybe some wires got crossed or maybe something over developed as a kid or… something. He’s the definition of eccentric. He’s also brilliant.
Anyway, he recently posted about hand painting his vintage tool box and tools. The post has been all over the internet, but I figured I should post it here for the fellas that might not have seen it yet.
Back in the day, Popular Mechanics was THE magazine for fellas like us. For whatever reasons, the publication kind of disappeared and folks just stopped thinking about it… Or, at least, I did… Recently, I’ve been paying more attention to Popular Mechanics - especially online. Today, I stumbled across something great.
This is totally against the rules, but hey… It’s my site - right?
Anyway, I’m looking for a vintage tool box for the office. I”m not picky about brand or even period really, but I’d like something with some character - bottom and top box. Anyone have anything they want to sell?
Through the years we’ve had some pretty amazing articles pop up here on The Garage Journal. The following is just a few of them:
Love the prices of discount tool houses, but not the quality? Learn which cheap tools make the grade and which don’t right here.
Have a typical two-car garage and want to use it as effinciently as possible? You’ve come to the right place for ideas. Check it out.
Our favorite work shop in the world… You can’t buy cool and you can’t by atmosphere. Nimrod proves it!
Need space to hold Bavarian’s finest? No sweat. Just follow this build from start to finish for some incredible ideas. Check it out.
It’s huge, gorgeous, and almost done… Check it out here.