A Simple Life
A friend sent me this old upload a couple of days ago. It’s just a simple guy, with a simple shop, and a simple life. It’s sort of beautiful. See Comments on the forum.
MagHold V-Pads
I tackled a small welding project for a friend this weekend and along with his parts, he brought over some MagHold V-Pads from Strong Hand Tools. I had seen these online before, but this was my first time to mess with any in person… And wow. These things are almost as good as they appear to be in the video above. They are light duty, obviously, but the have great holding power when clean and are infinitely adjustable for situations such as welding round stock to flat plate, etc… In any case, I don’t have a ton of experience with …
The 1620 Shop Pant
Work wear isn’t something we talk about all that often on The Garage Journal. My typical work wear is a pair of Vans pants, a t-shirt, and either Vans slip-ons or a pair of beater Jordan 1’s. And it’s typical because that’s what I wear every day – shop day or not.
The Leather Shop
I’ve never done any leather work at all. In fact, I’m 100% unfamiliar with the medium… But recently, a friend sent over a video and told me to check out these guys at Corter. I did so and I’ve kind of fallen in love with their work environment. It’s clean, simple, and full of vintage looking hand tools. Pretty rad. Check em all out here. See Comments on the forum.
The SK Tools 4th Of July Sale & GIVE AWAY!!!!
Alright fellas… That time of the year again and SK is promoting their big 4th of July sale. The sale will start on July 3rd and run to the 10th. During that time, they are offering 30% off – site wide!!! The only exceptions are tool storage products, government kits, or SK Club Pro membership fees. All ya got to do to get the discount is use the coupon code “USA30” at checkout. Please note that this coupon can’t be used with any other. Got here, to get started. *** But wait! In return for me promoting this sale, SK …
