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I swear I need to clean up and organize my bench, but I never do. I’ve had to buy all sorts of springs, detents, and other random screws and small parts because I drop them and lose them.
Today, I was putting a scope back on a rifle with Warne Maxima scope rings. I put one ring on the scope and get the screws started. Just as I start the other ring, I hear something land somewhere and I just knee it was that cross slot lug. I proceed to tear apart my bench looking for this thing. I get so irritated with myself and the situation that I have to walk outside.
I stand there and the fresh air does nothing to calm me down. So, I do what any reasonable man would do. I throw a mini cussing tantrum and kick some imaginary version of my own ass. That’s when I saw something small and silver fly off my foot and into the blackberry bushes.
I think that lug was riding on top of my shoe this whole time. Looks like I’m off to buy a new set of rings.
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I would like to have the gas to Lowes for #6 or #8 screws and such, only to find the last 10 bags I bought looking for a file next week....
To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.-Richard Henry Lee
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Every time I go to the auto parts store, I buy a pair of Mechanix gloves because I wear them at work. Problem is, I don’t go through them at the rate that I buy them. So I probably 6 or 7 extra pairs.
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I have at least two of everything because when I can’t find one I have to buy another. Last big ($100) lost” item was a Fluke volt/amp meter. Stumbled across the lost one a week or two later rolled up in a plastic grocery bag underneath other stuff. WTH was it doing there?
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My workbench isn’t too bad, but my shop floor eats screws. You drop any kind of scope ring or base screw and it is gone, never to be seen again.
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I have at least two of everything because when I can’t find one I have to buy another. Last big ($100) lost” item was a Fluke volt/amp meter. Stumbled across the lost one a week or two later rolled up in a plastic grocery bag underneath other stuff. WTH was it doing there? Same thing my rosin for the barrel bushings were doing in the garage medicine cabinet........hiding. Yep , found it with more on the way.
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Have a lot of duplicate stuff, it's easier to just buy new than look. And possibly, after I look around and get so mad I have a headache and am sick in the guts, still might not find it.
Buy new, do the job, move on!
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You have way too many little bitty parts off the cloth. Suddenly comes the “tink” of a small object hitting the floor. Never mind you’ve been trying for hours to fix something that has a reverse thread screw you weren’t aware of. Never mind you’ve had to stop 3 times to help your wife find something right now. Never mind you never really liked or needed this dang thing anyway and already put in the garbage twice. All that matters is that you beat the devil at his own game. So there you are with your cheek as close to level with the floor as it can be, searching diligently along the beam of a flashlight at midnight hoping against hope the next micro bump that casts a shadow will be the unknown part you seek.
“When Tyranny becomes Law, Rebellion becomes Duty”
Colossians 3:17 (New King James Version) "And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him."
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for the first time in my life i have a shop that i can both have all my schit in one place, and find it. never been so organized. its great. i also have 4 work benches and a big layout table so that when one bench gets trashed i just move onto the next.
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My workbench isn’t too bad, but my shop floor eats screws. You drop any kind of scope ring or base screw and it is gone, never to be seen again. That's because they elope to Australia with the socks that get lost in the wash and live happily ever after....
Figures don't lie, But Liars figure Assumption is the mother of mistakes
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Took years, but I am organized, bins on the wall for spare parts
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I have a little magnet on an extendable shaft/handle that is pretty good at locating tiny lost screws and springs. Dropping a nut or screw under a car hood results in a 0.0000001% chance of it hitting the ground. A spring that launches it’s self from the workbench has about the same probability of landing in the open floor.
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I need to clean my shop out bad, freaking mess in there!
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Which is why it's a good deal when doing close work to have a baking pan under your cr p, sitting on a soft but NOT BOUNCY plain cloth surface. Preferably with some of those Harber Frate magnets on each corner. Saves lots of screaming and yelling, trust me. When I worked on a corporate history of Columbia Helicopters, I interviewed a guy who had been doing fuel system overhauls on their turbines for years. He was on his last one. But man, talk about meticulous, organized and "lose proof."
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Every time I go to the auto parts store, I buy a pair of Mechanix gloves because I wear them at work. Problem is, I don’t go through them at the rate that I buy them. So I probably 6 or 7 extra pairs. One of my pet peeves was people who who wear mechanics gloves, what a bunch of pussies
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One of my pet peeves was people who who wear mechanics gloves, what a bunch of pussies You're a peach.
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After I turn the lights on and the radio on,I vacuum the shop and before I close up I vacuum again and I still launch springs into the next universe never to be seen again.
there is no man more free than he who has nothing left to lose --unknown-- " If it bleeds we can kill it" Conan The Barbarian
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Every time I go to the auto parts store, I buy a pair of Mechanix gloves because I wear them at work. Problem is, I don’t go through them at the rate that I buy them. So I probably 6 or 7 extra pairs. One of my pet peeves was people who who wear mechanics gloves, what a bunch of pussies They’re great for LE work. Not so thick that you cant do pat searches, apply cuffs, or shoot. They’re not so thin that you can’t knock on a bunch of doors or hit someone without banging your hand up. They’re also great on the range when shooting ARs or shotguns. Keeps you from burning your hands after several hundred rounds.
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After I turn the lights on and the radio on,I vacuum the shop and before I close up I vacuum again and I still launch springs into the next universe never to be seen again. The safety/slide stop detents and spring on a 1911 are under a lot more pressure than I ever thought. Glad my gunsmith has a sense of humor and lots of extra parts.
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I’ve said it a hundred times, “if you can’t find it quickly, you don’t own it!”
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