I often use one of my shop carts to lay out tooling for a machine job, like on the seat and guide machine, as shown. As you all know, it's often a lot of pieces. To prevent anything from rolling off the table, I place a couple of shop towels down and use welding...
This is one that many will identify with right away. When I open a bag of valve seals, hardware, tie wraps, etc, I mark the opening cut with a sharpie. On small parts that will go flying if you're not careful, I'll use red tape. This prevents you from grabbing a...
As we get older our vision gets worse, and I have found these inexpensive sewing machine lights help a lot. I have several around the shop in places like at tool setting fixtures, the ring grinder, the valve grinder and more. Arus Kinney AK's Engine And Machining ...
With identity theft and fraud at an all-time high I try to be super mindful of what I throw out. Even handing a customer an old box with some of their parts in it. You never know what could be had or come of your name and address and etc. on a box. Pretty much all...
Old-school customers know your shop, know a friend, or maybe they’ve seen your business sign. But today's customers are more likely to find you using their cell phones. Hopefully, your small business has a website designed to draw customers to your shop. However, more...
If you've got a pile of spray cans from products like penetrating oil with the nozzle broken off, you can tap them with a piercing freon tap that has a hose attached. Drain them into a container and then you can pour them into a squirt can. Obviously, one should wear...