Sunday, December 21, 2008

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Thank you for your continued support thru this past year
We are looking forward to another great year!
May you and your family have
a very
Merry Christmas
and a
Wonderful New Year!
Bruce & Debra

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Detail making in Winter Wonderland

With close to 5 feet of snow this season already
we are thankful for the steady flow of work
the breaks up the monotony of shoveling...


Though its snowing and blowing on the outside
the chips are flying on the inside....



Friday, November 28, 2008

Friday, November 21, 2008

Intricate Details keep things interesting!

If you put all the pieces of this puzzle together





You will end up with this
These details will be part of test equipment for door switches

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

We have Moved

For those of you that were never in our old shop
here are a couple of pics
as you can see it was pretty tight quarters

Old Shop

New Shop
The new shop is light and bright
with LOTS more space


The happy machinist working away...

Old shop, new shop, blue shop, cool shop!!

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Machine Move Date


If all goes as planned
Elmers
will be here on Oct. 16th
to move the machines to our new shop
WestSide Tool will be closed
October 15th -19th
We plan to be reopened
Monday Morning October 20th

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Friday, August 22, 2008

New Shop Progress


Floor before

Every Golfers Dream - strap on shoes ;-) Reading the DETAILED instructions
Now thats a stir stickApplication progress
Finished Product



http://www.musclegloss.com/

Monday, August 11, 2008

Summer Details












Details for automotive test equipment

We are having a great busy summer here in the North Country
Though the progress on our new shop & residence has been slow
we appreciate the constant flow of work!!



Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Tool Shop Humor

DRILL PRESS

A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal barstock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted piece which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.

WIRE WHEEL

Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, 'Oh crap"...

'ELECTRIC HAND DRILL

Normally used for spinning pop rivets in their holes until you die of old age.

SKILL SAW

A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.

PLIERS

Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood-blisters.

BELT SANDER

An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.

HACKSAW

One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.

VISE-GRIPS

Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.

WELDING GLOVES

Heavy duty leather gloves used to prolong the conduction of intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.

OXYACETYLENE TORCH

Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub out of which you want to remove a bearing race.

TABLE SAW

A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity.

HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK

Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack handle firmly under the bumper.

EIGHT-FOOT LONG YELLOW PINE

2X4 Used for levering an automobile upward off of a trapped hydraulicjack handle.

E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR

A tool ten times harder than any known drill bit that snaps neatly off in bolt holes thereby ending any possible future use.

BAND SAW

A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops to cut good aluminum sheet into smaller pieces that more easily fit into the trash can after you cut on the inside of the line instead of the outside edge.

TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST

A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of everything you forgot to disconnect.

CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 24-INCH SCREWDRIVER

A very large pry bar that inexplicably has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on the end opposite the handle.

AVIATION METAL SNIPS

*See hacksaw.

PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER

Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids or for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads.

STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER

A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to convert common slotted screws into non-removable screws.

PRY BAR

A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.

HOSE CUTTER

A tool used to make hoses too short.

HAMMER

Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer now a days is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

MECHANIC'S KNIFE

Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles, collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts. Especiallyuseful for slicing work clothes, but only while in use.

DAMMIT TOOL

Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage while yelling 'DAMMIT' at the top of your lungs. It is also, most often,the next tool that you will need.