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Old 07-28-2008, 10:00 PM   #1
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Love the bench top. Looks great.
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Old 07-29-2008, 03:59 AM   #2
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Looks pimp! you should have taken a pic of your bike and put it in there too...
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Old 07-29-2008, 01:59 PM   #3
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Your craftmenship is GREAT!! And great thinking outside the box.
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Old 11-10-2008, 05:48 PM   #4
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holy cow... beginning to now is an amazing transition
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Old 11-15-2008, 09:49 PM   #5
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Thank you.

Was working on three bikes in there today. It's become quite the useful little shop
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Old 12-01-2008, 11:52 AM   #6
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Mounted the vice to my workbench:



Also finally got around to organizing my tools a bit... here's a few drawers





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Old 12-01-2008, 01:22 PM   #7
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CEO.... You're doing it wrong. You need to get 1" thick foam rubber, cut it to the size of the drawer and then carefully cut out the shape of each tool, so that when you open the drawer you notice immediately if a tool is missing.

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Old 12-01-2008, 01:37 PM   #8
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CEO.... You're doing it wrong. You need to get 1" thick foam rubber, cut it to the size of the drawer and then carefully cut out the shape of each tool, so that when you open the drawer you notice immediately if a tool is missing.

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I wonder if we have any laying around our shop? We use it for our tools here. I might have to rape some and fill up the old Craftsman box.
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Old 12-01-2008, 09:56 PM   #9
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CEO.... You're doing it wrong. You need to get 1" thick foam rubber, cut it to the size of the drawer and then carefully cut out the shape of each tool, so that when you open the drawer you notice immediately if a tool is missing.

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That's really fucking pretty. I want.
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Old 12-01-2008, 10:17 PM   #10
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CEO.... You're doing it wrong. You need to get 1" thick foam rubber, cut it to the size of the drawer and then carefully cut out the shape of each tool, so that when you open the drawer you notice immediately if a tool is missing.

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yeah that shit is awesome... when I finally build my tools back up I'll be doing that.makes finding shit as you said much easier... and quiets it down (not a big concern but still nice)
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