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Tired of losing all those screws that you take out of the dashboard? Got some old speakers that have blown? Bust off the magnets, take moms favorite metal cake pan, stick the magnets on the bottom and secure with some hot glue. Next add some duct tape to them to keep them from scratching on a leather seat or dashboard. Now you have a nice new magnetic tool tray that keeps all of those screws in one spot, safe and secure and no need to go looking for replacements.
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Is a magnetic tray for $7 off the truck too much? JK.
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Here's one for ya. Get yourself a peice of hollow peice of tubular metal, and grind one end to a edge, now ya got a nice rubber grommet tool to run ya wire though.(If you dont wanna buy a 2 peice set for $15 off the truck)
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they are called magnetic parts bowls and available at Princess Auto for .50 cent each, plus the magnet is encased in rubber so you dont scratch a dash or console when you take them into the car..... i have about 10 of them on the go in the back of the shop... we load them crimp connects when doing a deck install or dash screws, etc when doing starter installs.....
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I do realize what they are guys and where to get them of course (althoug here Snap On is $20.00 -ouch). Point is that alot of guys have blown speakers, now they can do something with them. (note the sarcastic take moms favorite cake pan). Keep posting the cool tool ideas here, lets see what we get.
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If you need to poke a hole in the firewall and cant find your normal tool, just remove the customers antenna and grind the little ball off the end. Now it will slide through like butter and you can just screw it back on when your done. Dont worry though, they'll never notice. And for those that are sarcasticly impared, yes Im Joking about this.
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And for those that are sarcasticly impared, yes Im Joking about this.[/QUOTE wrote:
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God I was hoping you would put some kind of disclaimer, I could jus

God I was hoping you would put some kind of disclaimer, I could just see somebody doing that and then blaming you for getting them fired!

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We have several of those ground antenna's at work we pulled off of customers cars when they got replacements.  They do work great.

I bought a magnetic tool tray I purchased at Harbor Freight and really never use it.  I usually just use the factory cup holders/cubbies to hold the factory screws.

You can make your own perfect circle using a piece of plexiglass and a plunge router.  Just cut the plexiglass so it will mount on the router.  Now when you need to cut a circle, just use a tape measure to measure from the router bit to the circle radius you desire, and mark this point with a sharpie.  Now drill a hole through the plexiglass and into the center point of the desired hole, but don't take the drill bit out of the wood/plexiglass.  Instead release it from your drill, and it will act as a pivot point for your router. 

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^^^ Hey that was my idea!  - Jasper
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Like I say, great Steve's think alike. How to: Build a cool tool. -- posted image.

I can't take credit for that though.  It was taught to me a long time ago by an installer I used to work with.

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