Tip of the day.

[nbking]

I bolted a piece of strap to the end of my log splitter to hold my hookaroon, less bending if a piece falls to the ground.

 

[mike0000]

Along the lines of marking filters w/miles/hours/date. I mark our car intakes (don’t have to look under them to find marked filter) with Date/miles, (old cars, no computer reminders) I also mark each one with oil capacity. I buy multiple filters at a time and mark the box as to which vehicle they go on.

Mike

 

[Doofy]

Hang an accordion(expandable) file on the wall for Vehicle Maintenance and whatever. Throw in receipts and info on what's been done and when.

 

[Doofy]

Magnets! I use magnets all over the garage for sticking on things I use often.

 

[/pine]

Magnets! I use magnets all over the garage for sticking on things I use often.View attachment 768632

Don't always get to work in the best places...used to use small trays for parts but now I always use a magnet when disassembling something to keep all the little parts...still use a tray but the magnet helps when I knock the tray over...!

 

[Doofy]

Don't always get to work in the best places...used to use small trays for parts but now I always use a magnet when disassembling something to keep all the little parts...still use a tray but the magnet helps when I knock the tray over...!

Thumbs up on those magnetic parts trays. They have saved my bacon on several occasions. I am prone to knocking things over.

 

[JasperFrank]

Buy a freaken dish washer.

 

[Doofy]

Buy a freaken dish washer.

The Wife put the brakes on me using the dishwasher for cleaning car parts. It did work very well. I can't be a redneck all the time!

 

[JasperFrank]

You can have more than one dish washer. This is why garages have to have water feeds and electricity and their own leach field.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

I keep a binder in my shop for maintenance records. I made up a sheet with make, model, purchase date, serial number/VIN etc. for each piece of equipment I own. I also have a line for filter numbers, and oil capacities.

Each time any maintenance is done to something, we fill in a line with a description and date/hours/mileage.

Sometimes I will attach receipts for work done. Each sheet is inside a plastic protector.

I keep spare sheets in the back of the binder for when I get new equipment, or a sheet fills up.

This makes it easy to look in the binder and see when maintenance is due on each piece of equipment.

It also is handy to show potential buyers my maintenance records when I sell something.

 

[Doofy]

One of my favorite garage investments during the last 20 years is the "Dust Deputy". This simple dust collector tied in to my ol' craftsman shop vac has saved me tons of money and countless time. The unit is mounted under the work bench, and out of the way and I have enough vacuum hose to reach every square inch of the garage.

The Dust Deputy funnels all the Dust, dirt or sawdust in to a 5 gallon bucket and leaves my shop-vac and filter empty and clean. No more replacing expensive filters.

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There are less expensive clones out there now too.

 

[dodge man]

This is probably a tip the regular chainsaw users already know or have a better container. I use this container for bar oil, the gallon jugs are just too much.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

This is probably a tip the regular chainsaw users already know or have a better container. I use this container for bar oil, the gallon jugs are just too much.
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A chain and bar oil tip that has save me is...
Instead of removing the entire plastic thing from the mouth of the container, put a vertical slit inline with the pour handle. Pouring it is MUCH easier to control that way. I hope that makes sense.

 

[VaGlock]

Was tired of equipment keys shoved in toolbox drawer at back of garage, so I gutted this power box switch and mounted it by the garage man door, put keys on small carabiners and can now grab the key on the way out the door. It is also lockable when vacationing.

 

[Doofy]

Was tired of equipment keys shoved in toolbox drawer at back of garage, so I gutted this power box switch and mounted it by the garage man door, put keys on small carabiners and can now grab the key on the way out the door. It is also lockable when vacationing.

Now, That's a great idea. Thanks!

 

[civilian]

Late to the party. About stinky garbage, we found out with the first child many years ago, orange peels worked well reducing the smell of diaper pails. Works with garbage also. Jon

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Was tired of equipment keys shoved in toolbox drawer at back of garage, so I gutted this power box switch and mounted it by the garage man door, put keys on small carabiners and can now grab the key on the way out the door. It is also lockable when vacationing.

Like this

 

[lman]

Like this

Never seen anything quite like that.

 

[ArlyA]

A chain and bar oil tip that has save me is...
Instead of removing the entire plastic thing from the mouth of the container, put a vertical slit inline with the pour handle. Pouring it is MUCH easier to control that way. I hope that makes sense.

We go through more than 1 gallon of bar oil per year and that is exactly what we do. That is, take a knife and make a slot cut in the can seal for highly controllable pours. I'll post a pic if I can get one.

 

[dodge man]

Rolling cart. I was tired of my tools, parts etc laying all over the floor. I bought this cart a few years ago and use it all the time. I end up using the lower level a lot if I’m working on the floor. If your doing something like a brake job you just wheel it to the other side when finished on one side.