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Yeah, I have a set of those now. They are expensive though, and the plexiglass solution is MUCH cheaper.

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I just use the customers ash tray to put all the screws in. I clean it out for the customer anyway. As for a use of those old blown speaker mags. I have one stuck to my oil pan. I gave some to my buddy he puts them in the oil bath on the presses he runs.

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how about one of those situations where you dont have a window crank removal tool and you need to remove a window crank, you can just use a small length of 18 guage shop primary wire to shimmy that stupid annoying little pin out of its home.

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Insomniacustoms wrote:

I generally just use a right angle pick when the window crank removal tool proves uneffective or just decided to hide. (Damn thing runs and hides from me, I swear it)

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Window crank clips can be removed easy withg a shop rag, just slide it under the crank on the open side of the clip and pull it back and forth till the clip catches on the rag popping it off. usually it will stay stuck in the rag saving precious search time :)

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Fork works best in a pinch.

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I use a old grinded down antenna alot, that w/ some tape is a good poker/wire routing tool. Our senior installer "J" has a little flexible grabber (claw lookeing thing) he got from sears for a few bucks that works really good too.

Another cool tool I use that everyone used to crack on me about is a LED flashlight that has the head straps, its really comfy and bright and I dont have to fumble w/ a light and can use both hands for work.

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Another cool tool for you fibreglass guys is the resin roller used to remove bubbles from your glasswork. Take a small paint roller, a 1", 2" or 3" works good and remove the roller. Next head on down to the hardware store and buy some washers, lots of them in two different sizes. The sizes need to differ by 1/16" in diameter. Insert the washers onto the roller, alternating between large and small until the roller is full. Figure out a way to secure the washers to the roller. Now you have a great way to roll the bubbles out of your resin. Make sure you clean the gaget throughly in resin after you are done.

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You mean thinner or acetone.

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