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I’ll be towing an 8’ x 8’ x 20’ enclosed cargo trailer to Arizona. My full size Chevy beater pickup has an ’84 body. I’m seeking recommendations for aftermarket mirrors. I prefer a tri-mount design to the sliders I see. So far, the best my search has come up with is this one...

Nice Mr. Strasil. Here’s one I made more than 25 years ago for scribing on metal. Its construction looks sorta dumb to me now, but it works for me as well now as it did when I first squared it up. 36” SS straightedge, beveled one side. 1/8” x 2” x 18” O-1 steel bar; unhardened.

That you have refrained from lighting up (and from killing anyone, too), for a full year now is terrific! Near as I can tell from here, your even-keeled demeanor has barely tipped this way or that. Ken, you are truly The Man! Congrats, and thanks for being who you are.

Here’s a couple ole buddies I got out of the trailer I will leave behind. I’ve been thinking that the angle grinder might serve as a roughing tool for chunks on a lathe. Then, when it is nitty gritty time, and I have to use and sharpen those finer tools, I can get some white wheels and mount...

Well everyone will find a way to make today’s project work out fine. A bit in a hand drill will wander. A bit in a drill press will sometimes bend. Here are some of the bits I use for drilling wood at home, often piloting with a smaller/shorter bit…

I worked with metal and was always fascinated with steel joining systems for large timbers. I read FHB and pored over the details of steel joinery designed by architects. I wondered how, had I been the contractor, I would have solved the hole transfer problems. I knew a lot of architects and...