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Not surprising. It really is all that. I always insist on it. As a kid my mother insisted on it and her house hasn't been painted in at least 20 years and still looks good. Nothing beats quality.

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I got tired of how my socket extensions and pry bars were laying around in different places because of their lengths. So, I made up a couple of racks/holders for them and mounted them on the side of my toolboxes. I used existing holes, so I did not have to drill into my boxes. I think they turned out pretty good and sure makes looking for the right size much easier.


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Several days ago a pair of scrub jays built a nest in one of our backyard trees. They hatched three eggs and today the little guys started climbing out of the nest and then end up falling to the ground, too small to fly. I put them back in the nest while under attack by the parent birds. They would soon fall out again so I eventually gave up and will let nature take its course. Two babies are on the ground right now and I suppose they won't last long. Time will tell. Nature can sometimes seem a bit cruel.

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Nice work D. B. :metal:

Those long Extensions will mess a drawer up quick.:lol:

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Son jackhammered out the footer of an old wall in preparation for putting in a section of ornamental iron fence. The old wall was original to the property so about 50+ years old. Raccoons had been scaling it to get to the neighbor's Cypress trees, and tearing the stucco off. I picked up the debris and paid for the rental and son's lunch. Then I took a short nap. Getting old.

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Thanks, yes the 1/4" drive fit the drawers good. But the 3/8" and 1/2" do not. So now they are all in one place and easy to get to. Also, I will know when one is missing.

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My tool boxes are all in...

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Back in Black... luv it, how are the ball bearings ???

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Excellent idea and result. Certainly worthy of more than one comment. You addressed a thing that annoys me in my tool chest drawers. Extensions like to roll and cause the socket racks to shift, and the mat bunches up. I have a big stuff bottom drawer but my longest pry bar doesn't fit. I used pipe mounting "U"s and made a mount by the door jamb for it's "special place".

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Racks like that are available from the big dealers, but I like yours better.
Knowing when 1 is missing won't help the 3 day hunt for it only to have it reappear right where you thought it was 3 days earlier...how the hell does that happen ...:confused:

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Thank you!!

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Thank you and yes I looked into buying something that was already made. But most of the ones I found was either very expensive, junk or needed to be modified to fit. Since I had this scrap material, I decided the only real expense was my time which I had plenty of at the moment.

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Snap On be like, $8,000 dollars

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Now dat rat thar is funny. I used (3) furniture dollies from Harbor Freight, under an 8-foot span, for a rolling work platform 15 years ago for my machine shop. Still used daily.

Great minds....:metal:

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Talking about HF and furniture dollies. A number of years ago when HF had a large sale on their furniture dollies, I went and bought a number of them. They were cheap and I knew at some point I would put them to use. A few months went by I wanted to do some cleaning in my shop and found it was a huge hassle to move my cabinets and work benches away from the walls. They were not on wheels, and it took me most of the day to do the cleaning. So, I remembered I had these dollies and decided to put them to good use. I fabricated them under my cabinets and work benches. So now what took a full day to clean only takes a couple of hours.

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You guys play with dollies. haa haa (said like that bully on The Simpsons)

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Today I walked into my garage and immediately went back in the house. 107 degrees here today.

What can be done today can be done later. Turn up the air conditioning.

I don't care what they say. Dry heat is still really friggin hot.

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Today I walked into my garage and immediately went back in the house. 107 degrees here today.

What can be done today can be done later. Turn up the air conditioning.

I don't care what they say. Dry heat is still really friggin hot.

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Hey Paul, I heard you twice the first time :lol: (a line I use on drunks). Welcome back to the auto-dupe club. Or is it the dupimatic club? Did you have to wait a long time for your post to send? I know all about this problem except why

I'm restoring some old raised panel doors and hardware in this old house. I'm working in the garage or under my canopy I set up. I have fans. The owner is on vacation and a/c turned off. I went in to remove the jamb side of the hinges so I could start the stripping process. This is second floor. I was fine outside, barely sweating. Up there I immediately started having sweat coming out of every pore. Shouldn't be humid inside with windows closed. It was all I could do to remove one pair of hinge halves, 6 screws. I started getting flustered by the time I got to the second one. I had to get out of there before the heat consumed me. I don't know what the temperature is in their but outside with slight air movement at 90* sure felt better

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Yeah. It was really slow but I only hit submit once. I can't figure it out either.

I know that I was teasing you before about the double posts so I guess what goes around comes around. :lol:

So when's the first meeting of the duplimatic club? And more importantly who's bringing the beer?

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Tired of the spare tire bouncing around in my truck for the dump trailer . Made a mount today . Nothing fancy just a quick hour or so of work

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Good to go now.

Yeah Paul, I usually wait to see if it dupes, then delete. Deleting takes long, too. Often after it deletes it brings me back to the first post in the thread. Double weird. and no one can explain it. My laptop has an all new keypad now and it still acts this way. It's only on a few of the long running threads. I thought it hit you before. I know it happens to Dale.

Duplimatic Club, ey? Beer? Better bring double. It's only right that we'd double fist it :alky: It wouldn't take long before we became not so diplomatic

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Yep, did it again, and ended up on 1st post after deleting.

But that's not what I came back for. I forgot to posy what I did. I saw a Honda Fit towing a trailer!! Yeah I know, amazing. I figure those cars are designed with minimal capacity for everything. Hauls 4 people max and hopefully not heavyweights. The hitch itself probably takes it over it's limits. The trailer was one of those small tire 4 x 8s. Nothing on it. But the axle was set way back like a boat trailer, which for this thing means more tongue weight. Just an odd sight to see

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^ I looked up towing capacity for that critter, out of curiosity.

"The Fit has a braked towing capacity of 2,200 lbs and an unbraked towing capacity of 992 lbs, both from ratings outside the United States. However, Honda does not advise using the Fit for towing in the United States, and doing so will void the warranty on your car."

Dunno what's different between the US and the rest of the world, as far as Honda is concerned. I see hitches that are used for putting a bike rack on the econoboxes. That's all I'd do. But then, I have a truck. Many people aren't that lucky.

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The Wife: "GOSH WHY DO YOU HAVE SO MANY TOOLS ???"

Also the wife: "could you please take this heel thing off my shoe?"

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I know that at least once my father towed his 16ft sail boat with his Opel 1900 sport coupe! I'm sure the boat and trailer weighed at least as much as the car. Why he did it I'm not really sure as he normally towed it with a full size car.

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I towed a '70 Mach 1, floated a valve, with a '73 Hornet Hatchback...with a tow bar...when I move from Arizona back to Texas. circa 1974. It wasn't a pretty sight. Especially when making turns at intersections. The Mach 1 wanted to go straight.

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HAH! So true. My wife smirks sometimes when I buy a tool. I just look around at the 5 sewing machines in the family room...I don't even have to say anything, she knows. ;)

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oh no you didn't, you owe me a keyboard lol


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Oh, yes, I did! :devil:

So I did this yesterday. The mirror in my econobox wouldn't stay up- the plastic piece that is the socket for the ball and clamps to the bracket on the windshield cracked. I went by the dealer hoping to buy just the socket, but no go- you have to buy the complete mirror assembly. And it isn't covered by the extended warranty. I went home, drilled it out and pulled it back together with baling wire, just like I told the service adviser I was going to do. :lol: If you look carefully, you can see that the crack isn't completely closed.

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I waited until evening to even venture out of the house. It was hot as blazes today. I had the guys plastering my pool knock off early. It was just way too hot.

But the great thing about the desert is when the sun goes down and the breeze blows. My wife and I sit on the porch and have a couple cold ones.

And I rode around the property in my new Lamborghini.

Okay, it's not a real Lamborghini. It's a cheap Chinese scooter that I put Lamborghini badges on. I miss riding a motorcycle. This is about as close as I can get these days. It had no manufacturer markings on it at all. Not even in the limited paperwork that came with it. So I decided to call it what I want. So it's now my new Lambo. Why not? :lol:

It's just a joke but my daughter fell for it and started telling me that I had lost my mind. :lol: I told her that I paid 30K for it. :lol: I thought that she was going to start hyperventilating or something so I let her off the hook. Silly girl. She should know the old man better.

It's a nice scooter so far. I can get around now easily which is huge for me.

Here it is... My new Lamborghini. AKA Freedom.

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^ Does it have airbags?
Do you wear a helmet?
:)

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And izit 'lectrik? ;)

I joke but I could end up having to use one of those one day too.

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My wife I once had never asked such a question. But if she did, my answer would simply be another question. "If you don't like tools then why did you marry me"? :lol:

Our running back 'n' forth things was me saying, "I need a shop". Then she's say, "I need a kitchen". Of course the next thing from me would be, "You have a kitchen. I didn't say I need a better shop. Try fixing dinner out in the gravel driveway 30' from all the food and utensils!". I've had no problem making meals in that same kitchen the last 17 years. I think I eat better now. Certainly digest it better :lol:

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I bought a 2016 CR-V a couple years ago to replace my HHR. Damned Honda can't pull much of anything with the CV transmission. The towing capacity is 1,500#. I towed a trailer with brush to the recycling center with the HHR with no problem, but I'm afraid I'll burn out the "belt" in the CR-V. No way I'm going to try towing an enclosed motorcycle trailer with it. Not a good purchase for what I use a car for.

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It has one airbag... Sitting in the drivers seat.

And I do have an old Easy Rider helmet that I might wear in winter just for S&G's It's too hot now.

It has a whopping 15 mph top speed which believe it or not seems kinda fast when you're on it in bumpy dirt. It gets a little squirrelly.

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It looks to having its own purse...er 'um cooler on the back. :lol:

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It is "Lectrik' :lol: My one and only EV.

A year ago if someone told me that I'd need a scooter I'd have told them to pound sand. You just never know.

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It's a cooler now. 6 pack to go. I can buzz around my yard and drink beer all day long.

Well maybe not all day. But I can do it until my wife gets home.

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In a few short days I will put "70" in my hip pocket and I can attest...you never know.

Hell, now days when I wake up, sit on the edge of the bed, check that all body parts function and check to make sure I didn't pee the bed. :o:)