WestSide Tool, LLC

Intricacy the name of the game

2012-01-11T16:58:00.000-05:00

Thankful for the work that keeps coming in!!
Makes for busy busy days and nights!!

for the Auto Industry

5 Years in Business

2011-12-26T10:04:00.000-05:00

Thank you

to all or our clients

and

friends who made it so!!!

Wishing you a prosperous

New Year -

Bruce and Debra

Business Hours

2011-11-16T09:24:00.003-05:00

Business hours are 8-6 Mon - Friday

Other times are appointment only -

Please call - 231-947-5683

As Busy as we want to be

2011-08-01T11:15:00.000-04:00

From the

Automotive ...

Laser

Snowmobile...

(yes even in the summer)

and

Steel Fabrication industries

we are BUSY

Busier than we have ever been

busier than we could have ever hoped to be!!

Thank you to our clients that make it so!!!

Mid Winter Details

2011-02-17T10:26:00.000-05:00

A local repair shop has been keeping us in details for

Ski Doo Snowmobiles -

www.floatingqrs.com

Another shop in Northport has been keeping us

busy with details for Ford and Harley Davision

But we are never too busy to explore

new territories -

Give us a call today or visit our website at

www.westsidetool.com

Merry Christmas and Happiest of New Years to you and yours

2010-12-23T11:33:00.003-05:00

May the Christmas Spirit...

LOVE

be with you every day

so that it may change

your hearts and lives

and

In the new year may you

Resolve to make at least one person

happy every day,
and then in ten years
you may have made
three thousand six hundred and fifty persons happy.
Or brightened a small town by your contribution
to the fund of general enjoyment.

Thank you for your continued support -

Bruce and Debra

New Email Address

2010-12-08T10:54:00.000-05:00

westsidetool@westsidetoolcom

For Business Related Email only

Thank you

Trim your tree

2010-11-23T09:16:00.006-05:00

Pictures of our latest project -

From this

To This

"When Art Meets Industry"

For sale on Etsy

http://stevekostyshyn.etsy.com/

Fall at WestSide

2010-10-20T12:18:00.001-04:00

We are thankful to be busy -

work has been coming in

from various companies

each offering its unique

and often challenging details

Pictures below of
some very intricate details

200 were required

Mark you Calandars

2010-08-30T11:18:00.002-04:00

WestSide Tool

will be closed –

Sept 15^th Thru Sept 29^th - -

Thank you

for your continued support

Outboard Motor Mount

2010-06-25T13:28:00.001-04:00

Old wooden one

replaced with

aluminum

Thank you to our Clients for an abundance of work!!

2010-06-17T18:25:00.001-04:00

A sculptor in his own way...

BUSY DAYS

2010-05-28T12:34:00.000-04:00

Happy to report that the work

keeps coming in

here are some interesting

details for your

viewing pleasure

Intricacy

all in a row

It is after all

"ALL IN THE DETAILS"

Doo Tails

2010-05-14T12:02:00.000-04:00

WestSide is happy to report

our business is on the

UPSWING

Old Parts New Parts - Rudder Pivot Detail

2010-04-13T15:09:00.006-04:00

Part to be copied in the middle above

New beefer detail belowFitted into place below

Bruce loves it when a client or friend

brings a piece to him and says

"Can you make this"...

of course we can!

Our friend brought

us the rudder pivot

from his sailboat

Details and things

2010-04-09T22:44:00.001-04:00

Spring has sprung in the North

and inspite of a few

snow showers - things are bloomin...

Westside had a great winter -

Thank you to those that kept us busy!

We are looking forward to
working with you this summer.

Please,

Send us your quote requests

and POs

Latest Details

2010-02-22T19:55:00.002-05:00

Custom Wire Stripper

made for a client
Strips plastic coating off wire

Nests for automotive switches

Switches nesting

These nest details are made for

units that test

durability

Floating QRS

2010-01-10T11:27:00.003-05:00

The Newer XP SkiDoo Snowmobiles go

thru alot of belts

DooDoctor has a patent pending Cure;

The Floating QRS - -

Westside makes some of the details for this product;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZEiIR4eEbU

For more information

go to DooTalk.com

or call

231-947-4599

Odds and Ends

2010-01-10T10:58:00.004-05:00

Complicated angels...

Not a problem!

Damaged Snowmobile Parts

From this

to this....

We are happy to say business is picking up -

From snowmobile repairs,

snow blower repairs,

details for the medical field,

tanning bed parts,

dredging rig repairs,

to details for the

food and

auto industry...

So stop on by

let us know what we can make for you

Happy New Year

2009-12-31T14:30:00.007-05:00

Taking time out to say

THANK YOU

to all of our valued

Clients and Friends

Thank you for your

support in 2009

Looking foward to

that continuing

Twenty Ten!

Bruce and Debra

Wood Stove - Water Heater Project continued...

2009-12-02T08:28:00.002-05:00

WestSide built the firebox for this project -

If you are interested in one of these systems

please contact;

Bruce Tenniswood at either;

btenniwsood@yahoo.com

734-674-2877

Wood Stove - Water Heater Firebox

2009-12-01T09:34:00.000-05:00

The request for this woodstove project

came in the form

of a full size

card board model -

These can be custom built -

please email us for more

information

Send us your prints

2009-11-20T09:31:00.004-05:00

WestSide had a very busy spring and summer -

We are hoping to have the same for fall and winter

231-313-7899

Thank you,

Bruce West

More Details

2009-10-16T09:40:00.002-04:00

Made from ULTEM Details

2009-10-15T13:45:00.004-04:00

When you think your job might be difficult - reflect on these...

Makin Chips

2009-10-12T09:47:00.004-04:00

From Raw Material
to our CNC Lathe

to inserts in drums for the food industry

WestSide keeps busy with detail work

from the Auto Industry, Food Industry,

Wind Energy, Snowmobile Parts

and WoodStove Projects -

(pictures of the woodstove in next post)

Cherry Shaker Shaft

2009-08-07T11:37:00.002-04:00

One of our clients brought us this shaft off of a

Cherry Shaker -

Can we make a new one?

Of course we can!

Can't find replacements parts

2009-08-03T14:41:00.002-04:00

New ones are possible... Contact us today!

Keeping Busy - Thank you to our Clients and Vendors

2009-06-18T17:57:00.003-04:00

From autoparts, snomobile parts

and bag holders (above)

for the food industry we are able to

keep the wolves away

Keeping Busy in Uncertain Times

2009-04-02T11:22:00.006-04:00

WestSide has had a steady flow of work

even in these uncertain times -

THANK YOU

to you who continue to send work our way

and for recommending us to others!!

Brass Poles

2009-01-07T16:54:00.003-05:00

Not really but I am sure it got your attention -

WestSide turned these brass rods -

they will be a railing

on a custom built boat -

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

2008-12-21T17:02:00.003-05:00

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

Detail making in Winter Wonderland

2008-12-11T09:18:00.005-05:00

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....

In the Little Details

2008-11-28T16:38:00.003-05:00

Sometimes its hard to describe just how tiny the details are...

Intricate Details keep things interesting!

2008-11-21T09:06:00.004-05:00

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

We have Moved

2008-10-28T11:44:00.009-04:00

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!!

Machine Move Date

2008-10-02T11:55:00.005-04:00

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

Getting there...

2008-09-03T13:57:00.000-04:00

Almost completed wall in the new shop...

New Shop Progress

2008-08-22T11:23:00.007-04:00

Floor before

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

http://www.musclegloss.com/

Summer Details

2008-08-11T11:27:00.009-04:00

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!!

Tool Shop Humor

2008-06-25T11:04:00.003-04:00

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.

Misc. 400s Stainless Details for Auto Industry

2008-03-06T11:22:00.006-05:00

Automotive Details

2008-02-25T14:35:00.002-05:00

Even though the winter winds howl

& its blowing and drifting snow -
There is one huge advantage
to having the shop in the back yard...
You don't get snow days!!

Hydraulic Parts

2008-01-24T15:07:00.001-05:00

Meat Cutter Adaptation (For local farmer)

2008-01-15T13:37:00.000-05:00

Intricate Details

2007-12-28T14:55:00.000-05:00

Today is WestSide Tools one year anniversary...

So we share with you some of our latest project detail pictures ~

Our First Year

2007-12-20T10:05:00.000-05:00

As we come to the close our our first year

We want to send a warm

Thank you

to all who have kept us busy during this time!!

May you all have a

Very Merry Christmas

& a

Wonderful New Year!

November 2007

2007-11-03T10:06:00.000-04:00

Its been a busy summer here at WestSide Tool -

Our clients have kept a steady flow of work into our shop for which we are grateful - -

We sure love the one of a kind challanges that keep coming our way...

Keeping busy

2007-07-08T17:13:00.001-04:00

Lots of details have been made by WestSide Tool this summer

& its looking like lots more will be made -

This was our latest project for a local client -

We are happy to say we are BUSY!!

2007-05-21T13:40:00.001-04:00

Thank you!!To those of you that continue to send work our way!

Bruces latest conquest was a huge plate for a "Delphi" project