Recent content by jessesandy

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    18th Annual GJ Secret Santa - 2025!

    My pleasure. Your post in the "hints " thread made my job easy. Merry Christmas
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    18th Annual GJ Secret Santa - 2025!

    Thanks, Santa :beer: Very useful and tasty treats. Can't wait for the butcher shop to open tomorrow and pick up a NY strip. Merry Christmas everyone!
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    18th Annual GJ Secret Santa - 2025!

    Thanks Santa 🎅
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    18th Annual GJ Secret Santa - 2025!

    Package sent. USPS says Rudolph will drop by on Tuesday. (Damnit........... forgot to write GJSS on the box !!!!!!!!!!!!! )
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    Bins or dividers for drawers

    I've thrown out the original dividers that come with all my file cabinets. Currently eight around the house. All free. From Craigslist or the job. Love file cabinets
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    Project Farm Digital Torque wrench test

    Project Farm's approach is wide and shallow. Not narrow and deep. Still has value. Setting youtube playback speed to 1.25 helps me watch his channel.
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    1928 model A

    Thanks,GJ for all the help
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    Any simple way to fix a twisted tool handle?

    Reshape the best you can. Fun work for a spoke shave, if that's your cup of tea.
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    1928 model A

    95 % original sheet metal. Not original power train ...... now a 302/c4 Ford 9 inch rear end. Buddy looking to downsize $18,000 obo
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    Diy parts assembly/disassembly stainless steel, sheetmetal, etc

    I use pizza boxes to keep a big job organized and in order. Bolts, nuts, little brackets, flanges mounted to pizza boxes in order. Put it back together, start from the end and go backwards. Ice cube trays for valve train. Keepers, washers. Takes four boxes to r&r an old Integra.
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    Woodworking Tip. Tricks, and Techniques.

    Just trying to get a handle on this. The off cut is the piece/strip you want ? You set up a stopper the distance away from the outside of the blade to get the thickness you want. Use the stopper the move the fence for each strip. Drill bit is a spacer you pull out before cut so nothing...
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    Calipers!! Digital or Dial?

    Can't squint enough to use a vernier. Drill press operator in the 80s, dial of course. I wonder, when did the first digital come out. Now, cheap digital. Size hardware, pick out a drill bit. Scribe layout lines.
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    For a home mechanic what brand of home auto mechanic’s tools would you recommend?

    Probably already covered. Anyway. Skip the all in one kits. Get a steel tool box. Set of Combination Wrenches, 1/4 to 3/4. 3/8 drive socket set. Set of extensions. Breaker bar. 111 piece screw driver Set. Set of pliers. Hammers, putty knive, punches/a cold chisel. What brand...
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    Took Suggestions for scraping valve cover gasket.

    Common screwdriver. (I'll see myself out.)
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