robinson46176
06-10-2009, 03:41 PM
One item just came to mind but I'll bet many of us use things for other than their original intended use because they are handy or even the safest way of doing something.
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One thing I have in my shop that I find very useful is an old skate board. No, not to zip around the shop. Big people don't bounce well. :D I use one to move all sorts of heavy stuff around and for a lot of things it works much better than something like a two wheel hand truck.
If you cut a "V" notch in the little up-turn at each end you can slip it under a piece of sheet goods by just lifting one end of the sheet and sitting the edge of sheet down in the notches.
I have moved some pretty heavy pieces of machinery by using two skate boards.
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Another item that can be useful for moving heavy machinery is a hydraulic floor jack. I can slip one under the center of my metal lathe (heavy) and raise it just barely off of the floor and I can then half slide/ half roll it about anywhere. I used to move my old over-sized tablesaw setup the same way.
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What useful odd things do you have in your shop?
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One thing I have in my shop that I find very useful is an old skate board. No, not to zip around the shop. Big people don't bounce well. :D I use one to move all sorts of heavy stuff around and for a lot of things it works much better than something like a two wheel hand truck.
If you cut a "V" notch in the little up-turn at each end you can slip it under a piece of sheet goods by just lifting one end of the sheet and sitting the edge of sheet down in the notches.
I have moved some pretty heavy pieces of machinery by using two skate boards.
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Another item that can be useful for moving heavy machinery is a hydraulic floor jack. I can slip one under the center of my metal lathe (heavy) and raise it just barely off of the floor and I can then half slide/ half roll it about anywhere. I used to move my old over-sized tablesaw setup the same way.
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What useful odd things do you have in your shop?