Chenowth build/resto project

[komelika]

Used to be a girl that work there that would split the box, she looked like one of the porn stars!  Damn wish she was still there for both reasons!! 

Going to a porn star for a "screw" and she knew how to make you happy? The irony! 

Then again, she probably could have completely "screwed" it up and you would still have been happy.

the local fastenal in lincoln is the biggest most worthless stores i have ever had he misfortune to step into!!!!!!!! it is faster to order parts online then deal with them. i placed a med size nuts and bolt order cause i wanted to spend local. 300 piece order split evenly on 4 sizes. they never called a week later so i called and they said it's in. i drove across town and the counter guy says yep don't know it's not in the computer sorry. i said wtf, they said it was in. so he re ordered it cause he didn't see it had ever been ordered. i was patient and this happened 2 more time in the next 3 weeks. at this point the manager got snippy with me and said i had ordered 4 loads of hardware am i going to pay for it and pick it up? i had it out with him and he still said his guys didn't re order it 3 times that i had placed that many orders.

Good Customer Service in the US is an exceedingly rare thing. It is my downright biggest pet peeve.

[fabr]

ya,i've had it out with several of their "managers". Our store is apparently a training operation. :lol: About every 5-6 one is good. The one they have here now is actually very good.The rest suk balls. It's best to just order non stock items on line and pick them up. I also use MSC(personal fav),Graingers,and my regular hardware distributors. For some reason I have yet to use McM Carr.

[fabr]

"I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots" Albert Einstein


 That day is here.fabr

[dsrace]

yep i normally use msc but i stopped in this store and set up an acct. didn't know i needed to give them a 4 week lead time to get a med to small order in!!   went walking in for the 4th and final time and the guy at the counter says.....hey buddy how can i help you! i said i am not your buddy and get your damn manager out here now!  he shut up and turned around.

[DeepBusch69]

Another good wiring tip (you guys probably already know) is use a clear shrink wrap and label all your wires and their termination point.  So, if and when you take it all apart, or are trouble shooting at 1:00 am in the dark, you can trace the wires easy.  I had a local print shop print out 2 sheets of short abbreviations on a self adhearing vinyl, then cut them up and used a clear shrink wrap from Del City.  I can't find any pictures but it worked sweet! 

[komelika]

I like the idea.

[dsrace]

 i do too

[fabr]

Another good wiring tip (you guys probably already know) is use a clear shrink wrap and label all your wires and their termination point.  So, if and when you take it all apart, or are trouble shooting at 1:00 am in the dark, you can trace the wires easy.  I had a local print shop print out 2 sheets of short abbreviations on a self adhearing vinyl, then cut them up and used a clear shrink wrap from Del City.  I can't find any pictures but it worked sweet!

I bought a Dymo wiring label maker. Will size them for whatever gauge wire is being used. Love the thing. I have all my hoses labeled as well since there are about a bazillion of them on the new car. I have an older model but these things are great. Prints heat shrink tube  as well.

http://www.labelcity.com/DYMO-RHINO-5200-LABEL-PRINTER-1755749.html?gclid=CICuzJrboMsCFZSEaQodbOEMIA

[komelika]

Finally got a plasma cutter! Bwahaha! I'm dangerous now! I told my wife, "When I get a new tool in the mail I'm not opening a box with a tool, I'm opening a box full of possibilities!"





Need to fab some cord and cable hangers on my cart this weekend.

[sandvw]

Here is a parts house that is Grainger owned but prices are a lot lower than Grainger.
Zoro they are on the Internet as well.
855-289-9676

[fabr]

You'll like that addition to the tool box!

[dsrace]

very handy tool to have!

[komelika]

Its pretty decent, but of course my budget was on the edge of its cutting capacity. It will sever 1/4" and I'm cutting 3/16" for bumper brackets for my truck. Its biggest draw back is the torch stand off. Its chinsey and doesn't seem to slide well, which makes a nice steady drag difficult. I'm trying to find a rolling stand off or a drag tip, but there doesn't seem to be anything for this torch.

[WelderPat]

http://www.waytekwire.com/products/

 The marine grade wire and the heat shrink connectors this place sells are the best stuff to be found on the planet.

[fabr]

No doubt a great source. When you say marine grade wire are you referring to the txl jacket ?