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Mose and I went in search of some wheels for a trailer at Bert and Johnnie's junkyard in San Leandro Ca.I wondered why it was so hard to find the size...
The junkyard had this keyring full of handy guages for checking whether a wheel would fit a car. If they both have the same number of holes and the sp...
This was the sort of well organized junkyard you find in places where land isn't cheap. They weren't even draining the fluids onto the ground to make ...
After some oil this gorgeous machine spun right up and the blade wasn't even too bad. It used to be a hinged cutoff saw but someone stood it up and pu...
After a bit I started noticing the brilliant features of this little saw. For instance the stand is made from a shopping cart. The wheels are position...
It took one of my co-workers a long time to explain why this is so brilliant. Finally I understood. Ordinarily a bandsaw blade is sideways and if you ...
This toothbrush cleans the side of the blade that rides on the wheels. Otherwise crap can build up on it and cause a crooked cut, tire wear, etc.
This lampshade is made from the side of a can. The hose clamp is just loose enough to twist the shade around to any angle, so your work is illuminated...
A co-worker of mine wrapped tape around this hacksaw blade to use it in some confined space. Usually I'd wrap the other end to use it as a pull saw. I...
Here's the most comfortable movie theater in the world! It's Central Cinema in Alameda California. The chairs are all easy chairs, couches, and reclin...
I learned this trick in a cafe in Gaza many years ago. I'd ordered an "orange squash" which is a product found in the British Commonwealth. It's fla...
This is in a gully across the street from a high school in Austin Texas. Someone put these two pallets in a storm drain. They're high enough to stay ...
There are lots of signs like this in front of houses in Austin Texas. They're made of the same plastic material as other campaign and roadside adverti...
Heather and Hayden are in the Phoenix airport waiting for their flight. Hayden's wearing a harness and leash. The harness has a built-in backpack tha...
Someone spilled some paint while painting red curbs in The Mission district, San Francisco. Someone came along later and turned it into "The Red Curb ...
for purposes of welding plastic. The large pieces they deal with are usually not marked with recycling codes.from: http://www.malcom.com/downloads/tec...
Martin Kelly is a crossing guard in Alameda, CA. He welded up this nifty chair that plugs into the trailer hitch socket on his truck. Now he can keep...
My Toshiba Satellite M35X - S161 laptop has a weak power connector. They all do. The solder joints crack and then your battery doesn't charge and the ...
Got a stick you want to stand vertically? Like a "don't park here" sign? Here's how they make them in SF from some scrap plywood nailed to a 2x4.
These gents in the SF Mission district were just given a neon sign. Fortunately they were also given a skateboard, which enabled them to move it many...
Vbrar made this great prototype of a punching bag alarm clock. To turn it off he has to beat up on the punching bag. He put accelerometers into the ba...
Seen on Atlantic Avenue, Alameda CA.There are probably stakes driven down through the bales into the ground to keep the water pressure from pushing th...
Pete Lynne's sewing machine has two feed spools on it. That way when his bobbin runs out of thread, he can take a loaded bobbin off the bobbin winder ...
Chris Barnhart told me about this trick.Got a favorite pair that isn't your favorite smell? Soak them in bleach water and hang them out to dry.No more...
Next time you see a ski with the p-tex bottom coming off it, pull it the rest of the way off and use it to repair your good ones. P-tex is a porous p...
At Jack's auto parts, Oakland CA. This toy dragon costume fits perfectly onto a robot tyrannosaurus toy. When you throw the switch it monsters around...
Human taxidermy texas-theme table spotted at the giant antique fleamarket held the first sunday of the month on the Alameda Point runway, California.
Spotted at the same immense antique fleamarket. A futon lattice frame attached to the lumber rack on this classic ford courier pickup truck. It create...
Have to cross a swamp on the way to the fleamarket? No problem with this home-customized monster-truck style wagon. The high-flotation tires will keep...
Nicole Parsons added a cargo net behind her legs on her wheelchair. Her dog decided it was his house and likes it a lot. Nicole is a great dentist, ...
This stock conveyor expands instantly to unload trucks quickly when they show up with new crates of counterfiet crocs and countless commodities. Spot...
To keep your water stone from clogging, put a little dish soap on it along with the water. You'll feel the difference. I went to the courthouse to tu...
I got a deal (free) on this pipe cuz it got bent in a storm. Here's how I straightened it using a dumpster. Put a cardboard pad at the stress point if...
Joe rode his motorcycle to the hardware store and bought more than he thought he would. So in great anguish he accepted two shopping bags and tied the...
Blaze of Glory has a very durable lashed rudder hinge. It's done kind of like one of those Mexican snake toys.I have no idea where or if this type of...
Are you on the Caveman diet? the Zone diet? Atkins? Ask for a double-double burger "protein style" at In-And-Out Burger. It's not on the menu. and t...
This one won't break. Made from a chunk of stainless steel stay cable from a boat.It seems to have just the right amount of flex to stand up right. I ...
Steel channels welded onto the side of this container act as tracks for the doors, which are nothing more than pieces of corrugated roofing tin. Very ...
The filter for this shopvac blew away in a gale. I made a new one by tying a piece of a t-shirt over the intake with a strip of bicycle innertube. For...
Someone had the bright idea to put a bend in this bike rack. It'll hold more bikes and is a lot easier to put your bike in. I've used the vertical kin...
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