7 hours ago, p_toad said:

I suppose if i had one of these in it's own case

 

Torque Multiplier Plate Reaction Style Input 1/2" Sq./Output 1-1/2" Sq.

Part Number : 9S395WR

$7,494.93

 

i would probably put it in a few layers of that stuff.

A 58# hand wrench!

Cal

Keith, my son used Kaizen in all his tool box drawers. And, he was a jet mechanic. Unfortunately, he also learned how to be disorganized from his dad. His shop is a disaster. Makes me proud.

My gun case interiors will be lined and sculpted with Kaizen. Any leftovers might find their way into a drawer or two. 

8 hours ago, p_toad said:

I suppose if i had one of these in it's own case

 

Torque Multiplier Plate Reaction Style Input 1/2" Sq./Output 1-1/2" Sq.

Part Number : 9S395WR

$7,494.93

 

i would probably put it in a few layers of that stuff.

Gear ratio 60:1.   Doesn't that mean you have to do 60 revolutions to do one turn on your nut or bolt!?

12 minutes ago, kmealy said:

Gear ratio 60:1.   Doesn't that mean you have to do 60 revolutions to do one turn on your nut or bolt!?

 

Yes it does.  Use the multiplier after you get it as tight as you can with a conventional wrench.

I am in the process of rethinking a lot of my tool storage.  I have one cabinet that I use to store paint brushes and related supplies in. It has a double panel in the back.  The first is a standard 1/4" back then I have a 3/4" dead space then a sheet of peg board. I use the peg hooks to organize all the brushes and stuff.  Keeps em hanging neatly and at the ready. In the past I used peg board in the backs of larger cabinets but unless you reinforce it it ends up sagging. I did buy one section of metal pegboard from Menards and I use it to hang all my levels and framing squares on. I had some 24" deep wire shelves and I mounted it to the end of the shelves.

 

Well, I don't know why I came here tonight
I got the feeling that something ain't right
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair,
And I'm wondering how I'll get down those stairs.

 

Shelves to the left of me, pegboard to the right,

Here I am, stuck in the middle with you:

I think it's "the space dictates the storage".
 

5 hours ago, PeteM said:

 

I think it's "the space dictates the storage".
 

This is a corollary to Parkinson's Law -- Junk expands to fill empty space.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson's_law

 

Just made a stop at Costco.   If I didn't have one already.

 

https://www.costco.com/Kirkland-Signature-42"-Mobile-16-Drawer-Tool-Chest.product.100148149.html

 

Peg Board is a place to hang stuff you never want to find again,and go out and buy a new one to use once and hang up along side the one you couldn't find..

Herb

That's a nice box, Keith. But, $600 "is a lot of money".  etc., etc.

Edited June 14, 20179 yr by Gene Howe

52 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

That's a nice box, Keith. But, $600 "is a lot of money".  etc., etc.

That's close to what I spent on lumber and hardware building a dresser.   And I didn't have nearly as many drawers and they were 3/4 extension, not full extension slides.

 

Some time I want to visit Gerstner up on Dayton.  They make some fine mechanics' / patternmakers' chest -- all by hand (mostly).   I could get into building one of those for myself.  Love those painted brick walls  But $1300 is a lot of money

 

 

Still shaking my head at the guy who at auction bid over $100 (before tax and bidder's premium) for a Harbor Freight mechanics chest with lots of scratches and dings that he could have bought new on the same day for $89.

 

Edited June 14, 20179 yr by kmealy

Man, that's a thoroughly enjoyable video. Those folks know their stuff.

Thanks for posting, Keith.

Just found out Gerstner's Spring sale / open house is this Friday and Saturday.    Too hot and rainy to do anything else, so I might have to go.

i would love to have one (or more, lol) of their boxes, but for now will just stick with my old Kennedy 520.  One of these days i would like to refurbish it right.

I see those Gerstner chests show up occasionally on CL, they are never listed at a cheap price. They are quite handsome chests.

1 hour ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

I see those Gerstner chests show up occasionally on CL, they are never listed at a cheap price. They are quite handsome chests.

I can't imagine anyone wanting to sell one. 

7 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

I can't imagine anyone wanting to sell one. 

heirs

30 minutes ago, kmealy said:

heirs

 

squeezing every plugged nickle out of the estate they can...

42 minutes ago, kmealy said:

heirs

 

10 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

 

squeezing every plugged nickle out of the estate they can...

Shameful.

I've had a few that have called the woodworking club, "We're in town for the next three days cleaning up my late father's home.   Come get all the stuff from his workshop."    We put it in our annual fund-raising auction.

 

I usually turn down the baby food jars full of unsorted hardware.   Life is too short to sort out six different length brad nails (usually rusty).

Edited June 15, 20179 yr by kmealy

9 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

 

Shameful.

 

oh the stories i've witnessed from people passing away and the heirs fighting over crap.