I have been adding to my tool-boxes....
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I have been adding to my tool-boxes....
This might be moved to garage and shop, or general automotive I know. But IT IS THE DIRECTION I am taking that interests me and motivates this post.
Every so often we meet a man or lady who influences us and can teach us a lot, and where I am now working this is even more true than some places. We have a guy who is an absolute genius with body work, and a tool truck showed up today with massive discounts on all sorts of equipment.
I now own (in addition to a smaller 'touch up gun' a full bore paint gun that "J" assured me was worth at least $300.oo - and I got it AND a regulator and water trap, for a mere $30.oo (thirty bucks!).
"J" also tuned and tweaked it based on his own experience and told me that when I am ready to start shooting loads of primer to come see him or at least talk at him...
This is very cool!
My world is soon to begin "raining rivers of very bright colours"...
ILYGTY!
~Wolfie
Every so often we meet a man or lady who influences us and can teach us a lot, and where I am now working this is even more true than some places. We have a guy who is an absolute genius with body work, and a tool truck showed up today with massive discounts on all sorts of equipment.
I now own (in addition to a smaller 'touch up gun' a full bore paint gun that "J" assured me was worth at least $300.oo - and I got it AND a regulator and water trap, for a mere $30.oo (thirty bucks!).
"J" also tuned and tweaked it based on his own experience and told me that when I am ready to start shooting loads of primer to come see him or at least talk at him...
This is very cool!
My world is soon to begin "raining rivers of very bright colours"...
ILYGTY!
~Wolfie
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Hell, I done ripped it off the HINGES!!!!
We can order whatever I need through the shop itself at professional rates. All I need is "J" to guide me on what the "RIGHT STUFF" is....
We wheelin' and dealin'....
We can order whatever I need through the shop itself at professional rates. All I need is "J" to guide me on what the "RIGHT STUFF" is....
We wheelin' and dealin'....
Last edited by Greywolf; Sep 7, 2006 at 09:45 PM.
i ain't rite
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jest be rememberen ta be puttin a hairnet thingie on ya tail before ya go startin ta be shooten any o thet thar paint. weuns ain't gonna be wantin ta be seein ya wit a multicolored tail now.
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I know how that works. A guy has a tool box and has to have stuff to put in it. Soon you are out of room but still need tools. Bigger tool box, MORE tool boxes, more tools, round and round you go till you have what I have now.
An unusable garage. Oh sure it's full of "good stuff" that "might" or "could" be used "someday". Like that piece of steel, can't chuck that cuz I might need it for a gussett. Or those 29 pieces of random length 2x4's, can't be chucking those, no telling how many things I might need to brace with that stuff.
Wonder where I can move things to make room for the tool boxes, mmmmm....need more tool boxes to. All those tools piled on the top tray need a home. Clean out the Knaack box, that'll make room for something. Oh wait, it's full of......yep you guessed it......TOOLS......some of em need just a bit of work...brushes in this one, that one needs a cord or trigger, can't just chuck a TOOL!!!
Ahhhh......shelves are the answer. Got all that wall space just doing nothing, so up go shelves. Shelves are now full and still there is no place to put the "tools" that just had to be bought.....round and round we go
I've been "cleaning" the garage for a week now. Thrown out what I thought was enough stuff to make room a long nose Pete, yet I still have just an aisle to get from one side of the garage to the other. Gonna be tough to get the pickup parked in there to do that body work....maybe the overspray will behave and only go where it needs to and if not...well that bench or shelf needed paint anyway....didn't it???
Good luck on your "tool box filling" Wolfie!!!
An unusable garage. Oh sure it's full of "good stuff" that "might" or "could" be used "someday". Like that piece of steel, can't chuck that cuz I might need it for a gussett. Or those 29 pieces of random length 2x4's, can't be chucking those, no telling how many things I might need to brace with that stuff.
Wonder where I can move things to make room for the tool boxes, mmmmm....need more tool boxes to. All those tools piled on the top tray need a home. Clean out the Knaack box, that'll make room for something. Oh wait, it's full of......yep you guessed it......TOOLS......some of em need just a bit of work...brushes in this one, that one needs a cord or trigger, can't just chuck a TOOL!!!
Ahhhh......shelves are the answer. Got all that wall space just doing nothing, so up go shelves. Shelves are now full and still there is no place to put the "tools" that just had to be bought.....round and round we go
I've been "cleaning" the garage for a week now. Thrown out what I thought was enough stuff to make room a long nose Pete, yet I still have just an aisle to get from one side of the garage to the other. Gonna be tough to get the pickup parked in there to do that body work....maybe the overspray will behave and only go where it needs to and if not...well that bench or shelf needed paint anyway....didn't it???
Good luck on your "tool box filling" Wolfie!!!
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Originally Posted by mistakenID
I know how that works. A guy has a tool box and has to have stuff to put in it. Soon you are out of room but still need tools. Bigger tool box, MORE tool boxes, more tools, round and round you go till you have what I have now.
An unusable garage. Oh sure it's full of "good stuff" that "might" or "could" be used "someday". Like that piece of steel, can't chuck that cuz I might need it for a gussett. Or those 29 pieces of random length 2x4's, can't be chucking those, no telling how many things I might need to brace with that stuff.
Wonder where I can move things to make room for the tool boxes, mmmmm....need more tool boxes to. All those tools piled on the top tray need a home. Clean out the Knaack box, that'll make room for something. Oh wait, it's full of......yep you guessed it......TOOLS......some of em need just a bit of work...brushes in this one, that one needs a cord or trigger, can't just chuck a TOOL!!!
Ahhhh......shelves are the answer. Got all that wall space just doing nothing, so up go shelves. Shelves are now full and still there is no place to put the "tools" that just had to be bought.....round and round we go
I've been "cleaning" the garage for a week now. Thrown out what I thought was enough stuff to make room a long nose Pete, yet I still have just an aisle to get from one side of the garage to the other. Gonna be tough to get the pickup parked in there to do that body work....maybe the overspray will behave and only go where it needs to and if not...well that bench or shelf needed paint anyway....didn't it???
Good luck on your "tool box filling" Wolfie!!!
An unusable garage. Oh sure it's full of "good stuff" that "might" or "could" be used "someday". Like that piece of steel, can't chuck that cuz I might need it for a gussett. Or those 29 pieces of random length 2x4's, can't be chucking those, no telling how many things I might need to brace with that stuff.
Wonder where I can move things to make room for the tool boxes, mmmmm....need more tool boxes to. All those tools piled on the top tray need a home. Clean out the Knaack box, that'll make room for something. Oh wait, it's full of......yep you guessed it......TOOLS......some of em need just a bit of work...brushes in this one, that one needs a cord or trigger, can't just chuck a TOOL!!!
Ahhhh......shelves are the answer. Got all that wall space just doing nothing, so up go shelves. Shelves are now full and still there is no place to put the "tools" that just had to be bought.....round and round we go
I've been "cleaning" the garage for a week now. Thrown out what I thought was enough stuff to make room a long nose Pete, yet I still have just an aisle to get from one side of the garage to the other. Gonna be tough to get the pickup parked in there to do that body work....maybe the overspray will behave and only go where it needs to and if not...well that bench or shelf needed paint anyway....didn't it???
Good luck on your "tool box filling" Wolfie!!!
Why on earth should I pay someone else for a cheaply made MONSTER TOOL BOX when I can get a few drawer slides and cobble it together MYSELF???
Should I follow my natural instincts however, it will require a one ton suspension...
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I got lucky w/ my toolboxes. I've got an ATD bottom box, 4 small and 3 big drawers plus side storage. Top box is a Craftsman w/ 6 very small and 3 or 4 small drawers. Side box is a Proto w/ 1 deep and 6 shallow drawers. Total cost? FREE! Now I just need to find a deal like Greywolf's on tools.
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My husband's blacksmith shop is full of tools, equipment and brimming shelves of stuff he figures he is going to use.....Someday. And woe to anyone messing around or mussing up anything stacked (or else he cant find it)
Oh, and yeah.....he does have a good paint gun his father had. Only he cant remember where it is stored in the shop.
OOOOOOoooooo! My "SIG" shows up!
Oh, and yeah.....he does have a good paint gun his father had. Only he cant remember where it is stored in the shop.
OOOOOOoooooo! My "SIG" shows up!
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