Recent content by SpitAndDirt

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    Number One Garage Rule

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    Cleaning up your workspace - My personal journey (long read)

    Thanks. I think about this more and more now. I'm mid life right now and I know that I won't live forever. It's amazing to find my attitudes towards STUFF changing every year as I grow older. I refuse to allow my kid(s) to have to spend part of their life cleaning up Dad's mess....
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    Cleaning up your workspace - My personal journey (long read)

    I've been following the recent threads about chucking everything in the dumpster and the one about cleaning up a 30 x 50 ft mess and I felt this required a separate post. After spending a few days out in my own shop cleaning, sorting, organizing, and tossing, I wanted to share a few things...
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    Why an old microphone stand can be useful in the shop.

    It comes in especially handy when I have something stubborn on the hydraulic press than needs heat to expand and thereby making it easier to press apart or together. Case in point: I rebuild my own 2 stroke sea doo crankshafts. Heating the webs to 250 degrees with the gun takes a while, but...
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    Why an old microphone stand can be useful in the shop.

    Don't worry, the tank is brand new, so no gas fumes. I am drying the tank to prepare it for POR-15 tank sealer. Per the instructions, the tank has to be bone dry before pouring the sealer in. Beats having to hold the heat gun for an extended period of time!
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