The air would be blue.

Fucking scare tactic bullshit here

I say “SOME”, because it won’t work on anything that is seized up usually or anything the engraver can’t reach.

I have used this method dozens of times and even got a 16mm hunk of All Thread that was 4 inches long to go through a 2 inch thick hole in solid Stainless Steel!

I was taught this trick by an older guy I worked with for several year named Lynn. He was in the Merchant Marines for many years and finally retired at the age of 76!

May God heap many blessings on him, I learned a ton of things from him over the years and he was just a sweetheart of a guy.

I was out doing the brakes on the front of the Big Red Beast this morning and broke this little 5/16’s bolt off, the very last thing I needed to get done before putting the wheel and tire back on when I felt it “go soft” and break off.

I built this engraver out of a box full of parts and ones that got thrown out because they quit working. Grainger wants $450 for them but you can get one from Amazon for aout $85. I don’t get anything if you buy one but I am highly recommending them if you do any kind of wrenching. Click on the highlighted link below if you want to get one.

This thing is worth it’s weight in diamonds, I’m telling ya.

Anyways, enough with the yapping, here’s the video I took.

I even got lucky enough to find a stainless steel replacement out in Phil’s Temple of Tools, otherwise known as The Big Mess I call the garage.

Mission accomplished.

Let me know in the comments if you have ever heard of this little trick because even after 40 years of wrenching it was a first for me when Ol’ Lynn pulled that one out and showed me.

I also went to work early on Thursday and had a little tire shop on the way put 4 used tires on the truck for $340, including a $20 tip for the kid.

Mounted, balanced and installed, they even took the 4 soft rubber snow tires that ol’ Chuck had put on it about a year before he passed off my hands without me having to pay for it.

The local Les Schwab tire store wanted $550 EACH, for the same size and style of tires I got. Bigger and wider, the thing rides better now and the bigger tires make it look like a real truck now.

I have a 4 hour road trip coming up for the 4th of July and I am trying to get the thing ready for the trip.

Because this shit is Hard Core!

I saw two more that won’t load for some damn reason but in one they were using a belt and the other they were using a damn whip!

Damned if I know if this is some sick Oriental game or what but I can absolutely guarantee you that I will not be participating!

I thought some of these tricks were pretty cool and had never seen them before so I thought I would share.

This is way the fuck overdue.

The Aliens version,

And the Humans Version,

I actually got lucky, one time.

The socket rolled up against the back tire before it got clear out into the street.

I got an email and a phone call from CederQ telling me that the site is under attack by Malware and he can’t get into the dashboard. So this is basically a test post. Today is my youngest daughter;s Birthday and I am up early so we can go to downtown Vancouver for a brunch and from there I am going to work. If Bluehost hasn’t got it fixed on their own by the time I get home then there will be a lengthy phone call in order.

Just FYI.

Phil

I think she has a basic grasp of the situation.

Every single time that I have EVER tried to knock a dent out of something it winds up looking like a bag of walnuts.

This is an artist at work here.

I quit working on cars for a living in disgust way back in 1999.

This is the perfect example of why I have never regretted that decision.