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An uncle of mine wants me to sell some of his old tools, and he gave me a pretty vague description of some helicopter trim tab benders. Can anyone tell me something more about them, or how to list them?

Can anyone I.D. these super heavy duty hole saws? I would think that they are for cutting metal, but I am not sure:

How many coats of clear did you use? I use at least 5 coats. You did use catalyzed clear correct? A few of my friends have attempted to use rattle can clear with the same results you got. You should be able to touch up the bare metal areas with a small brush, and when you clear coat over the...

Lube the barbed fitting with motor oil, lube the hose with the same. Clamp the fitting in a vise, and pull the hose to you all the way to the plastic piece on the fitting. I do these everyday, and it is pretty easy.

I have bought them from different places, and the casters are good for a one way trip, especially the rubber ones. The welding quality is also questionable as well as super thin tubing. There is a place for quality, because I sell them all the time.

Most of the tabs that other places sell come from A&A.

I have been using my engine start up stand for 18 years, and there is no need to hold it down as long as it is wide enough.

There may come a time when you have an assembled engine ready, but the car may not be ready to accept the engine. You could leave the assembled engine on an engine stand, but if you are like me there are other engines waiting to be assembled. You need an engine storage stand that will allow you...

Here is a quick, cheap and simple way to set the toe on your Hot Rod, muscle car, race car or daily driver. I have used this method for years on sprint cars, modifieds, drag race cars and all of my own street driven cars and hot rods. I have even checked the toe with a buddy who has an alignment...

I use acrylic enamel reducer and hardener to make the Rustoleum last about 10 times longer than it normally would:

Nice job.

The axle is welded solid to the frame, no suspension!! It has been this way since the trailer was built. The trailer does not bounce loaded or unloaded, and is the best towing trailer I have ever used. I was contemplating installing some torsion axle stubs that I found on Ebay, but why fix...

Here is a shot of my dad sandblasting the trailer. The sandblast pot is the one Harbor freight sells, and is works awesome: Primed with "red oxide primer": The paint is Rustoleum white from Home Depot: A trick to using the Rustoleum, is to add automotive acrylic enamel hardener so it...

Sometimes, but the tie down plates are extra long so they serve as "drag plates" and they drag instead of the square tubing.

I was unexpectedly thrust back into the circle track world tis year after a few year hiatus. My brother bought a couple of Legends cars and I was named the driver of one of them. Since he paid for the race cars, I let him use my nice tandem axle race car trailer to haul his car around. I was...