Fall is usually the slower season for an automotive machine shop. Business cycles are normal, but a quieter shop does not mean wasted time. Use the season to review the work that moved through your shop during the first eight months. Select ten or 20 completed jobs....
If you're running a Superflow or similar dyno, this may save you trouble over time. The power converter has a cooling fan with a small foam intake filter. If you've never checked it, it's probably plugged and degraded. Simply suck out all the old foam with a shop vac,...
Shop Solutions is usually tips about how to do a specific operation, or something about parts or your business. This one is about giving, and it’s time that this was shared with those who follow and participate. Three of our top Shop Solution contributors not only...
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 ...