Good For The Skin

Posted on May 18, 2012January 30, 2020 by Steve Carpenter

18 May

– Working with fiberglass can be an itchy and scratchy experience. Cover your arms with baby powder before you start the job.

– Got a good cut on your hand? The best thing I have found is pour or dip the effected area into motor oil. Yes it sounds stupid but the oil reacts with the wound and will help it heal faster.

– Last but for sure not least is Super Glue. This stuff can be used on anything from a hang nail to a skin flap. Remember that Super Glue was invented during the Civil war as an alternative to sowing people up. The stuff will hold a cut closed and you can get back to work without the hassle of a bandage falling off.

Never Brake Your Tap

Posted on May 18, 2012January 30, 2020 by Steve Carpenter

18 May

Tapping holes is no cause for concern until you break a tap in the hole. To prevent binding the tap and risking breakage, turn the tap a 1/2-turn forward and a 1/4-turn backwards, then repeat until completed. You will never break a tap again, as the 1/4-turn rearward clears the tap debris.

I Didn’t Know That? Low Fuel

Posted on May 18, 2012January 30, 2020 by Steve Carpenter

18 May

This one is more for modern cars then hot rods but we didn’t know about it until we found this blurb in “Trucks” So we thought we would share it anyway.

Most any manufacturer nowadays has an electric in-tank fuel pump. Leading cause of death? Overheating due to low fuel levels. Today’s pumps are actually cooled by the fuel and when the tank gets too low, the pump is exposed and gets hot. The pump actually starves momentarily as you stop, go, and corner, which only adds to the problem. Don’t wait until the light is on to refuel

Good Thing You Have A Cat

Posted on May 18, 2012January 30, 2020 by Steve Carpenter

18 May

We all spill and sadly guys we are adults now and Mom is not there to clean it up for us. But more to the point, how many times have you griped over the cost of “Super Clean” or another related clean up products. Spilling fluid of any kind on the garage floor is still best handled with kitty litter. It works better than any commercial absorber and doesn’t have any dust in it.

Seems Like A No Brainer?

Posted on May 18, 2012January 30, 2020 by Steve Carpenter

18 May

Draping a sheet or towel over your workbench area when working on something small with lots of parts that could scatter will help you to find them more easily. Leave the material loose and lumpy instead of smooth, and anything that gets dropped or falls will sit in the material instead of rolling off the bench and into a dark crevice.

Drilled To Deep?

Posted on May 18, 2012January 30, 2020 by Steve Carpenter

18 May

Not exactly rocket science in this day and age, but wrapping tape around a drill bit at a pre measured length makes an easy depth-gauge point to stop drilling.

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