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Just inexpensive picks. Useful for removing o-rings or cleaning crevices or grooves because they're usually too soft to hurt anything harder than your fingertips. They (like some people I know) just fold over when faced with any hard work. Joe

I find happiness when I can apply just enough ADD (ooh, look at that project over there!) to balance out the OCD (c'mon paint, DRY!). Joe

I just finished tuning up a black '56 Big Window that belongs to a friend. His has Corvette rear and a Malibu front with disc brakes, and a Chev 327 4BBL/ Automatic. It was built in the 80's or 90's with a Turbo 400 trans and a few years ago he paid someone to put in a Turbo 200R4 for the...

I'm looking for one for home use. Only driving a few dozen fence posts per year, not commercial or industrial usage, and I wouldn't even consider one of these except I sometimes have to drive into really hard packed ground (and I can't wait for a rainy day to help me out). For that little use...

I watched that movie enough times, I see those guys in my sleep.

I use my trash-picked Stowaway stool at least once a week. Guess I'll have to start wearing my high school bell bottoms, too... Joe

Much like "My esteemed colleague" said with a straight face. Or "Why, bless your heart" spoken with a slight Southern lilt and always with a smile. Sometimes the 'air quotes' can be hard to see in the mist... Joe

I see no one had much to offer on this subject, ubiquitous as it is. I found lots of discussion on vinyl treating on the HAMB site but nothing particularly useful to me. However I did find what I believe to be the surprising answer to my original query. TLDR: Warmth is your friend, then wash...

Hammer tap on a wooden bench top is how I've always done it. Slow and repetitive. Joe

1 inch. I've prolly got enough 1 inch chisels but it's another project that kept me out of trouble for an afternoon. Joe

I found this old chisel in the Restore still sealed in a plastic coating. I couldn't read a brand but for $1 it was worth the gamble. I peeled the plastic away and revealed it's a Greenlee, then I grabbed an old piece of broomstick and fitted a handle (with a spokeshave since my lathe is 100...

Looks like the included tool in a knock-down 'something' - appliance, coffee table, who knows. Just like all the little Torx drivers that are cluttering up IKEA customer's junk drawers. Where to get one? Don't know. Could prolly make one with a couple sacrificial Allen wrenches and some epoxy...

Armour Coated Abrasives. The same company that made canned hams. I wonder if the sandpaper uses hide based glues or if there's no real connection and it was just a corporate purchase to park cash?

I've just acquired a 1974 Jensen Healy (...so begins a different saga...) that has been sitting outdoors for ten plus years. The original black vinyl seats are in surprisingly good shape but the upholstery is noticeably hard. I expect that with any regular use they'll be brittle enough to shred...

I'm OK with the 'no channels, no comm' deal, but as for the third, well that's the whole reason to have a camper - for when I wake up at 2:30 in the morning and don't want to go outside.