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Opinions differ on repairing wood where screws have pulled loose. I, too, have sought answers and the best solution I have found is that it is best to drill out the damaged holes where the screw pulled loose as large as the largest size dowel that can be found, or made, and insert one into the...

What kind of wood did you use?

As to driving them, Hell Yes, I'd sneak them out and wind them up and let them go, blowing out the soot, polishing a little rubber off the tires. But, still, I'd be thinking about all the idiots, which is why it'd be in the wee hours, like I used to wind through Griffith Park in the early AM in...

This is not an ad placement. I really believe what I say and can back it up with years and years of experience. The best work shoe, or boot, for working on concrete is made by Red Wing. Their work boots are designed for comfort on this unforgiving surface. Get boots, as opposed to work shoes...

I grew up thinking of Craftsman tools the same way the advert with AJ Foyt put it: 'Just like the ol' man had.' Well folks that was before **** Nixon an' Henry Kissinger woke up the Sleeping Dragon. Nowdays if it says Made in CHINA, it should be translated to mean Made without quality controls...

After long and careful consideration of the object pictured, our committee has voted unanimously to adopt a similar contraption for our dear leader that will be placed in a semi-darkened room. After he disrobes and places his posterior over the opening, smoke will be blown up his **** orifice...

No offense to the poster with the 'Product' shown when you open Garage Journal BUT my brother who is a Big Truck Mechanic came up a solution to scraping gaskets that works like Gangbusters. He bought a cheap set of wood chisels (the ones with plastic handles) and uses those. I followed suit. You...

Old Flathead guys used to tap the crack and then insert a bolt and saw it off. You make a long line of them side by side. Seriously. It should be on the internet. I have tapped holes larger and used plugs. Sometimes low tech works when high tech won't. I'll look around for the link. If it's just...

:lol_hitti I can't believe I just read that. Craftsman tools are everything they're supposed to be, and the hand tools will be replaced if they break, BUT from my experience in using Snap On tools, there is another notch they reach. Perhaps ergonomic, or something even more intrinsic that...

Would you, or anyone you know, be interested in buying a basket case 1958 Volkswagen Cabriolet? If so, reply to [email protected] I have pictures of the body, and the entire pan is still fresh from being sandblasted, with fresh floor pans. No engine, but have either the stock, or a later...

Re: AFF (American Forge and Foundry) 200T "Lowrider" Low Profile Floor Jack? When my last jack quit working, that I'd used for about eight years, I took it to a man who rebuilt jacks. "Yeah," he told me. "I can rebuild your jack, but it'll cost you more'n a new one." I looked at him thinking he...

Rats can gnaw through plastic, concrete, and wood, and have been known to gnaw through lead pipe. A mouse can wriggle through a 1/4 inch opening, and an opening admits their head, their bodies will follow. A cat is your best bet. The worst part about mice is that they like to make nests using...

Try the gun store. I use an aerosol for guns that has Teflon in it. Works real boss for sticky whatevers, including drawer slides. Be forewarned, however, they don't give it away.

I came into a road box that resides on a roll around that I fabricated out of industrial electrical boxes. It has more issues that the ones I'm seeing, here, and I guess it must be a personal thing but I would never sandblast it and recoat it. It's like an old 1918 Indian motorcycle in the...