BLASTED TOOLS I always keep a pair of needle nose pliers and a small straight screwdriver in my blast cabinet to hold small parts when blasting. It saves the problem of frequently replacing a glove with a hole in it and having to chase parts around the cabinet. Lee...

MAKE IT TALLER Frustrated with my dowel pin puller not always working to remove the stubborn deck pins, I will put a few tack welds on an old rocker stud placed on top of the dowel pin. Anything would work, though a length of all thread might be best. Then I take a...

TIME AND BACK SAVER In these times we all know the older we get the smarter we need to work, plus take care of our backs. I designed a simple lifting hook to move engine blocks with, plus it works well to grab the turn table of the jet washer for easy removal access...

LIFTING HEAVY CRANKSHAFTS SAFELY We found placing cranks, whether light or heavy, can be difficult to do on a hot tank pressure washing stand. And this is even harder to lift after the crank is washed and hot. To protect the machined surfaces and make it safer, pick...

MORE DOWEL REMOVAL A great way of pulling precision dowels without damaging them, is to make a collared spud that slip fits into the dowel. Then, use a collet type dowel pin puller. The spud will allow the collet to clamp down without collapsing the dowel. We use this...

RING ORGANIZER I made these piston ring organizer tabs for keeping rings in their perspective cylinders while final washing them in the sonic cleaner tank. Works great and saves time vs hand washing them in solvent. We also found some reusable zip ties, as I can't...