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    Aviation Trim Tab Benders

    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?
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    Can Anyone I.D. These Hole Saws:

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

    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...
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    How do you install Push-Lock fittings?

    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.
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    Build An Engine Storage Stand:

    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.
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    Any good sources for bulk weld tabs?

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

    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.
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    Build An Engine Storage Stand:

    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...
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    DIY Home Built One Man Toe Gauge:

    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...
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    Painting with Rustoleum - Need help/tips

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

    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...
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    Old Race Car Trailer Refurbishing:

    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...
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    Old Race Car Trailer Refurbishing:

    Sometimes, but the tie down plates are extra long so they serve as "drag plates" and they drag instead of the square tubing.
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    Old Race Car Trailer Refurbishing:

    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...
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    Anyone ever MIG stainless exhaust pipe?

    You can weld it with regular MIG wire, but a better job would be to get a small roll of stainless steel wire and use that.
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    Modifying stock wheels - changing back spacing

    I've done dozens of wheels from changing backspacing, narrowing them and widening them as well. I have used wheel "shells" from different cars that were narrower or wider, as well as using new wheel shells. They have been down the dragstrip at 130 MPH, as well as on street cars with thousands...
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    '66 Nova Drag Car:

    No, we will have to take the car somewhere to certify it, but it will pass with no problem.
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    '66 Nova Drag Car:

    The bottom part of the diagonal is welded to the bottom part of the cage: Since the car will see some street duty, a pair of swing out door bars would be needed. These are the male and female swing out clevises that are used. A piece of roll cage tubing is notched to the angle of the door...
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    '66 Nova Drag Car:

    Here is the kicker welded into the rocker, the subframe connector and the floor: The roll bar has the cross bar installed, and a couple of diagonals are cut to brace the roll bar to the subframe connector: A 1/8" thick floor plate is welded to the top of the rear frame rail for the rear...
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