Between 485 & 705 SQ/FT Bob Heine's Auto Emporium

[Bob Heine]

I decided I needed more long clamps but before I ordered more 36" Bessey clamps, I decided to check Harbor Freight. Their website shows a store-only 36" clamp for $7.99, about half the price of the Bessey.
https://www.harborfreight.com/36-inch-bar-clamp-96208.html

Drove the 10 miles (20 minutes) to the nearest Harbor Freight only to find it closed. Luckily an employee was going in and I asked what's up. Turns out they opened a new store closer to me (10 minutes) so I back-tracked.

I am painfully aware of how dangerous a Harbor Freight store is. Supermarkets put impulse items at the checkout and so does Harbor Freight. Actually Harbor Freight is filled with impulse items. I don't need another screwdriver but my God, they're free with any purchase. So I walked in the store and never looked down. I looked up at the aisle signs and threaded my way back to the Woodworking Tools aisle. Did a quick scan and found the bar clamps. They didn't have the 36" ones but I thought I could get by with 30" ones. Took all three off the rack and put them in my cart. Scanned a little further and saw 36" aluminum bar clamps but they are $11.99. While I'm here... and the two on display are in my cart.

I failed to look up in time and four things jumped into my cart. A set of three wood rasps, a set of six chisels, a set of five wood carving tools and a set of three mini wood planes

Realizing I had failed miserably, I went over and bought a spare air hose whip -- all my air tools have whips attached and some are getting old. I managed to leave the store for less than $100. OK, $96.95 is not a whole lot less but it was pretty good for me.

Got home and tried out the tools. The rasps are OK, the chisels needed a little work, as did the planes and then I looked closer at the wood carving tools -- meh! After a little time with a diamond plate the planes worked quite well (set the blades depth to the thickness of a sheet of paper).

 

[Coolabah]

I decided I needed more long clamps but before I ordered more 36" Bessey clamps, I decided to check Harbor Freight. Their website shows a store-only 36" clamp for $7.99, about half the price of the Bessey.
https://www.harborfreight.com/36-inch-bar-clamp-96208.html

Drove the 10 miles (20 minutes) to the nearest Harbor Freight only to find it closed. Luckily an employee was going in and I asked what's up. Turns out they opened a new store closer to me (10 minutes) so I back-tracked.

I am painfully aware of how dangerous a Harbor Freight store is. Supermarkets put impulse items at the checkout and so does Harbor Freight. Actually Harbor Freight is filled with impulse items. I don't need another screwdriver but my God, they're free with any purchase. So I walked in the store and never looked down. I looked up at the aisle signs and threaded my way back to the Woodworking Tools aisle. Did a quick scan and found the bar clamps. They didn't have the 36" ones but I thought I could get by with 30" ones. Took all three off the rack and put them in my cart. Scanned a little further and saw 36" aluminum bar clamps but they are $11.99. While I'm here... and the two on display are in my cart.

I failed to look up in time and four things jumped into my cart. A set of three wood rasps, a set of six chisels, a set of five wood carving tools and a set of three mini wood planes

Realizing I had failed miserably, I went over and bought a spare air hose whip -- all my air tools have whips attached and some are getting old. I managed to leave the store for less than $100. OK, $96.95 is not a whole lot less but it was pretty good for me.

Got home and tried out the tools. The rasps are OK, the chisels needed a little work, as did the planes and then I looked closer at the wood carving tools -- meh! After a little time with a diamond plate the planes worked quite well (set the blades depth to the thickness of a sheet of paper).

Hi Bob,
Your HF sounds like our Bunnings- I can't understand how all that stuff ends up in my shopping cart. I think the drop bears ....
( see link to this highly regarded scientific internet journal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_bear

....hang out high up in the rafters over the aisles and drop in some stuff

 

[Bob Heine]

Hi Bob,
Your HF sounds like our Bunnings- I can't understand how all that stuff ends up in my shopping cart. I think the drop bears ....
( see link to this highly regarded scientific internet journal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_bear

....hang out high up in the rafters over the aisles and drop in some stuff

Greg, I like your thinking. Pretty sure those drop bears sneak onto ships and hide in the Chinese tool shipping containers (the smell attracts them). There is no reason for me to take responsibility for my weakness when it's obviously outside my control. Drop bears it is!

 

[drivesitfar]

BOB: since you have some challenges getting improvements (front door hardware for instance) approved by the boss i'm not sure a MILL might make it to the top of the list. i'd be amazed if it did and if you found a place for one in your park like yard, but i'm here to watch you build it if you do.

maybe put another screw or two in those casters now that it's the right height?

enjoy your day!!

 

[njhoudini]

I decided I needed more long clamps... I decided to check Harbor Freight... about half the price of the Bessey.

Turns out they opened a new store closer to me (10 minutes) so I back-tracked...

I am painfully aware of how dangerous a Harbor Freight store is... While I'm here... and the two on display are in my cart.

I failed to look up in time and four things jumped into my cart. A set of three wood rasps, a set of six chisels, a set of five wood carving tools and a set of three mini wood planes

Realizing I had failed miserably, I went over and bought a spare air hose whip -- all my air tools have whips attached and some are getting old. I managed to leave the store for less than $100. OK, $96.95 is not a whole lot less but it was pretty good for me.

Got home and tried out the tools. The rasps are OK, the chisels needed a little work, as did the planes and then I looked closer at the wood carving tools -- meh! After a little time with a diamond plate the planes worked quite well (set the blades depth to the thickness of a sheet of paper).

I'd say you managed fine. If you didn't know already, they have an app which gives you access to pretty much all of their coupons from your cell phone. I've also read that it only takes a little effort to make the woodworking tools much better and it sounds like you're on your way. I'm wondering if a lathe is on the radar.

 

[Basher]

Woa,

woa,

woa !!



Having stumbled onto this thread at various GJ visits, I have recently been drawn into it again,
to the extent that, in order to gain the proper perspective, I'm going right through from the start...

but it's moving on too fast -
could you all please type a little s l o w e r
especially Bob(s)
so I have a chance to catch up!

I have had to leap waay ahead from post #1263 where I am currently stuck (rofl) in fits...


Anyhow, gotta nip back to my page 127 now & get on with catching up -
see you in a (long) while....

 

[Bob Heine]

BOB: since you have some challenges getting improvements (front door hardware for instance) approved by the boss i'm not sure a MILL might make it to the top of the list. i'd be amazed if it did and if you found a place for one in your park like yard, but i'm here to watch you build it if you do.

maybe put another screw or two in those casters now that it's the right height?

enjoy your day!!

Hi Drives, the boss is pretty good about projects. If she asks me to do something, I try to tackle it right away. Sometimes we have a lengthy discussion about the project and it gets postponed when the scope spirals out of control.

My personal goal is to finish the projects that are already in progress as well as the ones I have purchased tools and supplies for. The PT Cruiser has become incontinent and is leaving fluids on the driveway. Automotive incontinence can be serious so that project has moved to the top of the list. New shocks, lower control arms (ball joints) and maybe even drive axles, along with a transmission filter and fluid change. Maybe an oil cooler upgrade, a couple of belts and depending on the fluid, might be a power steering pump as well. Oh yeah, and a new front bumper painted the same color (silver) as the car.

The day after your in-ground swimming pool is filled with water, look for the mill in my back yard.

I did install three more bolts but curled up in the fetal position on the shop floor I realized I needed to get the base up on the table.

I'd say you managed fine. If you didn't know already, they have an app which gives you access to pretty much all of their coupons from your cell phone. I've also read that it only takes a little effort to make the woodworking tools much better and it sounds like you're on your way. I'm wondering if a lathe is on the radar.

Eugene, my smart phone isn't all that smart. It's a Samsung Galaxy S4 that now turns on, goes black and starts over. Seems to repeat this process until the battery goes dead. I just swapped in a new battery and did a re-boot so we'll see. I sometimes get a second (signal) bar from my office but usually have to go to the south end of the front yard to do anything with the phone. It doesn't help that the screen is unreadable in the bright Florida sun -- it seems to go into power saving mode and dims itself about 30 seconds after it boots up.

Woa,

woa,

woa !!

Having stumbled onto this thread at various GJ visits, I have recently been drawn into it again,
to the extent that, in order to gain the proper perspective, I'm going right through from the start...

but it's moving on too fast -
could you all please type a little s l o w e r
especially Bob(s)
so I have a chance to catch up!

I have had to leap waay ahead from post #1263 where I am currently stuck (rofl) in fits...

Anyhow, gotta nip back to my page 127 now & get on with catching up -
see you in a (long) while....

Basher, you are a glutton for punishment. This thread contains extremely long boring stretches punctuated by moments of brilliance from visitors like yourself. I apologize in advance for the loss of all your valuable time.

In my younger days my nickname was Flash but now it's more like Flush -- no kidding, I sometimes have to be reminded to flush. I have worked very hard to slow down (my normal resting pulse is 42) but apparently I need to try harder(?)

I watched a Jim Jeffries show where he touched on depression. In his youth he couldn't get out of bed because of it. Now that he's turned 40 he discovered the fear his career and life wouldn't be fabulous didn't really matter. He also realized that 90-year-old people don't suffer from depression -- getting out of bed one more day is a joyful experience. I think depression runs in my family but even a brief taste of death can fix it (kinda like waking from a bad dream). I'm happy to be alive and waking up is more and more of a wonderful surprise.

 

[jimreed2160]

Hi
... 90-year-old people don't suffer from depression -- getting out of bed one more day is a joyful experience. I think depression runs in my family but even a brief taste of death can fix it (kinda like waking from a bad dream). I'm happy to be alive and waking up is more and more of a wonderful surprise.

 

[Bob Heine]

I thought I was going to get something done in the workshop today. Had my coffee and went down to turn on the A/C. Spent a few minutes getting things cleared off the table so I could work on the Router cabinet box. Came in the house as Liane was returning from her nail appointment and she asked why I put the mailbox next to the front door. I gave her my blankest look and went out to find the post snapped off and a scratched up mailbox.

That red handled shovel came in handy to loosen the piece of post still in the ground. I didn't take pictures because it was too hot and humid for my sensitive camera. I drilled a hole in the post with a 1/4-inch foot-long bit and drove a 6-inch lag bolt with chain attached. Made a loop in the chain close to the ground and used a section of overhead garage door track to lever the 2-foot long 4"x4" out of the ground. Used a small piece of plywood on the grass to keep the track from digging into the ground. I don't pour concrete around posts in the ground so it wasn't that hard. The post is toast, as is the 45-degree brace.

The 45-degree brace took some time. The actual cutting took only a few minutes but setting up the 12" sliding compound miter saw took forever.

I found a 65" 4"x4" post in the scrap wood stack next to the workshop so the newish mailbox post was back in place in a little over an hour. Still needs the silly molding ring installed and some paint. For today it's good enough to receive the political flyers and credit card offers.

As I was lifting and dropping the mailbox post in its hole to seat it, my watch fell off. I thought the band had come open but it turned out one of the spring pins that connects the band to the watch gave up the ghost. I never take off my watch so it gets beat up pretty bad. I got in the car and drove to the local jewelry store to have it repaired -- oh wait, I don't do that anymore. Got out the cheap Chinese watch repair kit and the box of assorted spring pins and fixed it myself.

The watch vise helps a lot, as does the little spring pin fork. The watch was back on my wrist in less than 15 minutes.

 

[Bob Heine]

Yesterday was not real productive but I fixed a design flaw and threw out a piece of history.

I bought a 12V power supply a few years ago and attached a length of zip cord with alligator clips on the end. I power little 12V air pumps when I want to air up the tires on garden wagons and carts, rather than using the big compressor. It works OK but too often the clips pop off the cigarette lighter plug. Got out a piece of zip cord and soldered a cigarette lighter socket to the end. Works much better.

While I was putting a few things away I found a pulley I butchered years ago. At the time I didn't have a steering wheel puller so I did a little drilling and hacking with a hacksaw to turn that pulley into a puller.

 

[Bob Heine]

Jim, funny how that happens when your age starts with a 7.

 

[Toolfool]

Jim, funny how that happens when your age starts with a 7.

You're still a stud, Bob.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Bob or as I have said it before the Vieux of Florida. well done.

 

[HOTFR8]

Looks like some thing I would do. I have a mini compressor I use for that sort of thing and run it off a battery that used to be part of my Solar power.

 

[xtremek]

I love the puller. Necessity is the mother of invention.

 

[njhoudini]

Eugene, my smart phone isn't all that smart. It's a Samsung Galaxy S4 that now turns on, goes black and starts over. Seems to repeat this process until the battery goes dead. I just swapped in a new battery and did a re-boot so we'll see. I sometimes get a second (signal) bar from my office but usually have to go to the south end of the front yard to do anything with the phone. It doesn't help that the screen is unreadable in the bright Florida sun -- it seems to go into power saving mode and dims itself about 30 seconds after it boots up.

Sounds like part of the phone's OS is corrupt and you will need to perform a factory reset. If you have your phone being backed up to a Google (gmail) account, you probably won't lose anything except maybe some text messages. You should be able to see your phone contacts from your google account to be certain.

If you can get the phone to stay on without the boot loop, try downloading Samsung Kies from https://www.samsung.com/levant/support/kies/ and backup your phone to your computer. Then you should be able to reset the phone without too much concern for losing anything. If you need any help finding instructions, feel free to PM me.

Eugene

 

[rixtrix1]

I decided I needed more long clamps but before I ordered more 36" Bessey clamps, I decided to check Harbor Freight. Their website shows a store-only 36" clamp for $7.99, about half the price of the Bessey.
https://www.harborfreight.com/36-inch-bar-clamp-96208.html

Drove the 10 miles (20 minutes) to the nearest Harbor Freight only to find it closed. Luckily an employee was going in and I asked what's up. Turns out they opened a new store closer to me (10 minutes) so I back-tracked.

I am painfully aware of how dangerous a Harbor Freight store is. Supermarkets put impulse items at the checkout and so does Harbor Freight. Actually Harbor Freight is filled with impulse items. I don't need another screwdriver but my God, they're free with any purchase. So I walked in the store and never looked down. I looked up at the aisle signs and threaded my way back to the Woodworking Tools aisle. Did a quick scan and found the bar clamps. They didn't have the 36" ones but I thought I could get by with 30" ones. Took all three off the rack and put them in my cart. Scanned a little further and saw 36" aluminum bar clamps but they are $11.99. While I'm here... and the two on display are in my cart.

I failed to look up in time and four things jumped into my cart. A set of three wood rasps, a set of six chisels, a set of five wood carving tools and a set of three mini wood planes

Realizing I had failed miserably, I went over and bought a spare air hose whip -- all my air tools have whips attached and some are getting old. I managed to leave the store for less than $100. OK, $96.95 is not a whole lot less but it was pretty good for me.

Got home and tried out the tools. The rasps are OK, the chisels needed a little work, as did the planes and then I looked closer at the wood carving tools -- meh! After a little time with a diamond plate the planes worked quite well (set the blades depth to the thickness of a sheet of paper).

Heh,heh!

 

[shortykorte]

Bob, I saw a Fedex Express van on your street. I bet that's how the mail box got whacked.

 

[Craptain]

Bob, I saw a Fedex Express van on your street. I bet that's how the mail box got whacked.

What was Gerard doing down there?

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[oldironfarmer]

Oh the joy of making repairs without leaving the house.

And the joy of going to HF and finding more tools than you realized you needed. my wife always sweetly asks "did they have what you needed?" And I honestly answer, yes, and a bunch of stuff I didn't need.

Children, come and listen. Many years ago there was a store with a great tool department called Sears. They even had lifetime guaranteed free replacement so you felt comfortable buying more tools than the bare necessity. We had a Sears garbage compactor and were low on bags for it. So I went to Sears, and appliance supplies were close to tools. Upon returning home, my wife asked "how much were the trash bags?", and being an honest person I answered honestly "Tax and everything $147.28". We bought the farm and moved soon after and I still have the trash bags but Sears is gone. Apparently they had trouble with people who wanted to order stuff and have it mailed to their house. Hmmm, novel idea.

 

[shortykorte]

I’ve always thought the same thing about Sears. They started as a mail order company,selling almost anything. Short sighted leaders?


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[cbacres]

Hi Bob, I’m waving at you as I drive-by, not sure if you can see 95 from your house or not.

 

[sawduststeve]

BOB great repair to the mail box post.













I'M SO SORRY>

 

[Bob Heine]

You're still a stud, Bob.

Thank you John, no one ever says that to me anymore.

Bob or as I have said it before the Vieux of Florida. well done.

Steve, I'm just following my leader.

Looks like some thing I would do. I have a mini compressor I use for that sort of thing and run it off a battery that used to be part of my Solar power.

Simon, the battery from the '72 Corvette is available but because it isn't on wheels, I go for the lightweight solution.

I love the puller. Necessity is the mother of invention.

Kirk, you're right about Necessity and Poverty is the father.

Sounds like part of the phone's OS is corrupt and you will need to perform a factory reset. If you have your phone being backed up to a Google (gmail) account, you probably won't lose anything except maybe some text messages. You should be able to see your phone contacts from your google account to be certain.

If you can get the phone to stay on without the boot loop, try downloading Samsung Kies from https://www.samsung.com/levant/support/kies/ and backup your phone to your computer. Then you should be able to reset the phone without too much concern for losing anything. If you need any help finding instructions, feel free to PM me.

Eugene

Eugene, thanks for that. I reset the phone and restored my stuff. Also swapped the battery. As much as I use it, there wasn't much to lose.

Heh,heh!

Bob, I saw a Fedex Express van on your street. I bet that's how the mail box got whacked.

Stewart, it's hard to tell. Whoever whacked the box didn't leave much paint behind. It did look like something got scratched up. I straightened it out enough so it closes OK so I'm feeling pretty good about only spending $11 when the last one got whacked.

What was Gerard doing down there?

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Andrew, I guess he was playing Whack-A-Box (it's all the rage with the kids today).

Oh the joy of making repairs without leaving the house.

And the joy of going to HF and finding more tools than you realized you needed. my wife always sweetly asks "did they have what you needed?" And I honestly answer, yes, and a bunch of stuff I didn't need.

Children, come and listen. Many years ago there was a store with a great tool department called Sears. They even had lifetime guaranteed free replacement so you felt comfortable buying more tools than the bare necessity. We had a Sears garbage compactor and were low on bags for it. So I went to Sears, and appliance supplies were close to tools. Upon returning home, my wife asked "how much were the trash bags?", and being an honest person I answered honestly "Tax and everything $147.28". We bought the farm and moved soon after and I still have the trash bags but Sears is gone. Apparently they had trouble with people who wanted to order stuff and have it mailed to their house. Hmmm, novel idea.

Andy, they printed racy catalogs long before Victoria's Secret. The really early catalogs were handy items in the outhouse as well.

I’ve always thought the same thing about Sears. They started as a mail order company,selling almost anything. Short sighted leaders?

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Stewart, they had mail order houses in the catalog as well. Some bean counter with a Harvard degree probably told them the mail order business model was not profitable.

Hi Bob, I’m waving at you as I drive-by, not sure if you can see 95 from your house or not.

Craig, you probably can't see me waving back either. Surprise me and stop by if you have time.

 

[Bob Heine]

BOB great repair to the mail box post.













I'M SO SORRY>

Steve, the love tap from your visit had no effect -- this was a full bodied impact and as I may have mentioned, a regular occurrence. This time the person was kind enough to move the box and post from the roadside to the front door.

I always use salvaged fence posts and the cheapest mailbox I can find because it's going to happen again. It seems there is a slight change in the crown on the street in front of my house because I find people passing by with their right side tires in the bicycle lane.

The repair took an hour but most of that time was gathering/setting up tools and drinking buckets of water.

 

[Bob Heine]

I have a problem buying tools that don't have a place in the garage or workshop. I bought a mechanical caliper at Harbor Freight (made another trip with coupons in hand). The main "Measuring Tools" drawer in the garage was the right spot but it was already pretty full.

I spent way too much time trying to rearrange the drawer and then realized those two rollers had nothing to do with measuring so they had to go. A quick shuffle and the two calipers have a home. The older one is digital and the battery always dies without warning.

The two fiberglass rollers wound up in the cabinet with the paint and epoxy.

After wasting way too much time on that, I didn't think I had time to do the router cabinet box so I attacked another homeless tool problem. Those Harbor Freight chisels have been moving from benchtop to benchtop for several days. I copied one of Jim Reed's chisel racks. It was another opportunity for the stepped drills and it went well until I ran out of space on the drill press vise. I couldn't get the forstner bit to drill the center indent so I drilled a hole in a cutoff from the rack and used it to keep the bit from wandering.

One of the tabs broke off so I glued it back in place and drilled holes in all the fragile tabs, followed with a finish nail to reinforce the wood. A couple of screws and the chisels are home on the table saw box's door.

 

[cbacres]

Bob, I'll stop by again someday, I was on a Miramar, Pompano and Okeechobiee and then back to Ft myers run today.

 

[Bob Heine]

Thanks to Lyndon I have another tool I didn't know I needed. He bought "The Renovator" clamping system and Gilr pointed out that another company makes a similar clamp. Found one on eBay for $55 delivered to the house.

It doesn't have a home yet but with some judicious rearranging it should fit in the box under the table saw.

Lyndon's tool is much more elaborate and contains several things that look very useful. My clamp system only has the pieces shown above. The image of the complete "The Renovator" toolkit shows the additional items (Xed out in this image).

 

[1/2 Cup]

Bob well done on the chisel rack, that's great utilization of space.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Bob you scared me for a minute. When I saw all those racks stacked up I thought that you had cut a bunch or wooden threads down through a board for use as some medieval torture device! Wasn't too concerned about the device only the fact that you had graduated in your skills to cutting threads, which, by the way, would have been very impressive. Then I read the post. Nice shelves. Love your thread!

 

[jimreed2160]

Once again Bob, "Nice rack".

 

[bj383ss]

Paint rollers in your measuring drawer. Really Bob?

Looks like your paint cabinet needs a shelf on the top for the rollers to sit on and the new in package pumps.

If you keep up all this woodworking in the workshop you are going to have to change the title of your thread to Bob's Woodworking Emporium!

Bret

 

[oldironfarmer]

Hmmm, I just figured he was using them for travelers to measure irregular cut's he's made.

Traveler

 

[rmalkow2]

Hmmmmm. Seems that maybe the paint rollers need a "roller rack".

But seriously, nice work on the cabinets and the new chisel storage.

Bob

 

[drivesitfar]

Bob: the ZYLISS was my GO TO VISE for years around here when i was doing small DIY stuff and working on my golf clubs.

about the only thing I didn't like about it was the handle tightening and loosening and if they'd make one so a ratchet could tighten and loosen i'd probably buy a new one even though I own 3 or 4 of them now. I love how you can clamp them to a saw horse, deck, step, or just a 2x4 nailed to something.

have fun with it and let us know how you like it.

did you put a little more glue or maybe another screw or two on your new cabinet's casters yet.

 

[Hubscrub66]

Well I guess whoever got your mailbox got mine last nite. It was in the ditch this morning.

 

[Bob Heine]

Bob, I'll stop by again someday, I was on a Miramar, Pompano and Okeechobiee and then back to Ft myers run today.

Craig, sounds like you hit all the hot spots in South Florida. Give me a few minutes before you stop by so I have time to get regular clothes on -- the older I get, the more time I spend in PJs.

Bob well done on the chisel rack, that's great utilization of space.

Thank you Steve. I like to keep my unsentimental tools out of sight. I also find the inside of cabinet doors are a great place for stickers and stuff.

Bob you scared me for a minute. When I saw all those racks stacked up I thought that you had cut a bunch or wooden threads down through a board for use as some medieval torture device! Wasn't too concerned about the device only the fact that you had graduated in your skills to cutting threads, which, by the way, would have been very impressive. Then I read the post. Nice shelves. Love your thread!

Bobby, after visiting the Tower of London I've limited my medieval torture devices to metal. You may recall I threaded a dowel handle for the wood vice with an NPT die so I could screw on PVC pipe caps. The galvanized pipe handle gave me a blood blister every time I used that vise. I always appreciate your visits and I love your thread as well. A chamfer plane, who knew!!!

Once again Bob, "Nice rack".

It's all your fault Jim, so thank you very much!

Paint rollers in your measuring drawer. Really Bob?

Looks like your paint cabinet needs a shelf on the top for the rollers to sit on and the new in package pumps.

If you keep up all this woodworking in the workshop you are going to have to change the title of your thread to Bob's Woodworking Emporium!

Bret

Bret, those fiberglass rollers do need their own shelf but I need to remember what else goes with fiberglass and epoxy. I have to agree with you on the thread title. Today I got back to my roots. I'll post a picture of three.

Hmmm, I just figured he was using them for travelers to measure irregular cut's he's made.

Traveler

Andy, that's a brilliant idea. All my cuts are irregular unless there's an accident. With my memory I'll need one of those odometers on the traveler. Was that one and a half revolutions or five? Actually, it doesn't really matter -- my scraps come from careful measurements (hmm, did I use the little traveler or the big one?).

Hmmmmm. Seems that maybe the paint rollers need a "roller rack".

But seriously, nice work on the cabinets and the new chisel storage.

Bob

Bob, I have to keep the paint and fiberglass rollers separate or I'll be having to answer: "Honey, why did you paint all those stripes on the wall?"

Bob: the ZYLISS was my GO TO VISE for years around here when i was doing small DIY stuff and working on my golf clubs.

about the only thing I didn't like about it was the handle tightening and loosening and if they'd make one so a ratchet could tighten and loosen i'd probably buy a new one even though I own 3 or 4 of them now. I love how you can clamp them to a saw horse, deck, step, or just a 2x4 nailed to something.

have fun with it and let us know how you like it.

did you put a little more glue or maybe another screw or two on your new cabinet's casters yet.

Drives, I haven't actually used it yet but I have it mounted to the edge of one of the workbenches in the workshop. It's my first and I'll surely forget I have it if it isn't in my way for at least a little while.

Yesterday and today were dedicated to automotive work so no glue or casters were used and no harm came to any wood.

Well I guess whoever got your mailbox got mine last nite. It was in the ditch this morning.

Hubscrub66, that SOB should never have been given a license. Obviously just memorized the chart in the DMV eye test.

 

[Bob Heine]

Saturday I decided to look into the leak from the PT Cruiser. Moved the '87 Corvette out; and the PT Cruiser in to the third bay in the garage. The PT was hot from being out in the sun so I turned on a fan to blow cool air from the corner near the A/C to the front of the bay. Went inside for a half hour and the radiant heat from the body had almost dissipated. The car is stupid close to the ground so I had to use the extra low Harbor Freight floor jack to lift the car high enough to get it on jackstands.

Once on jackstands, I removed the wheels and crawled under the car. It appeared the oil filter was seeping oil so I tried tightening it. It didn't budge so I wiped the area clean (with my finger). Ran the engine and let it sit for an hour. The drip wasn't coming from the filter -- the oil cooler is seeping. The oil cooler is used on the turbo engine (because engine oil feeds and cools the bearings in the really really hot turbo). The two hoses circulate engine coolant through the unit as well. They no longer make this exact cooler. The original has 1/2" ******* for the coolant lines and the replacement has 5/8" *******. Looks like a "next weekend" project (waiting for parts).

I decided to do the easy job on the suspension while I had it on jackstands. I'm replacingc the front and rear shocks and the rears only require removing two bolts. The gas shocks come with wires to hold the shock partially compressed so I had to raise the axle to line up the bolts. Only took a few minutes on each side.

Last time I was carrying a heavy load in the back, the car clanked when it bottomed out. The bump stop on this side is still recognizable -- the other side was mostly gone and crumbled when I touched it. The car only has 46,000 miles on it but it's 14 years old so a lot of stuff is aging out.

The detailers on Garage Journal have ruined me. I used to just rotate the tires but now I have to clean the inner side of the wheel and tire before I put it back on the car. The one on the right has been washed but has spent more time on the front of the car than the one on the left. The dust from the front disk brakes really does a number on the wheels.

While I was sitting down cleaning the wheel, I noticed there is a slight dent in the rim. Not enough to mess up the bead and not enough to justify a replacement wheel (or set). Just something to keep in mind on my next land speed attempt.

Before swapping cars at the end of the day I got out the torque wrench and tightened the lugs to 100 ft. lbs. I've come up in the world -- there are 6 torque wrenches in the toolbox along with a digital torque box from Harbor Freight. I only use the box to check the accuracy of the old mechanical torque wrenches.

 

[rixtrix1]

Gee, Bob, when they recommended buying stock in Harbor Freight, I don't think they meant inventory. Just kidding, for things that don't get continuous use, a lot of their stuff is an excellent value.

I replaced 3 small sockets I had lost at work with new ones from Matco Tools. For what I paid, I could have gotten more than 3 complete SETS from HF containing each one I replaced and still had money left over ( but I'm kind of partial to getting the best I can for my work toolbox inventory). However with having to changeover all the good parts from my wrecked truck to the new one, I got tired of pulling 50# of tools from work and hauling them back and forth whenever I thought I may have a moment to work on the trucks, so I did the 20% off coupon thing over 5 days and got a ton of sockets and wrenches to keep at home and spend less than $100. Bad news now, I need to get an upper toolbox to set on top of the old SnapOn roller cab I keep at home, so it looks like I'll be visiting HF again soon. Having one open up 2 miles from home is not necessarily a good thing, LOL.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Bob well done on the Cruiser service.

I have never seen an oil cooler/filter arrangement like that..