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Mechanics’ Medical Tape
One of the unavoidable parts of being a mechanic is getting banged up. A wrench slips, you bash a knuckle,…
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Excessive Tool Packaging
Before I got my job at the Toyota dealership, I ordered tools and had them shipped to me, because I…
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Evolution of My Toolbox
It’s interesting to look back at older pictures of my toolbox. Over the two and a half years I’ve been…
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6 Tools I Didn’t Know I’d Need
When I first started automotive school, I really didn’t know anything about tools. The school provided a list of tools…
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Bad Machining Job
When I first bought my tools, at the start of my first semester of automotive school, I got a whole…
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Thanksgiving 2015
Taking a little break from the usual Thursday post, because it’s Thanksgiving here, and I just wanted to write a…
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Old Engines
While I was in school, an older friend invited me to her husband’s engine shop. It was pretty cool seeing…
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Using Tools Right
I like doing things right. That means that I want to use tools the right way. I don’t like using…
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A Little Introduction
Hello everybody, my name is Dan. I’m a mechanic. I graduated in April 2015 from Toyota’s T-TEN program at my…
