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Funnel Storage

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Dan

A few months ago I wrote a post about making caliper hangers out of coat hangers. I recently had to figure out a way to store my funnels I use for various fluids, so out came the coat hangers again.

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Getting Creative with Tools

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Dan

There are always times when that one bolt you need to turn is in a really inconvenient place, and it leads you to come up with combinations of tools you wouldn’t usually.

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22 Things I Keep In My Car (and what you really need)

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Dan

I’ve always been someone who likes being prepared. I like to be the guy who pulls out whatever item someone happens to ask for. It’s no surprise that I keep a lot of stuff in my car.

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The Yankee Handyman

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Dan

One of the other techs in the shop was looking over a used car and found a few tools, including a special screwdriver.

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Tool Review: Knipex Mini Bolt Cutters

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Dan

Things need to be cut. Sometimes regular side-cutters just don’t work well enough.

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Excessive Tool Packaging

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Dan

Before I got my job at the Toyota dealership, I ordered tools and had them shipped to me, because I couldn’t just get them from the salesman that comes the shop by every week. Now I understand that you can … Continue reading →

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Evolution of My Toolbox

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Dan

It’s interesting to look back at older pictures of my toolbox. Over the two and a half years I’ve been buying tools, I’ve gotten a lot.

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6 Tools I Didn’t Know I’d Need

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Dan

When I first started automotive school, I really didn’t know anything about tools. The school provided a list of tools I’d need, and I just had the Snap-On guy order it all for me. If I had known more about … Continue reading →

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Tool Review: Gardner Bender Automatic Wire Stripper

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Dan

Whenever I’ve tried using regular wire strippers, I always get frustrated. I don’t understand how people use them easily. Then I found these. I first found out about these in college, when one of my teachers was trying them out … Continue reading →

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Bad Machining Job

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Dan

When I first bought my tools, at the start of my first semester of automotive school, I got a whole bunch of Snap-On stuff. I didn’t know that much about tools at the time, so for a while I thought … Continue reading →

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